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Pleasant Green School
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RISE / Utah Aspire+ 2024-25 . % Proficient + Highly ProficientBeatsExpectations
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Pleasant Green School
Located at 8201 W 2700 S, in MAGNA, Utah, Pleasant Green School is a reasonably sized elementary school that educates 482 students (grades pre-K through 6), operated by Granite District.
Granite District comprises 85 schools with combined enrollment of 59,404 students; Pleasant Green School is among them.
In terms of who attends, Pleasant Green School records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 46%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 38% White, 7% Pacific Islander, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 21% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.
In terms of school funding signals, Pleasant Green School lists 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.5:1. The state averages around 21.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 41% of students at Pleasant Green School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Pleasant Green School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 39.8%; actual is 22.3%, a gap of -17.5 points.
Around the school, 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%. Pleasant Green School is one of 325 public schools in Salt Lake County (combined enrollment of about 209,757 students).
The closest other public school is Magna School, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Pleasant Green School comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 20.8%.
The school occupies a bedroom-community site.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Pleasant Green School has shrank 30%, going from 692 students in 2018 to 482 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 60% to 38% across the same window.
In the discussion threads here, the feed for Pleasant Green School typically covers classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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