Silver Mesa School

Located at 8920 S 1700 E, in SANDY, Utah, Silver Mesa School is a middle-of-the-pack primary school that enrolls 551 students (grades K through 5), part of Canyons District.

Across the 47 schools in Canyons District (32,688 students total), Silver Mesa School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Silver Mesa School logs that the largest single group is White, at 79% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 16% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 70%.

On the resource side, On paper, Silver Mesa School has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.8:1. The state averages around 21.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 15% of students at Silver Mesa School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Salt Lake County's rate of about 34%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Silver Mesa School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 52.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 57.6%.

Across the wider county, census data for Salt Lake County shows the typical household earns roughly $97,494 per year, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Salt Lake County's 325 public schools (combined enrollment of about 209,757 students), Silver Mesa School is one campus in the mix.

Peruvian Park School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Silver Mesa School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Silver Mesa School at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 58.2%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Over the past 7-year window. Silver Mesa School's enrollment has shrank 13% since 2018, when it stood at 634 (now 551). The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 12% to 16% over that span.

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