Rose Park School

Rose Park School is one of the tight-knit elementary campuss in SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, one of the schools within Salt Lake District, with 358 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 491 students per school, that is 27% smaller than typical.

Across the 39 schools in Salt Lake District (20,086 students total), Rose Park School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Rose Park School reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 65%. Beyond that, the school shows 14% White, 9% Black, 6% Pacific Islander, 3% Native American. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 21%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Rose Park School has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.8:1, putting Rose Park School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 99% of students at Rose Park School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Salt Lake County runs at roughly 34%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Rose Park School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 11.2%, the actual is 20.2%, a residual of +9.0 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Salt Lake County put the typical household earns roughly $97,494 per year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Rose Park School is one of 325 public schools in Salt Lake County (combined enrollment of about 209,757 students).

Nearest neighbor: Salt Lake Head Start, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Rose Park School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Rose Park School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 24.6%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Rose Park School has contracted 13%, going from 410 students in 2018 to 358 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 26% to 14% across the same window.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.