Carden Memorial School
1452 E 2700 S, Salt Lake City, UT 84106Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- Not published
- Grades
- PreK-8
- Students (K-12)
- 296
- Students per teacher
- 10.5
- Affiliation
- Christian (nondenominational)
- From Salt Lake City center
- 6.2 miles
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- Net cost
- Not worked out: no verified 2026-27 tuition yet. Check the school’s website
School facts
- Teachers
- 32
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Boys and girls
- 43% boys, 57% girls
- Setting
- City
- School facts, kindergarten to grade 12: U.S. Department of Education, NCES Private School Survey 2023-24, read September 20, 2026.
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On its website
- Application fee: $85: cardenmemorialschool.com/admissions, read October 14, 2026.
- Before or after school care: cardenmemorialschool.com/admissions, read October 14, 2026.
- School uniforms: cardenmemorialschool.com/student-life, read October 14, 2026.
- What Carden Memorial School says on cardenmemorialschool.com, read October 14, 2026.
Students and school year
Enrollment over time
- 2019-20 to 2023-24
- 290 to 296, up 6 (2%)
- Path
- Peaked at 319 in 2021-22
Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)
- Largest grade
- Grade 4 (42)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 1 and grade 7 (26 each)
- Average a grade
- About 33
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 165
- Length of the school day
- 6 hours 40 minutes
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,100
- Kindergarten
- Full day and half day offered, 5 days a week
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person
- Library or media center
- Yes
- Year, against Utah
- 15 days shorter than the 180-day median of 122 schools we list
- School day, against Utah
- 10 minutes longer than the median of 6 hours 30 minutes (128 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 10.5 here; median 8.5 at 43 UT elementary schools
- Size in Salt Lake County
- Larger than 41 of 47 other schools we list
Student body, 2023-24
Shares of K-12 students by race and ethnicity, as NCES reports them.
- Grades, school year and student body: U.S. Department of Education, NCES Private School Survey 2023-24, read September 20, 2026.
- Earlier counts: NCES Private School Survey 2019-20 and 2021-22, read October 14, 2026.
- Comparisons: the private schools ChoiceFunded lists, as of this page’s last update.
Carden Memorial School tuition, and what UFA pays
- Published tuition
- No verified figure yet. Check the school’s website
Utah Fits All Scholarship Education savings account
- Award
- Up to $8,000 for private school students
- How it varies
- Home-based students receive $4,000 (ages 5 to 11) or $6,000 (ages 12 to 18).
Figures read from each program’s official pages, October 2, 2026. Sources and how to apply
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Other private schools nearby
| School | Grades | Students | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Redeemer Lutheran School | PreK-8 | 33 | <1 |
| Elizabeth Academy | PreK-12 | 175 | <1 |
| J E Cosgriff Memorial Catholic School | PreK-8 | 289 | 2 |
| Kearns-Saint Ann School | PreK-8 | 83 | 2 |
| Montessori Community School of Salt Lake City | PreK-6 | 24 | 2 |
| Montessori of Salt Lake | PreK-2 | 25 | 2 |
| Oasis Millcreek | 7-11 | 10 | 3 |
| Carmen B Pingree Center | Ungraded | 60 | 3 |
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