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Schools in Emigration Canyon · Granite School District

Emigration Canyon’s public schools score below 80% of Utah districts on tests and graduation

Math proficiency in Emigration Canyon’s districts is 26%, below the Utah average (39%). The grade covers the public school district serving Emigration Canyon, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within Utah, not nationally.

K–12Where will my kid go?

From Utah state tests taken in spring 2021, when nearly all of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.

Math proficiency
26%
▼ 13 pts vs UT 39%
2020–21
Graduate on time
79%
▼ 9 pts vs UT 88%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$12.0K
▲ 5% vs UT $11.5K
FY2024
Students per teacher
22.5
UT 21.2 · larger classes
Schools in town
0
58,330 students on the public path
In brief

Emigration Canyon’s schools, in brief

Spending and class size

The district spends $12,019 per student, against $11,467 across Utah (FY2024). Spending doesn’t count toward the grade. Districts ↓

56 elementary schools, then 17 middle and eight high schools

Which school depends on the address at every step. See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2020–21, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

The School Grade

What’s behind Emigration Canyon’s grade

C Test scoresD Graduation

C−: better than 20% of Utah school districts. Both inputs trail the Utah average; among the 16 Utah towns with similar household incomes, Emigration Canyon’s schools place at the bottom.

Utah school districts we grade (153)Better than 20%
Lower resultsHigher results
Utah towns with similar household incomes (16)At the bottom
C−CA fairly firm grade. Ordinary sampling error in 29,759 test results and a graduating class of 5,382 could put Emigration Canyon anywhere from C− to C. The tests are from spring 2021, when nearly all of Emigration Canyon’s students in the tested grades sat them (29,759 students).

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Emigration Canyon, with each school’s own grade.

56 schools teach K in Emigration Canyon’s district. Which one depends on your address. Their grades range from D− to A+, so check the specific school.
West Valley School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · West Valley City
C
764 students21:1Rate it →
Granger School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · West Valley City
D
716 students22:1Rate it →
Elk Run Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Magna
D
714 students24:1Rate it →
Olene Walker Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Salt Lake City
D
712 students26:1Rate it →
Neil Armstrong Academy
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · West Valley
C
688 students25:1Rate it →
Woodrow Wilson School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Salt Lake City
D
656 students31:1Rate it →
Woodstock School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Salt Lake City
A
625 students25:1Rate it →
William Penn School
Elementary · Grades K–6 · Salt Lake City
A
615 students23:1Rate it →
Stansbury School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · West Valley City
D−
582 students21:1Rate it →
Oakwood School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Salt Lake City
A+
580 students20:1Rate it →
Morningside School
Elementary · Grades K–6 · Salt Lake City
A+
564 students23:1Rate it →
Fox Hills School
Elementary · Grades K–6 · Salt Lake City
B
553 students25:1Rate it →
Vista School
Grades PK–9 · Taylorsville
C
551 students23:1Rate it →
Magna School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Magna
D
549 students24:1Rate it →
Hillsdale School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · West Valley City
D−
548 students21:1Rate it →
West Kearns School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Kearns
D
548 students22:1Rate it →
James E. Moss School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Salt Lake City
D−
543 students25:1Rate it →
South Kearns School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Kearns
D
536 students19:1Rate it →
Plymouth School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Salt Lake City
D
535 students21:1Rate it →
Gearld Wright School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Salt Lake City
C
532 students22:1Rate it →
Calvin S. Smith School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Taylorsville
B+
525 students24:1Rate it →
Monroe School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · West Valley City
D
512 students20:1Rate it →
Redwood School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · West Valley City
D−
511 students21:1Rate it →
Whittier School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · West Valley City
D
492 students18:1Rate it →
Beehive School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Kearns
D
489 students21:1Rate it →
Crestview School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Salt Lake City
B+
485 students25:1Rate it →
Lincoln School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Salt Lake City
D
483 students22:1Rate it →
Diamond Ridge School
Elementary · Grades K–6 · Salt Lake City
C+
483 students24:1Rate it →
Pleasant Green School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Magna
D
482 students24:1Rate it →
Hunter School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · West Valley City
D
480 students21:1Rate it →
Upland Terrace School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Salt Lake City
A
477 students22:1Rate it →
Silver Hills School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Kearns
D−
475 students21:1Rate it →
Hillside School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · West Valley City
C−
470 students23:1Rate it →
Howard R. Driggs School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Salt Lake City
A+
469 students27:1Rate it →
Rolling Meadows School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · West Valley City
C
456 students21:1Rate it →
Valley Crest School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · West Valley City
D
455 students22:1Rate it →
Philo T. Farnsworth School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · West Valley City
D
448 students22:1Rate it →
Bennion School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Salt Lake City
C
447 students25:1Rate it →
Pioneer School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · West Valley City
D
438 students22:1Rate it →
Arcadia School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Taylorsville
D−
433 students20:1Rate it →
Copper Hills School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Magna
C−
432 students21:1Rate it →
David Gourley School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Kearns
D
423 students22:1Rate it →
Jackling School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · West Valley City
D−
415 students22:1Rate it →
Douglas T. Orchard School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · West Valley City
D
411 students22:1Rate it →
Lake Ridge School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Magna
D−
410 students23:1Rate it →
Taylorsville School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Salt Lake City
D
404 students22:1Rate it →
John C. Fremont School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Taylorsville
D
374 students21:1Rate it →
Academy Park School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · West Valley City
D
358 students23:1Rate it →
Cottonwood School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Salt Lake City
A+
340 students25:1Rate it →
Jim Bridger School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · West Jordan
D
340 students21:1Rate it →
Rosecrest School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Salt Lake City
B+
334 students25:1Rate it →
Harry S. Truman School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · West Valley City
D
317 students22:1Rate it →
Thomas W. Bacchus School
Elementary · Grades K–6 · Kearns
D
315 students22:1Rate it →
Robert Frost School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · West Valley City
C+
304 students21:1Rate it →
Eastwood School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Salt Lake City
A+
300 students25:1Rate it →
Oakridge School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Salt Lake City
A+
279 students21:1Rate it →
The path, start to finish
PK–656 schoolsDepends on your addressD− to A+
7–817 middle schoolsDepends on your addressD− to A
9–128 high schoolsDepends on your addressD− to A

