Salt Lake City School District

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The Salt Lake City School District (SLCSD) is the oldest public school district in Utah. Boundaries for the district are identical to the city limits for Salt Lake City. Employing about 1,300 teachers who instruct about 25,000 students K-12, the district is the ninth largest in the state, as of 2009, behind Granite, Davis, Alpine, Jordan, Canyons, Weber, Nebo, and Washington. [1] Two of the district's high schools, East and West, are over 100 years old.

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High schools

All high schools in the Salt Lake City District serve grades 9-12. The district operates three high schools: East High School near the University of Utah serving the southwest and central-east part of the city, West High School in western downtown serving the north and west area, and Highland High School near Sugar House Park serving the southeast. Additionally, the district runs an alternative/adult education school, Horizonte High School, located on Main Street in the south central city, and the new Innovations Early College High School, a "student centered, personalized education" school that will focus on learning through digital technology, located in the south-central part of the city attached to Salt Lake Community College South City campus.

A high school no longer extant, South High School, located at State St. and 1700 South, once served the southern part of Salt Lake City. The district built this school during the Great Depression to accommodate about 1000 students from the private LDS High School, which closed in 1931. South High was located in some of the poorer areas of Salt Lake City with a population increasingly devoid of school age children by the 1980s. Falling enrollment throughout the school district prompted the district to close the fledgling South High in 1988. Schools with older facilities, such as East and West, as well as Highland High School received students from portions of the former South High school boundaries. The district donated the South High School school building to the Salt Lake Community College, where it currently serves as its South City campus.

East High School

East High School serves grades nine through twelve. East High School was founded in 1914 and currently has an enrolled student body of 2,109. It is located at 840 S 1300 E in Salt Lake City's East Bench. The current principal is Greg Maughan. The school mascot is the leopard, and the school colors are red and white.

Highland High School

Highland High School opened in 1956 and has a student body of about 1,546. It is located at 2166 South 1700 East, next to Sugar House Park. The current principal is Jeremy Chatterton. The school mascot is the ram, and the school colors are black and white. Highland also has a long-standing rivalry with East High School.

West High School

West High School is located at 241 North 300 West in Salt Lake City. Founded in 1890 as Salt Lake High School, West High is the oldest high school in the Salt Lake School District and the second oldest in Utah. It is the highest-ranked high school in Utah according to Newsweek . West High has a student population of 2,559 under principal Ford White. In addition to students in grades nine through twelve, West High School serves a group of 7th and 8th graders in an Extended Learning Program (ELP). The school mascot is the panther, and the school colors are red and black.

Middle schools

There are five middle schools in the Salt Lake City School District. All middle schools in the district teach grades 7-8, except Glendale which teaches 6-8.

Salt Lake City middle schools
SchoolEnrollmentNeighborhood
Bryant Middle School540 Central City
Clayton Middle School610 East Bench
Glendale Middle School786 Glendale
Hillside Middle School519 Sugar House
Northwest Middle School787 Rose Park

In addition, West High School offers grade 7 and 8 for some students as part of the "Extended Learning Program" (ELP).

K-8 schools

Salt Lake City middle schools
SchoolEnrollmentNeighborhood
Nibley Park School474 Sugar House

Elementary schools

The district operates 27 elementary schools. Almost all elementary schools in the district serve grades K-6. Riley, Edison, Parkview, and Mountain View serve grades K-5 (these 6th graders attend Glendale Middle). Most elementary schools offer preschool services.

Salt Lake City elementary schools
SchoolEnrollmentNeighborhood
Backman Elementary School604 Rose Park
Beacon Heights Elementary School486 East Bench
M. Lynn Bennion Elementary School267 Central City
Bonneville Elementary School523 East Bench
Dilworth Elementary School581 Sugar House
Dual Immersion Academy
Edison Elementary School579 Poplar Grove
Emerson Elementary School530 East Central
Ensign Elementary School362 The Avenues
Escalante Elementary School 575 Rose Park
Franklin Elementary School430 Poplar Grove
Hawthorne Elementary School483 Sugar House
Highland Park Elementary School596 Sugar House
Indian Hills Elementary School430 East Bench
Mary W. Jackson Elementary School535 Fairpark
Liberty Elementary School535 Central City
Meadowlark Elementary School554 Jordan Meadows
Mountain View Elementary School596 Glendale
Newman Elementary School478 Rose Park
North Star Elementary School687 Westpointe
Parkview Elementary School429 Glendale
Riley Elementary School423 Glendale
Rose Park Elementary School488 Rose Park
Uintah Elementary School542 East Bench
Wasatch Elementary School471 The Avenues
Washington Elementary School333 Capitol Hill
Whittier Elementary School674 Liberty Wells

In 1999, the district approved a bond that would reconstruct 20 of the elementary schools as well as Northwest Middle School. In addition, two elementary schools were closed for the 2002–2003 school season (Rosslyn Heights in Sugar House and Lowell in The Avenues) while serving as temporary campuses for the reconstructed schools. They were originally going to choose two schools off of a list of eight to be closed, and eventually the school board decided to close Lowell and Rosslyn Heights (the latter of which was not on the list). This aroused considerable protest from parents, teachers, and even board members, and lawsuits were filed against the district. However, they failed to keep the schools open.

Charter schools

Public charter schools in the district include Open Classroom, an elementary and middle school that has been part of the district since 1977 and is currently housed in the building that once was Lowell Elementary [2] and Open High School of Utah, established in 2009. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ USOE School Finance and Statistics
  2. ↑ Shumway, Larry K. (October 9, 2012). "State of Utah Education Address". Utah State Office of Education.
  3. ↑ McCrea, Bridget (May 9, 2012). "Running a School on Open Educational Resources". THE Journal .

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