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Calvin S. Smith School

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Calvin S. Smith School ranks 254 th of 547 Utah elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Public Grades PK, KG-6

254^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 547 Utah Elementary Schools

Better than 54% of Utah elementary schools

Summary

Calvin S. Smith School is an elementary school located in Taylorsville, Utah, serving grades PK-6 with a student population of 586. The school is part of the Granite School District, which is ranked 70 out of 93 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Calvin S. Smith School consistently outperforms the Granite District and the state of Utah in standardized test scores across various grade levels and subjects, particularly in mathematics and science. For example, in 2024-2025, 57.9% of 3rd graders at Calvin S. Smith School were proficient or better in RISE/Mathematics, compared to 37.1% in the Granite District and 48.6% statewide. The school's performance is also strong in science, with 60.5% of 4th graders and 51.6% of 5th graders scoring proficient or better in RISE/Science in 2024-2025, compared to 40.9% and 40.1% in the district, respectively.

However, Calvin S. Smith School has experienced relatively high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 21.3% to 32.7% over the past few years, which is higher than the state average. The school's lower per-student spending of $7,506 in 2018-2019 and higher student-teacher ratio of 24.9 in 2023-2024 compared to some nearby schools suggest the need to examine the allocation of resources and explore ways to optimize the learning environment for students.

525

Students ?

24.4

Student/teacher ratio ?

$7,506

Per pupil spending ?

19.4%

Free/discounted lunch ?

2150 W 6200 S
Taylorsville, UT 84118

(385) 646-5020

District: Granite District

Students who attend Calvin S. Smith School usually attend:

Middle:	Bennion Junior High
High:	Taylorsville High

Racial breakdown:

White:

67.6%

Hispanic:

17.7%

Asian:

5.5%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 55th percentile in 2015 → 54th in 2025

Strengths

✓Above the Utah median (54th percentile)

Worth a look

!Large classes — about 24 students per teacher

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school51%

District avg37%

Utah avg49%

254^th of 547

Utah public elementary schools ?

Top 46%▼ down 2 pts since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

13^th of 51Elementary Schools in the Granite District

70^th of 93Granite District among Utah districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Utah percentile	Rating
2025	55.9	254 of 547	53.6%	★★★☆☆
2024	64.5	194 of 561	65.4%	★★★☆☆
2023	57.9	230 of 561	59.0%	★★★☆☆
2022	65.0	181 of 551	67.2%	★★★☆☆
2021	62.6	201 of 559	64.0%	★★★☆☆
2019	65.2	190 of 572	66.8%	★★★☆☆
2018	67.9	158 of 528	70.1%	★★★★☆
2017	57.1	230 of 526	56.3%	★★★☆☆
2016	64.8	183 of 533	65.7%	★★★☆☆
2015	55.8	241 of 537	55.1%	★★★☆☆
2014	58.4	208 of 509	59.1%	★★★☆☆
2013	62.4	254 of 576	55.9%	★★★☆☆
2012	57.1	300 of 579	48.2%	★★☆☆☆
2011	60.3	263 of 563	53.3%	★★★☆☆
2010	60.5	224 of 518	56.8%	★★★☆☆
2009	66.0	185 of 509	63.7%	★★★☆☆
2008	47.0	304 of 498	39.0%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Utah percentile	Rating
2025	48.4	225 of 408	44.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	52.6	211 of 429	50.8%	★★★☆☆
2023	49.0	211 of 428	50.7%	★★★☆☆
2022	51.4	215 of 435	50.6%	★★★☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

White (2025)45th percentile-9 vs school

By subject vs Utah (2024-2025) ?

Science56%+5 vs state

Mathematics47%~ state avg

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What people are saying

by a parent
Tuesday, April 16, 2024

School is cutting down teachers and keep saying this is out of their hands while other schools manage to not cut their teachers. Not pleased with principal, no strategy or real vision for the school, does not seek real parental input, only wants to make their decisions and then announce to school without parents having a chance to voice their concerns. School is declining on academic performance. Go to another school until there's a new principal. Close Quote