Emigration Canyon’s public schools are run by Granite School District, which also serves Holladay, Kearns, Magna and Millcreek and others. To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Granite School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 84 schools · 59,106 students, down 5% since 2020–21 · 22.5 per teacher (UT 21.2)
$12,019UT $11,467 · FY2024
C−
Test scores · 2020–21

How students score

Math26%
State average 38.8% · 29759 students tested

Emigration Canyon vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Utah towns that share Emigration Canyon’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Emigration CanyonC−Granite
Salt Lake CityC−Salt Lake City

Every school in Emigration Canyon

79 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Utah’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Emigration Canyonin other towns
West Valley School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · West Valley City
C
764 students21:1Rate it →
Granger School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · West Valley City
D
716 students22:1Rate it →
Elk Run Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Magna
D
714 students24:1Rate it →
Olene Walker Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Salt Lake City
D
712 students26:1Rate it →
Neil Armstrong Academy
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · West Valley
C
688 students25:1Rate it →
Woodrow Wilson School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Salt Lake City
D
656 students31:1Rate it →
Woodstock School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Salt Lake City
A
625 students25:1Rate it →
Stansbury School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · West Valley City
D−
582 students21:1Rate it →
Oakwood School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Salt Lake City
A+
580 students20:1Rate it →
Vista School
Grades PK–9 · Taylorsville
C
551 students23:1Rate it →
Magna School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Magna
D
549 students24:1Rate it →
Hillsdale School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · West Valley City
D−
548 students21:1Rate it →
West Kearns School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Kearns
D
548 students22:1Rate it →
James E. Moss School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Salt Lake City
D−
543 students25:1Rate it →
South Kearns School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Kearns
D
536 students19:1Rate it →
Plymouth School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Salt Lake City
D
535 students21:1Rate it →
Gearld Wright School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Salt Lake City
C
532 students22:1Rate it →
Calvin S. Smith School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Taylorsville
B+
525 students24:1Rate it →
Monroe School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · West Valley City
D
512 students20:1Rate it →
Redwood School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · West Valley City
D−
511 students21:1Rate it →
Whittier School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · West Valley City
D
492 students18:1Rate it →
Beehive School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Kearns
D
489 students21:1Rate it →
Crestview School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Salt Lake City
B+
485 students25:1Rate it →
Lincoln School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Salt Lake City
D
483 students22:1Rate it →
Pleasant Green School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Magna
D
482 students24:1Rate it →
Hunter School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · West Valley City
D
480 students21:1Rate it →
Upland Terrace School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Salt Lake City
A
477 students22:1Rate it →
Silver Hills School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Kearns
D−
475 students21:1Rate it →
Hillside School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · West Valley City
C−
470 students23:1Rate it →
Howard R. Driggs School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Salt Lake City
A+
469 students27:1Rate it →
Rolling Meadows School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · West Valley City
C
456 students21:1Rate it →
Valley Crest School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · West Valley City
D
455 students22:1Rate it →
Philo T. Farnsworth School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · West Valley City
D
448 students22:1Rate it →
Bennion School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Salt Lake City
C
447 students25:1Rate it →
Pioneer School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · West Valley City
D
438 students22:1Rate it →
Arcadia School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Taylorsville
D−
433 students20:1Rate it →
Copper Hills School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Magna
C−
432 students21:1Rate it →
David Gourley School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Kearns
D
423 students22:1Rate it →
Jackling School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · West Valley City
D−
415 students22:1Rate it →
