Roots Charter High School

Roots Charter High School is one of the rural-scale four-year high schools in WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah, part of Roots Charter High School, with 218 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. That puts it 78% leaner than the typical public school in Utah, which averages around 980 students.

Roots Charter High School is the operating authority for Roots Charter High School, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

Looking at the student body, Roots Charter High School reports that the most-represented group is White (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 42% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Black, 3% Pacific Islander. The wider county runs roughly 70% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Roots Charter High School lists 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.1:1. The state averages around 21.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 59% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Salt Lake County's rate of about 34%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Roots Charter High School is in the bottom 10% of Utah public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 30.9%; Roots Charter High School posts 1.4%, -29.4 points below that line.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Salt Lake County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $97,494 per year, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Roots Charter High School is one of 325 public schools in Salt Lake County (combined enrollment of about 209,757 students).

Nearest neighbor: American Preparatory Academy - The School for New Americans, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Roots Charter High School comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 26.6%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting. Roots Charter High School operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Five-year trend. Roots Charter High School's enrollment has ticked up 20% since 2018, when it stood at 182 (now 218). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 64% to 47%.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.