Black Ridge School

Black Ridge School is an elementary-level community of well-populated scale in EAGLE MOUNTAIN, Utah, one of the schools within Alpine District, caters to 842 students in grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Utah's public schools average about 491 students each, so Black Ridge School sits 71% bigger than that benchmark.

Within Alpine District, which oversees 89 schools and 86,645 students, Black Ridge School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Black Ridge School shows that nearly all students (87%) are White; the rest comes out to 7% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, Black Ridge School records 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.8:1, putting Black Ridge School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 12% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Utah County's rate of about 22%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Black Ridge School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 53.9%; this one delivers 55.7%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Utah County indicate median household earnings sit near $100,671, roughly 44% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Utah County's 202 public schools (combined enrollment of about 164,467 students), Black Ridge School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Rockwell Charter High School, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Black Ridge School. On composite proficiency, Black Ridge School comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 45.3%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 34%: 1,272 students in 2018 compared to 842 in 2025.

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