Silver Hills School

Located at 5770 W 5100 S, in KEARNS, Utah, Silver Hills School is a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school that caters to 475 students (grades pre-K through 6), operated by Granite District.

Granite District runs 85 schools in total, collectively educating 59,404 students. Silver Hills School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Silver Hills School shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 31% White, 5% Pacific Islander, 5% Asian, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 21% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.8:1 average. Around 44% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Salt Lake County runs at roughly 34%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Silver Hills School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 38.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 31.6%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Salt Lake County shows median household income runs about $97,494, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Silver Hills School is one of 325 public schools in Salt Lake County (combined enrollment of about 209,757 students).

The closest other public school is Wallace Stegner Academy Kearns K-12, roughly 0.8 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Silver Hills School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Silver Hills School at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 24.5%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Silver Hills School has shrank 10%, going from 526 students in 2018 to 475 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 39% to 54%.

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