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Magnet Schools in Salt Lake County, Utah

Salt Lake County has 6 schools identified in the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection as operating a magnet program. 3 are whole-school magnets, and 3 offer magnet programs to part of the student population.

  • 6 magnet schools and programs
  • 3 whole-school magnets
  • 3 schools with a magnet program
  • 5 cities and towns

Magnet status is based on the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection, the latest federal collection available for magnet classification.

School enrollment, grades and contact details are from NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.

Magnet schools in Salt Lake County

Listed alphabetically. Nothing here is ranked, scored or ordered by anything the federal collections do not record.

What “magnet” means on this page

● Whole-school magnet

Whole-school magnet

The magnet program applies across the school. Every student attending is part of it.

◦ Magnet program

Magnet program

The school offers a magnet program to part of its student population, alongside its other classes.

Other historical or unverified magnet listings

These schools were identified as magnet schools in older source data but are not confirmed by the latest available federal magnet collection.

  • Backman School

    Salt Lake City, UT

    □ Unverified magnet listing

    Grades
    PK-6
    Enrollment
    668
    Level
    Elementary

  • East Hollywood High

    West Valley, UT

    □ Unverified magnet listing Charter

    Grades
    9-12
    Enrollment
    298
    Level
    High

  • Fox Hills Magnet School

    Salt Lake City, UT

    □ Unverified magnet listing

    Grades
    1-6
    Enrollment
    165
    Level
    Elementary

  • Grant School

    Murray, UT

    □ Unverified magnet listing

    Grades
    K-6
    Enrollment
    484
    Level
    Elementary

  • Guadalupe School

    Salt Lake City, UT

    □ Unverified magnet listing Charter

    Grades
    PK-3
    Enrollment
    102
    Level
    Elementary

  • Morningside Magnet School

    Salt Lake City, UT

    □ Unverified magnet listing

    Grades
    1-6
    Enrollment
    166
    Level
    Elementary

  • Salt Lake Arts Academy

    Salt Lake City, UT

    □ Unverified magnet listing Charter

    Grades
    5-8
    Enrollment
    278
    Level
    Middle

  • Salt Lake School For The Performing Arts

    Salt Lake City, UT

    □ Unverified magnet listing Charter

    Grades
    9-12
    Enrollment
    162
    Level
    High

Other schools listed in Salt Lake County

These are the other schools this directory holds for Salt Lake County. They are not identified as magnet schools in the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection.

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