William Penn School

As a medium-sized elementary school in SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, William Penn School instructs 615 students from grades K through 6, part of Granite District. By comparison, Utah's public schools average about 491 students each, so William Penn School sits 25% bigger than that benchmark.

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

Looking at the student body, William Penn School records that the largest single group is White, at 75% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 17% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 21.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 17% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Salt Lake County runs at roughly 34%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), William Penn School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 51.6%; this one delivers 66.0%.

Zooming out to the county, Salt Lake County reports that median household income runs about $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. William Penn School is one of 325 public schools in Salt Lake County (combined enrollment of about 209,757 students).

Nearest neighbor: Blind Region 2, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around William Penn School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), William Penn School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 41.7%.

William Penn School operates from a residential location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 6%: 655 students in 2018 compared to 615 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 11% to 17% over that span.

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