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Enrollment
492
Elementary
DISTRICT 469 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRANITE DISTRICT·NCES 490036000274
Whittier School
3585 S 6000 W, WEST VALLEY CITY, UT 84128 · (385) 646-5096 · Salt Lake County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL492 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 9% of Utah public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Utah public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.9:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
202 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 33%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 57 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 70 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 60 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 17% larger than its 6th grade class (60).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 47% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
RISE / Utah Aspire+ 2024-25 . % Proficient + Highly ProficientEnglish Language Arts
27.0%
UT avg 41.4% . +2.2pp since 2023
Math
29.0%
UT avg 41.8% . +7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Utah schools, those numbers are about 41 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.0% | 29.0% |
| 2023-24 | 24.8% | 22.0% |
% Proficient + Highly Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: RISE / Utah Aspire+. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
26.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.7%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% typical for Utah schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Utah's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Whittier School
Whittier School's state test result (26.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whittier School this school | 492 | 41.1% | 26.8% |
| Hunter School WEST VALLEY CITY | 480 | 40.2% | 27.0% |
| Pleasant Green School MAGNA | 482 | 40.9% | 22.3% |
| Gearld Wright School SALT LAKE CITY | 532 | 36.1% | N/A |
| Rolling Meadows School WEST VALLEY CITY | 456 | 47.1% | 32.0% |
| Jim Bridger School WEST JORDAN | 340 | 43.5% | 31.4% |
Matched among Utah elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Whittier School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Salt Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.8% | #497 of 562 | #127 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #458 of 578 ▲ 56 | #116 of 180 ▲ 24 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #490 of 578 ▲ 26 | #122 of 180 ▲ 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 492 | #325 of 613 | #90 of 184 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.4:1 | #104 of 556 | #37 of 178 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.5% | #35 of 559 | #33 of 179 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.1% | #209 of 582 | #70 of 179 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.0% | #104 of 388 | #46 of 133 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
492
-24 (-5%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 786
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 492 | 26.7 | 18.4:1 | 41% (202) |
| 2023-24 | 520 | 23.4 | 22.3:1 | 55% (284) |
| 2022-23 | 499 | 21.4 | 23.4:1 | 55% (275) |
| 2020-21 | 516 | N/A | N/A | 59% (302) |
| 2017-18 | 665 | N/A | N/A | 68% (450) |
| 2015-16 | 683 | N/A | N/A | 59% (402) |
| 2010-11 | 790 | 30 | 26.3:1 | 55% (437) |
| 2000-01 | 634 | 33 | 19.2:1 | 35% (222) |
| 1990-91 | 786 | 28 | 28.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Whittier School.
About Whittier School
Whittier School is a mid-sized elementary school that serves part of WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah. It reports enrollment of 492 students in pre-K through 6.
Whittier School is one school in Granite District, a system of 85 schools with 59,404 students.
The biggest share of students at Whittier School, 46%, is Hispanic. The next largest groups are 40% White, 5% Pacific Islander, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. In Salt Lake County overall, about 21% of residents are Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 63%.
The school lists 26.7 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.4:1. Compared with the 21.8:1 average for elementary schools in Utah, this school's ratio is lower. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 41% of the student body.
On the allk12 Grade, Whittier School lands at D, ahead of 9% of Utah public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Whittier School is 13.0 points below its prediction. Actual: 26.8%. Predicted: 39.7%.
The school is in Salt Lake County, where median household income comes to about $97,494, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Salt Lake County's 325 public schools enroll about 209,757 students and include Whittier School.
Hunter Jr High sits about 0.5 miles from Whittier School. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, Whittier School ranks 3rd in a group of 7 nearby schools.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 516 to 492, a 5% decline.
This page is set up for the Whittier School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Salt Lake County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,196,523
Census ACS
Median income
$97,494
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
325
209,757 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Granite District
- Granger HighHigh · 3,267 students
- Cyprus HighHigh · 2,762 students
- Taylorsville HighHigh · 2,685 students
- Hunter HighHigh · 2,480 students
- Kearns HighHigh · 2,313 students
- Skyline HighHigh · 2,186 students
Other schools in WEST VALLEY CITY
- Granger HighHigh · 3,267 students
- Hunter HighHigh · 2,480 students
- American Preparatory Academy - Accelerated SchoolCombined · 1,556 students
- Wallace Stegner Academy Kearns K-12Combined · 777 students
- John F. Kennedy Jr HighMiddle · 772 students
- West Valley SchoolElementary · 764 students
Other Whittier schools
4 other US public schools in 2 states are named Whittier. Whittier School is the 2nd largest of the 5.
- Whittier SchoolSALT LAKE CITY, UT · 500 students
- Whittier SchoolButte, MT · 383 students
- Whittier SchoolBozeman, MT · 262 students
- Whittier SchoolGreat Falls, MT · 187 students
Nearby schools
- Hunter Jr High0.5 mi · 667
- West Valley School0.6 mi · 764
- Ascent Academies of Utah - West Valley0.6 mi · 425
- Douglas T. Orchard School1.0 mi · 411
- Valley Crest School1.1 mi · 455
- Wallace Stegner Academy West Valley1.2 mi · 702
Frequently asked questions
About Whittier SchoolHow large is Whittier School?
Whittier School enrolls approximately 492 students in grades PK-06.
Is Whittier School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Whittier School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Whittier School have?
Whittier School employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Whittier School?
At Whittier School, the student body is approximately 40% White, 46% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Whittier School public or private?
Whittier School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Granite District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.