Riley School

Riley School is one of the intimate elementary schools in SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, run under Salt Lake District, with 205 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 58% smaller than the state mean of about 491.

Within Salt Lake District, which oversees 39 schools and 20,086 students, Riley School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Riley School lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 59% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 15% White, 12% Pacific Islander, 7% Black, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 21% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school lists 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.8:1. The state averages around 21.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Salt Lake County's rate of about 34%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Salt Lake County put the typical household earns roughly $97,494 per year, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Salt Lake County runs 325 public schools (combined enrollment of about 209,757 students), of which Riley School is one.

Mountain View School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Trend over the last 6 years. Over the past 6-year window, the student count fell 36%: 319 students in 2018 compared to 205 in 2024.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.