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James E. Moss School

Serves grades PK - 6

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
4399 S 500 E
Salt Lake City, UT 84107
Phone
(385) 646-4930
District
GRANITE DISTRICT
County
SALT LAKE COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
507
Classroom Teachers
24

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Utah

2

(10 is best)

Better than 13.3% of all UT schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

4

(10 is best)

James E. Moss School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
33%
47%
26%
46%
39%
49%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
20%
46%
18%
43%
22%
49%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 5

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
22%
46%
24%
47%
20%
44%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
21
22
22
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade pk 39 7.7%
Kindergarten 77 15.2%
Grade 1 80 15.8%
Grade 2 85 16.8%
Grade 3 73 14.4%
Grade 4 79 15.6%
Grade 5 74 14.6%
Total 507 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 30.5% 47.4% 74.7%
Black 17.8% 3.6% 1.4%
Hispanic 30.9% 39.4% 19.5%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 16.8% 4.1% 1.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 4.1% 5.4% 2.7%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 77.3% 47.2% 27.0%
Free lunch eligible 68.8% 38.5% 22.2%
Reduced lunch eligible 8.5% 8.8% 4.8%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 406,596 3,380,800
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 1,306.5 39
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 7.3% 7.3%
5-19 YEARS OLD 22.9% 24.4%
20-44 YEARS OLD 36.7% 37.0%
45-64 YEARS OLD 21.9% 19.9%
65 OR OLDER 11.3% 11.4%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 133,019 1,062,819
Single Parent Households With Children 9.4% 6.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 87.8% 93.2%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 28.0% 36.1%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 14.6% 21.4%
$100,000 - $149,999 19.2% 21.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 15.7% 14.9%
$50,000 - $74,999 20.0% 16.8%
$30,000 - $49,999 15.8% 12.8%
$15,000 - $29,999 8.9% 7.5%
$15,000 or less 6.0% 5.4%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,252 $348,081,552 49.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $683 $45,266,508 6.4%
Staff $526 $34,861,176 4.9%
General Administration $90 $5,964,840 0.8%
School Administration $618 $40,958,568 5.8%
Operation $920 $60,973,920 8.6%
Transportation $169 $11,200,644 1.6%
Other $264 $17,496,864 2.5%
Total Support $3,271 $216,788,796 30.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,147 $142,294,572 20.1%
Total Expenditures $10,670 $707,164,920 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,144 $3,555,230,440 50.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $427 $295,304,179 4.2%
Staff $368 $254,390,732 3.6%
General Administration $100 $69,149,612 1.0%
School Administration $560 $387,267,074 5.4%
Operation $711 $491,654,220 6.9%
Transportation $218 $150,683,311 2.1%
Other $258 $178,482,544 2.5%
Total Support $2,644 $1,827,164,264 25.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,495 $1,724,147,888 24.3%
Total Expenditures $10,283 $7,106,463,332 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%