Wasatch School

Wasatch School is one of the compact elementary campuss in SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, overseen by Salt Lake District, with 387 students on its rolls from grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 21% below the state mean of about 491.

Salt Lake District runs 39 schools in total, collectively educating 20,086 students. Wasatch School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Wasatch School reports that 57% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder breaks down as 23% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 5% Asian, 3% Black. By comparison, Salt Lake County as a whole is about 70% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Wasatch School has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.8:1, putting Wasatch School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 37% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Wasatch School sits in the top 10% of Utah schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 41.6%; actual is 69.6%, +28.0 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the area at large, Salt Lake County reports that median household earnings sit near $97,494, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 Wasatch School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Salt Lake Center for Science Education Bryant, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Wasatch School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 50.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Wasatch School has fell 15%, going from 455 students in 2018 to 387 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 74% to 57% over that span.

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