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West High School

Serves grades 7 - 12

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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 2018 – 2019 school year [note on school closures TBD].
  • Expenditures: 2018
  • Educational Environment: 2018 (latest available). Updated annually.

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School Overview

Address
241 N 300 W
Salt Lake City, UT 84103
Phone
(801) 578-8500
District
SALT LAKE DISTRICT
County
SALT LAKE COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
2729

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Utah

10

(10 is best)

Better than 95.7% of UT schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S. info

10

(10 is best)

West High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 7

100 80 60 40 20 0
95%
46%
92%
44%
97%
47%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 8

100 80 60 40 20 0
87%
42%
87%
42%
87%
42%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 10

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
25%
42%
22%
49%
27%
35%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
No Data
No Data
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    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 7 73 2.7%
Grade 8 102 3.7%
Grade 9 648 23.7%
Grade 10 688 25.2%
Grade 11 615 22.5%
Grade 12 603 22.1%
Total 2729 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 36.1% 44.9% 75.5%
Black 5.1% 5.2% 1.5%
Hispanic 42.6% 38.3% 18.5%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 7.9% 4.8% 1.8%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 8.3% 6.8% 2.7%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED 42.9% 47.7% 29.5%
FREE LUNCH ELIGIBLE 37.9% 43.5% 24.5%
REDUCED LUNCH ELIGIBLE 5.0% 4.3% 5.0%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 200,127 3,337,975
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 2,484.7 39
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.9% 7.9%
5-19 YEARS OLD 16.6% 24.6%
20-44 YEARS OLD 46.0% 36.7%
45-64 YEARS OLD 19.8% 19.7%
65 OR OLDER 11.6% 11.1%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 81,682 1,023,696
Single Parent Households With Children 6.7% 8.4%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 90.0% 93.0%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 48.7% 34.7%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 14.4% 14.7%
$100,000 - $149,999 14.9% 19.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 12.7% 15.4%
$50,000 - $74,999 17.5% 19.1%
$30,000 - $49,999 16.8% 15.4%
$15,000 - $29,999 11.5% 9.7%
$15,000 or less 12.0% 6.3%

Education Expenditures

For This District Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,849 $135,492,085 49.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $358 $8,293,070 3.0%
Staff $737 $17,072,605 6.2%
General Administration $45 $1,042,425 0.4%
School Administration $652 $15,103,580 5.5%
Operation $942 $21,821,430 7.9%
Transportation $225 $5,212,125 1.9%
Other $313 $7,250,645 2.6%
Total Support $3,272 $75,795,880 27.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,789 $64,607,185 23.4%
Total Expenditures $11,910 $275,895,150 100.0%
For The State Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $4,929 $3,356,014,903 50.9%
Support Expenditures
Student $370 $252,010,496 3.8%
Staff $350 $238,238,999 3.6%
General Administration $94 $63,985,492 1.0%
School Administration $531 $361,561,943 5.5%
Operation $701 $477,266,500 7.2%
Transportation $225 $152,905,324 2.3%
Other $248 $169,030,141 2.6%
Total Support $2,519 $1,714,930,341 26.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,229 $1,517,837,111 23.0%
Total Expenditures $9,678 $6,588,798,947 100.0%
For The Nation Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,549 $372,153,103,143 49.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $792 $39,020,154,935 5.2%
Staff $618 $30,487,652,661 4.1%
General Administration $258 $12,720,931,842 1.7%
School Administration $730 $35,978,592,512 4.8%
Operation $1,169 $57,607,988,317 7.7%
Transportation $527 $26,002,463,553 3.5%
Other $459 $22,633,739,814 3.0%
Total Support $4,553 $224,451,138,461 30.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,074 $151,519,765,183 20.3%
Total Expenditures $15,176 $748,124,887,521 100.0%