School immunization data for the start of the 2013-14 year shows 54 of Salt Lake County's 235 public elementary and intermediate schools fell short of the 95 percent vaccination rate, or “herd immunity” threshold, which experts say prevents measles and whooping cough from spreading. An anti-vaccine movement is driving more families to seek exemptions from Utah’s immunization requirements.
Editor's Note: These data are a snapshot reflecting immunization rates for entering kindergarten and seventh-grade students.
Sources: Utah Department of Health and U.S. Centers for Disease Prevention and Control.
Kindergarten dataSchool District | School | Total number entering students | Percent of exemptions | Outside of "herd immunity" |
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Canyons | Albion Middle School | 278 | 5% | |
Canyons | Butler Middle School | 276 | 6% | X |
Canyons | Draper Park Middle School | 482 | 7% | X |
Canyons | Eastmont Middle School | 301 | 3% | |
Canyons | Midvale Middle School | 302 | 2% | |
Canyons | Mt. Jordan Middle School | 243 | 3% | |
Canyons | Union Middle School | 319 | 3% | |
Canyons | Indian Hills Middle School | 349 | 4% | |
Canyons | Jordan Valley Middle School | 7 | 14% | X |
Granite | Hartvigsen School | 10 | 0% | |
Granite | Bonneville Junior High | 301 | 5% | |
Granite | Brockbank Junior High | 325 | 1% | |
Granite | Churchill Junior High | 179 | 5% | |
Granite | Eisenhower Junior High | 355 | 3% | |
Granite | Evergreen Junior High | 285 | 4% | |
Granite | Hunter Junior High | 342 | 2% | |
Granite | Kearns Junior High | 286 | 1% | |
Granite | Olympus Junior High | 273 | 2% | |
Granite | Valley Junior High | 322 | 0% | |
Granite | Wasatch Junior High | 292 | 2% | |
Granite | West Lake Junior High | 429 | 0% | |
Granite | Jefferson Junior High | 354 | 3% | |
Granite | John F. Kennedy Junior High | 332 | 1% | |
Granite | Granite Park Junior High | 235 | 0% | |
Granite | Bennion Junior High | 374 | 4% | |
Granite | Scott M. Matheson Junior High | 440 | 1% | |
Jordan | South Hills Middle School | 352 | 10% | X |
Jordan | Oquirrh Hills Middle School | 374 | 7% | X |
Jordan | West Jordan Middle School | 307 | 2% | |
Jordan | South Jordan Middle School | 490 | 3% | |
Jordan | Elk Ridge Middle School | 376 | 3% | |
Jordan | West Hills Middle School | 442 | 4% | |
Jordan | Joel P. Jensen Middle School | 277 | 3% | |
Jordan | River's Edge Middle School | 8 | 13% | X |
Jordan | Sunset Ridge Middle School | 513 | 2% | |
Jordan | Fort Herriman Middle School | 466 | 6% | X |
Jordan | Kauri Sue Hamilton Middle School | 9 | 22% | X |
Jordan | Copper Mountain Middle School | 396 | 0% | |
Murray | Hillcrest Junior High | 232 | 2% | |
Murray | Riverview Junior High | 254 | 2% | |
Salt Lake | Nibley Park Elementary | 38 | 3% | |
Salt Lake | Bryant Middle School | 212 | 1% | |
Salt Lake | Clayton Middle School | 373 | 2% | |
Salt Lake | Glendale Middle School | 244 | 0% | |
Salt Lake | Hillside Middle School | 269 | 3% | |
Salt Lake | Northwest Middle School | 403 | 0% | |
Salt Lake | West High School | 58 | 0% | |
Charter | City Academy | 38 | 8% | X |
Charter | Salt Lake Arts Academy | 99 | 4% | |
Charter | Summit Academy | 126 | 2% | |
Charter | Beehive Science & Technology Academy | 51 | 4% | |
Charter | North Star Academy | 55 | 6% | X |
Charter | Navigator Pointe Academy | 3 | 100% | X |
Charter | Channing Hall | 60 | 3% | |
Charter | Entheos Academy | 59 | 2% | |
Charter | Monticello Academy | 77 | 3% | |
Charter | Open Classroom | 24 | 17% | X |
Charter | Dual Immersion Academy | 27 | 0% | |
Charter | Salt Lake Center for Science Education | 62 | 0% | |
Charter | Providence Hall | 171 | 4% | |
Charter | Utah Virtual Academy | 186 | 7% | X |