Parkside School

Located at 495 E 5175 S, in MURRAY, Utah, Parkside School is a moderately sized elementary-level community that serves 454 students (grades K through 6), one of the schools within Murray District.

Parkside School is one of 11 schools operated by Murray District, a district that works with 5,678 students overall.

Demographically, Parkside School lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest reads as 31% White, 6% Black, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 21%.

On the resource side, The school employs 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.8:1 average. Roughly 75% of students at Parkside School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Salt Lake County's rate of about 34%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Parkside School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 23.2%; this one delivers 29.2%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Salt Lake County put median household income runs about $97,494, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Salt Lake County runs 325 public schools (combined enrollment of about 209,757 students), of which Parkside School is one.

The closest other public school is Hillcrest Jr High, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Parkside School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 40.0%.

Parkside School operates from a city-core location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 25%: 608 students in 2018 compared to 454 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 31% to 52% across the same window.

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