City of South Salt Lake

Highlights

96.2% of Promise South Salt Lake funding is achieved through grants and philanthropic donations.
We host programs in eight Community Centers and six school-based Learning Centers.
We served 2,096 youth in Afterschool during the 2019-2020 school year. It is projected that 451 of these youth would have attended 90 + days, if programs hadn't been impated by COVID-19.
We are one of 7 neighborhoods in the United Way of Salt Lake Promise Partnerships.
South Salt Lake is one of the most racially and ethnically diverse communities in Utah. We are home to one of the largest Refugee and Immigrant communities (25%) as well as the largest Asian and Asian American population (11%) in the state.
While 22% of the population lives in poverty, in most of our community’s schools, upwards of 90% of children qualify for Free or Reduced Price lunch.

From 2010-2019, juvenile arrests declined by 71% and on school days between 3 and 6 p.m., there was a 67% reduction in juvenile arrests.
In 2019, Teachers reported 74% of elementary and 67% of middle and high school students showed an improvement in in-school behavior.
In 2019, Teachers reported 66% of elementary and 61% of middle and high school students showed an improvement in grades.
In 2015, the Utah International Charter School graduated its first senior. In 2018, that number grew to 30 graduating seniors!