Summary:
Esperanza School is the only elementary school listed in this area, serving about 575 students from kindergarten through seventh grade at 4956 W 3500 S in West Valley City, Utah. Esperanza School serves a broad grade span and has a student-teacher ratio of 23.4 to 1. More than half of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and chronic absenteeism was 40.2% in 2024–2025, considerably higher than Utah’s 23.8% rate.
For parents, the school’s clearest academic strength is fourth-grade mathematics. In 2025–2026, 54.9% of fourth graders were proficient in math, compared with 50.4% statewide, and the result improved by 9.2 percentage points from the previous year. Mathematics overall was stronger than English language arts and science, although results were still below state averages in most grades. The school’s main academic concerns are in the upper grades. Sixth-grade proficiency was 17.2% in English language arts, 21.2% in math, and 25.7% in science. Seventh-grade results were also below state levels in all three subjects.
The school’s performance varies significantly by grade and subject, so families may want to ask about supports during the transition into sixth and seventh grade. Science showed the largest gap compared with Utah, especially in sixth grade, where the school trailed the state by 32.5 percentage points. English language arts was also substantially below state averages across grades three through six. The school’s ranking declined from the 38th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 22nd percentile in 2025–2026, while its rating fell from two stars to one. Important questions for families include how the school is addressing attendance, providing literacy and science intervention, supporting older students, and extending the successful fourth-grade math practices to other grades.
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