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Granite District

Granite District in Utah: 85 public schools with 59,106 students and 22.5 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $12,019 per student in FY2024.

Schools: 85
Students: 59,106
Students per teacher: 22.5; UT 21.6 · US 15.1
Spending per student: $12,019; UT $11.3K · US $17.6K

Staff

Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.

Teachers (FTE): 2,632
Counselors (FTE): 105
Students per counselor: 564; UT 456 · US 357
Psychologists (FTE): 43.5; Librarians (FTE): 9.5

Money

Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.

Spending per student, 2015–2024

$6.8K15

$7.0K16

$7.3K17

$8.0K18

$8.5K19

$9.0K20

$10.0K21

$10.3K22

$11.0K23

$12.0K24

Where the money comes from (FY2024)

Federal: 15% · $135.5M
State: 46% · $419.7M
Local: 39% · $352.3M

Per student (FY2024)

Instruction: $6,726
Support services: $4,745
Buildings and equipment (capital outlay): $137.9M
Long-term debt: $211.7M

Schools

Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.

Pre-K centers: 1Elementary schools: 57Middle schools: 15High schools: 9Other schools: 3

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	City or town
Granite Preschool	Pre-K	0	—	Salt Lake City
Academy Park School	Pre-K–6	358	23.1	West Valley City
Arcadia School	Pre-K–6	433	20.1	Taylorsville
Beehive School	Pre-K–6	489	21.3	Kearns
Bennion School	Pre-K–6	447	24.8	Salt Lake City
Calvin S. Smith School	Pre-K–6	525	24.4	Taylorsville
Copper Hills School	Pre-K–6	432	21.1	Magna
Cottonwood School	Pre-K–6	340	25.2	Salt Lake City
Crestview School	Pre-K–6	485	24.9	Salt Lake City
David Gourley School	Pre-K–6	423	21.7	Kearns
Diamond Ridge School	K–6	483	23.6	Salt Lake City
Douglas T. Orchard School	Pre-K–6	411	21.6	West Valley City
Eastwood School	Pre-K–5	300	25.0	Salt Lake City
Elk Run Elementary	Pre-K–6	714	24.0	Magna
Fox Hills School	K–6	553	24.6	Salt Lake City
Gearld Wright School	Pre-K–6	532	21.7	Salt Lake City
Granger School	Pre-K–6	716	21.7	West Valley City
Harry S. Truman School	Pre-K–6	317	21.9	West Valley City
Hartvigsen SchoolSpecial education	K–8	76	3.7	Taylorsville
Headstart Preschool Special EducationSpecial education	Pre-K–K	2	0.1	Salt Lake City
Hillsdale SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–6	548	20.7	West Valley City
Hillside School	Pre-K–6	470	22.9	West Valley City
Howard R. Driggs School	Pre-K–6	469	26.8	Salt Lake City
Hunter School	Pre-K–6	480	20.9	West Valley City
Jackling School	Pre-K–6	415	22.4	West Valley City
James E. Moss SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–6	543	25.3	Salt Lake City
Jim Bridger School	Pre-K–6	340	20.6	West Jordan
John C. Fremont School	Pre-K–6	374	21.4	Taylorsville
Lake Ridge School	Pre-K–6	410	23.4	Magna
Lincoln SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–6	483	21.6	Salt Lake City
Magna School	Pre-K–6	549	24.4	Magna
Monroe SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–6	512	19.7	West Valley City
Morningside School	K–6	564	23.0	Salt Lake City
Neil Armstrong Academy	Pre-K–6	688	25.5	West Valley
Oakridge School	K–5	279	21.5	Salt Lake City
Oakwood School	Pre-K–6	580	20.0	Salt Lake City
Olene Walker ElementaryFree meals for all	Pre-K–6	712	25.6	Salt Lake City
Philo T. Farnsworth School	Pre-K–6	448	21.9	West Valley City
Pioneer School	Pre-K–6	438	22.5	West Valley City
Pleasant Green School	Pre-K–6	482	23.5	Magna
Plymouth SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–6	535	21.4	Salt Lake City
Redwood SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–6	511	20.9	West Valley City
Robert Frost School	Pre-K–6	304	21.0	West Valley City
Rolling Meadows School	Pre-K–6	456	21.2	West Valley City
Rosecrest School	Pre-K–6	334	25.0	Salt Lake City
Silver Hills School	Pre-K–6	475	21.1	Kearns
South Kearns School	Pre-K–6	536	19.5	Kearns
Stansbury SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–6	582	21.4	West Valley City
Taylorsville School	Pre-K–6	404	22.4	Salt Lake City
Thomas W. Bacchus School	K–6	315	21.7	Kearns
Upland Terrace School	Pre-K–5	477	22.2	Salt Lake City
Valley Crest School	Pre-K–6	455	22.2	West Valley City
West Kearns School	Pre-K–6	548	22.4	Kearns
West Valley School	Pre-K–6	764	20.6	West Valley City
Whittier School	Pre-K–6	492	18.4	West Valley City
William Penn School	K–6	615	23.2	Salt Lake City
Woodrow Wilson SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–6	656	30.5	Salt Lake City
Woodstock School	Pre-K–6	625	24.5	Salt Lake City
Bennion Jr High	6–9	1,022	24.4	Taylorsville
Bonneville Jr High	6–8	636	25.1	Salt Lake City
Churchill Jr High	6–8	521	25.5	Salt Lake City
Eisenhower Jr High	6–9	1,036	22.4	Taylorsville
Evergreen Jr High	6–9	600	24.0	Salt Lake City
Granite Park Jr HighFree meals for all	6–8	800	21.0	Salt Lake City
Hunter Jr High	7–8	667	22.1	West Valley City
John F. Kennedy Jr High	6–8	772	22.7	West Valley City
Kearns Jr High	6–8	732	18.4	Kearns
Olympus Jr High	5–9	807	26.2	Salt Lake City
Scott M Matheson Jr High	7–8	1,051	25.4	Magna
Thomas Jefferson Jr High	6–8	915	22.6	Kearns
Valley Jr High	7–8	546	22.3	West Valley City
Wasatch Jr High	6–8	829	25.6	Salt Lake City
West Lake Jr High	7–8	724	21.3	West Valley City
Cottonwood High	9–12	1,451	23.2	Salt Lake City
Cyprus High	9–12	2,762	26.0	Magna
Granger High	8–12	3,267	25.4	West Valley City
Granite Technical InstituteCareer and technical	7–12	86	2.3	Salt Lake City
Hunter High	9–12	2,480	24.5	West Valley City
Kearns High	9–12	2,313	24.4	Kearns
Olympus High	9–12	2,151	24.9	Salt Lake City
Skyline High	7–12	2,186	27.5	Salt Lake City
Taylorsville High	9–12	2,685	26.3	Taylorsville
Granite Connection HighAlternative	K–12	541	14.6	Salt Lake City
Vista School	Pre-K–9	551	23.0	Taylorsville
Youth Educational Support SchoolAlternative	K–12	71	3.6	Salt Lake City

Sources

Address: 2500 S State Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84115
Phone: (385)646-5000

Website

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).