Esperanza School

The Esperanza School area has one listed school, Esperanza School, serving kindergarten through seventh grade in West Valley City at 4956 W 3500 S. The school enrolls about 575 students, making it a moderately sized school, and there are no other schools in this list for direct comparison.

The most important concern for families is attendance: 40.2% of students were chronically absent in 2024–2025, compared with 23.8% statewide. Academic performance is generally below Utah averages, especially in the upper grades. In 2025–2026, English Language Arts proficiency declined from 35.3% in third grade to 17.2% in sixth grade. Mathematics also fell from 41.8% in third grade to 21.2% in sixth grade, while science proficiency dropped from 35.6% in fourth grade to 25.7% in sixth grade. Seventh-grade results were reported as ranges and remained below state results across subjects.

There are some encouraging signs. Fourth-grade mathematics was a clear strength, with 54.9% of students proficient—4.5 percentage points above Utah’s rate—and mathematics improved from the previous year in grades three through five. However, science is the largest academic gap overall, particularly in sixth grade, where performance was 32.5 points below the state. The school’s statewide ranking also declined from the 38th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 22nd percentile in 2025–2026. Families may want to ask about attendance support, upper-grade instruction, science improvement plans, and whether the successful fourth-grade math practices are being extended to other grades.