The Salt Lake City School District is among the oldest public school districts in Utah. Boundaries for the district are identical to the city limits for Salt Lake City. Employing about 1,300 teachers who instruct about 24,000 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 90 years old.
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All high schools in the Salt Lake City District serve grades 9-12. The district operates three high schools as of 2004: East High School near the University of Utah serving the 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.
A high school no longer extant—South High School (Salt Lake City), on State Street—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 less influential South High after the 1987–1988 school year. 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.
East High School serves grades nine through twelve. It also accepts and cares for mentally and physically disabled children. East High School was founded in 1914 and currently has an enrolled student body of 1,996. It is located at 840 South 1300 East in the East Bench neighborhood. The current principal is Dr. Paul Sagers. The school mascot is the leopard, and the school colors are red and white.
Highland High School opened in 1956 and has a student body of about 1,788. It is located at 2166 South 1700 East, next to Sugar House Park. The current principal is Paul Schulte. The school mascot is the ram, and the school colors are black and white.
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 2,519 under Principal Parley Jacobs. 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.
There are five middle schools in the Salt Lake City School District. All middle schools in the district teach grades 7-8.
| School | Enrollment | Neighborhood |
| Bryant Middle School | 494 | Central City |
| Clayton Middle School | 543 | Sugar House |
| Glendale Middle School | 912 | Glendale |
| Hillside Middle School | 563 | East Bench |
| Northwest Middle School | 825 | Rose Park |
In addition, West High School offers grade 7 and 8 for some students as part of the "Extended Learning Program" (ELP).
The district operates 27 elementary schools. All elementary schools in the district serve grades K-6, with some offering preschool services.
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| School | Enrollment | Neighborhood |
| Backman Elementary School | 541 | Rose Park |
| Beacon Heights Elementary School | 480 | East Bench |
| Bennion Elementary School | 319 | Central City |
| Bonneville Elementary School | 416 | East Bench |
| Dilworth Elementary School | 519 | Sugar House |
| Edison Elementary School | 545 | Poplar Grove |
| Emerson Elementary School | 440 | Sugar House |
| Ensign Elementary School | 387 | The Avenues |
| Escalante Elementary School | 626 | Rose Park |
| Franklin Elementary School | 531 | Poplar Grove |
| Hawthorne Elementary School | 507 | Sugar House |
| Highland Park Elementary School | 525 | Sugar House |
| Indian Hills Elementary School | 435 | East Bench |
| Jackson Elementary School | 531 | Rose Park |
| Lincoln Elementary School | 542 | Central City |
| Meadowlark Elementary School | 550 | Rose Park |
| Mountain View Elementary School | 542 | Glendale |
| Newman Elementary School | 467 | Rose Park |
| Nibley Park Elementary School | 474 | Sugar House |
| North Star Elementary School | 676 | Rose Park |
| Parkview Elementary School | 426 | Glendale |
| Riley Elementary School | 480 | Glendale |
| Rose Park Elementary School | 538 | Rose Park |
| Uintah Elementary School | 558 | East Bench |
| Wasatch Elementary School | 449 | The Avenues |
| Washington Elementary School | 266 | Capitol Hill |
| Whittier Elementary School | 614 | Sugar House |
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.
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