Douglas T. Orchard School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · West Valley City
D
411 students22:1Rate it →
Lake Ridge School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Magna
D−
410 students23:1Rate it →
Taylorsville School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Salt Lake City
D
404 students22:1Rate it →
John C. Fremont School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Taylorsville
D
374 students21:1Rate it →
Academy Park School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · West Valley City
D
358 students23:1Rate it →
Cottonwood School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Salt Lake City
A+
340 students25:1Rate it →
Jim Bridger School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · West Jordan
D
340 students21:1Rate it →
Rosecrest School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Salt Lake City
B+
334 students25:1Rate it →
Harry S. Truman School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · West Valley City
D
317 students22:1Rate it →
Robert Frost School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · West Valley City
C+
304 students21:1Rate it →
Eastwood School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Salt Lake City
A+
300 students25:1Rate it →
William Penn School
Elementary · Grades K–6 · Salt Lake City
A
615 students23:1Rate it →
Morningside School
Elementary · Grades K–6 · Salt Lake City
A+
564 students23:1Rate it →
Fox Hills School
Elementary · Grades K–6 · Salt Lake City
B
553 students25:1Rate it →
Diamond Ridge School
Elementary · Grades K–6 · Salt Lake City
C+
483 students24:1Rate it →
Thomas W. Bacchus School
Elementary · Grades K–6 · Kearns
D
315 students22:1Rate it →
Oakridge School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Salt Lake City
A+
279 students21:1Rate it →
Olympus Jr High
Middle · Grades 5–9 · Salt Lake City
A−
807 students26:1Rate it →
Eisenhower Jr High
Middle · Grades 6–9 · Taylorsville
C−
1,036 students22:1Rate it →
Bennion Jr High
Middle · Grades 6–9 · Taylorsville
C
1,022 students24:1Rate it →
Thomas Jefferson Jr High
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Kearns
D
915 students23:1Rate it →
Wasatch Jr High
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Salt Lake City
A−
829 students26:1Rate it →
Granite Park Jr High
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Salt Lake City
D−
800 students21:1Rate it →
John F. Kennedy Jr High
Middle · Grades 6–8 · West Valley City
D
772 students23:1Rate it →
Kearns Jr High
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Kearns
D
732 students18:1Rate it →
Bonneville Jr High
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Salt Lake City
C+
636 students25:1Rate it →
Evergreen Jr High
Middle · Grades 6–9 · Salt Lake City
B
600 students24:1Rate it →
Churchill Jr High
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Salt Lake City
A−
521 students26:1Rate it →
Skyline High
High · Grades 7–12 · Salt Lake City
A
2,186 students27:1Rate it →
Scott M Matheson Jr High
Middle · Grades 7–8 · Magna
D
1,051 students25:1Rate it →
West Lake Jr High
Middle · Grades 7–8 · West Valley City
D
724 students21:1Rate it →
Hunter Jr High
Middle · Grades 7–8 · West Valley City
D
667 students22:1Rate it →
Valley Jr High
Middle · Grades 7–8 · West Valley City
D
546 students22:1Rate it →
Granger High
High · Grades 8–12 · West Valley City
D−
3,267 students25:1Rate it →
Cyprus High
High · Grades 9–12 · Magna
D
2,762 students26:1Rate it →
Taylorsville High
High · Grades 9–12 · Taylorsville
C
2,685 students26:1Rate it →
Hunter High
High · Grades 9–12 · West Valley City
D
2,480 students24:1Rate it →
Kearns High
High · Grades 9–12 · Kearns
D−
2,313 students24:1Rate it →
Olympus High
High · Grades 9–12 · Salt Lake City
A−
2,151 students25:1Rate it →
Cottonwood High
High · Grades 9–12 · Salt Lake City
C−
1,451 students23:1Rate it →

Questions about Emigration Canyon’s schools

Are Emigration Canyon’s schools good?

On Utah’s tests they score below most of the state: the public schools Emigration Canyon children attend score below 80% of Utah’s school districts on tests and graduation, a C− Schools grade. Among towns with similar incomes they place at the bottom. Tests are from 2020–21, graduation from the class of 2023.

What school district is Emigration Canyon in?

Granite School District, which runs grades PK–12 and enrolls 59,106 students in 84 schools (2024–25).

Where do Emigration Canyon kids go to high school?

One of 8 high schools, depending on your address: Granger High, Cyprus High, Taylorsville High, Hunter High, Kearns High, Skyline High, Olympus High and Cottonwood High.

What is Emigration Canyon’s graduation rate?

79% of the class of 2023 in Granite School District graduated in four years, against 88% across Utah.

How much does Emigration Canyon spend per student?

$12,019 in Granite School District (FY2024), against $11,467 across Utah. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.

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School data: state test results (2020–21, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). The School Grade is our own summary, graded within Utah. Stars are from neighbors.