by a parent
Monday, February 4, 2019

I would love to rate this school. We had my grandchildren in there a few years ago and the principal is so unfair, sides with the teachers we decided to take them out.
Through health issues of the parents we were forced to put them back in. The teachers make fun of them and bully them if they don’t know an answer to the point that it has made them cry. They are unfair leaning towards a trouble maker , a boy that bullies the kids. I have talked to the principal several times with no help at all. So if you choose this schoole then be prepared to have your child be bullied and the principal does absolutely nothing. I would Home teach before I would ever send a child to that school. These are my opinions and I think it horrible when a child is sick to tell her she needs to be in school. How sad. The kid was sick. And my grandson was made to cry in class by the teacher and was told he can’t go on an outing that the school is having. No matter what a child does no one should be singled out. He did nothing wrong . So be very careful of this principal and her pose of teachers that nothing is done. Oh and they call in one set of parents but not the other. Totally unfair. Horrible horrible school and staff. Beware. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				RISE Mathematics (2025)				RISE Science (2025)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	RISE Mathematics 3rd Grade	RISE Mathematics 4th Grade	RISE Mathematics 5th Grade	RISE Mathematics 6th Grade	RISE Science 4th Grade	RISE Science 5th Grade	RISE Science 6th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Calvin S. Smith School	Public	PK, KG-6	2150 W 6200 S	Taylorsville	84118	Salt Lake County	Granite District	No	No	No	No	(385) 646-5020	525	22	24.4	19.4%	355 (67.6%)	5 (1.0%)	93 (17.7%)	29 (5.5%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (2.7%)	28 (5.3%)	55.9	254^th of 547 public elementary schools	53.6%		64.5	194^th of 561 public elementary schools	65.4%	60	57.9	48.2	35.5		60.5	51.6		$7,506	$640	$6,866
Bennion School	Public	PK, KG-6	5775 S Sierra Grande Dr	Salt Lake City	84118	Salt Lake County	Granite District	No	No	No	No	(385) 646-4774	447	18	24.8	27.1%	240 (53.7%)	10 (2.2%)	139 (31.1%)	20 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.1%)	24 (5.4%)	37	354^th of 547 public elementary schools	35.3%		43.8	328^th of 561 public elementary schools	41.5%	26	44.3	36.0	30.6		52.7	45.9		$8,363	$841	$7,522
Hartvigsen School	Public	K-8	1510 W 5400 S	Taylorsville	84123	Salt Lake County	Granite District	No	No	No	No	(385) 646-4585	76	20	3.7	48.7%	37 (48.7%)	3 (3.9%)	23 (30.3%)	5 (6.6%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (5.3%)	4 (5.3%)								(n/a)								$78,942	$864	$78,078
Plymouth School	Public	PK, KG-6	5220 S 1470 W	Salt Lake City	84123	Salt Lake County	Granite District	No	No	No	Yes	(385) 646-4978	535	25	21.4	41.3%	138 (25.8%)	36 (6.7%)	303 (56.6%)	13 (2.4%)	5 (0.9%)	22 (4.1%)	18 (3.4%)	4.5	538^th of 547 public elementary schools	1.6%		2.3	560^th of 561 public elementary schools	0.2%	22	23.6		11.2		18.9	18.9		$8,103	$1,756	$6,346
Heartland School	Public	K-6	1451 W 7000 S	West Jordan	84084	Salt Lake County	Jordan District	No	No	No	Yes	(801) 565-7533	403	29	14.0	66.0%	166 (41.2%)	7 (1.7%)	208 (51.6%)	5 (1.2%)	5 (1.2%)	6 (1.5%)	6 (1.5%)	10.1	502^nd of 547 public elementary schools	8.2%		9.8	514^th of 561 public elementary schools	8.4%	12	16.1	29.9	18.3		35.1	25.0		$10,535	$1,960	$8,574
Westland School	Public	K-6	2925 W 7180 S	West Jordan	84084	Salt Lake County	Jordan District	No	No	No	No	(801) 565-7508	595	29	20.8	31.9%	442 (74.3%)	6 (1.0%)	105 (17.6%)	8 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.5%)	25 (4.2%)	72.7	136^th of 547 public elementary schools	75.1%		72.7	138^th of 561 public elementary schools	75.4%	2	68.4	57.6	45.9	53.3	64.6	51.2	69.3	$7,313	$290	$7,023
Majestic School	Public	K-6	7430 S 1700 W	West Jordan	84084	Salt Lake County	Jordan District	No	No	No	Yes	(801) 565-7458	320	18	17.7	66.9%	119 (37.2%)	6 (1.9%)	162 (50.6%)	7 (2.2%)	4 (1.3%)	8 (2.5%)	14 (4.4%)	18	449^th of 547 public elementary schools	17.9%		18.3	461^st of 561 public elementary schools	17.8%	12	31.0	20.8	35.0	13.7	18.9	40.0	48.1	$15,225	$1,990	$13,235
Oquirrh School	Public	K-6	7165 S 3285 W	West Jordan	84084	Salt Lake County	Jordan District	No	No	No	Yes	(801) 565-7474	524	29	18.2	59.0%	203 (38.7%)	15 (2.9%)	230 (43.9%)	11 (2.1%)	5 (1.0%)	35 (6.7%)	25 (4.8%)	10.1	501^st of 547 public elementary schools	8.4%		8.5	525^th of 561 public elementary schools	6.4%	24	19.6	29.6	16.2	16.0	31.0	29.9	34.8	$8,840	$1,330	$7,510
Fox Hills School	Public	K-6	3775 W 6020 S	Salt Lake City	84118	Salt Lake County	Granite District	No	No	No	No	(385) 646-4828	553	23	24.5	31.6%	287 (51.9%)	12 (2.2%)	183 (33.1%)	19 (3.4%)	10 (1.8%)	17 (3.1%)	24 (4.3%)	62.4	209^th of 547 public elementary schools	61.8%		52.5	272^nd of 561 public elementary schools	51.5%	63	51.5	53.2	51.7		56.3	55.0		$8,386	$807	$7,580
Viewmont School	Public	K-6	745 W 5720 S	Murray	84123	Salt Lake County	Murray District	No	No	No	No	(801) 264-7438	433	23	19.2	21.7%	351 (81.1%)	5 (1.2%)	38 (8.8%)	5 (1.2%)	4 (0.9%)	5 (1.2%)	25 (5.8%)	75.2	119^th of 547 public elementary schools	78.2%		75.5	121^st of 561 public elementary schools	78.4%	2	57.9	61.8	68.2	43.4	61.8	62.2	63.4	$8,294	$593	$7,701

Frequently Asked Questions about Calvin S. Smith School

How many students attend Calvin S. Smith School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 525 students attended Calvin S. Smith School.

What district is Calvin S. Smith School in?

Granite District

Is Calvin S. Smith School a good school?

Calvin S. Smith School ranks 254^th of 547 Utah elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

What is the racial makeup of Calvin S. Smith School?

Students at Calvin S. Smith School are 68% White, 18% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 5% Two or more races, 3% Pacific Islander.

What schools do graduates of Calvin S. Smith School attend?

Students who attend Calvin S. Smith School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Bennion Junior High
High : Taylorsville High

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