Whittier School

Whittier School, a medium-sized elementary school in WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah, part of Granite District, enrolls 492 students, covering grades pre-K through 6.

Granite District comprises 85 schools with combined enrollment of 59,404 students; Whittier School is among them.

Demographically, Whittier School reports that 46% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 40% White, 5% Pacific Islander, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Salt Lake County as a whole is about 21% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Whittier School lists 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.8:1, putting Whittier School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 41% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Whittier School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.7%, the actual is 26.8%, a residual of -13.0 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Salt Lake County) shows that median household earnings sit near $97,494, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Salt Lake County runs 325 public schools (combined enrollment of about 209,757 students), of which Whittier School is one.

Hunter Jr High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Whittier School at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 29.8%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 26%: 665 students in 2018 compared to 492 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 52% to 40% over that span.

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