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What's one thing Blackridge School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
782
Elementary
DISTRICT 669 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JORDAN DISTRICT·NCES 490042001480
Blackridge School
14131 South Rosecrest Road, HERRIMAN, UT 84096 · (801) 254-0326 · Salt Lake County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL782 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.0:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.1:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
107 students
DISTRICT 28% · STATE 33%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 67 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 95 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 132 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 124 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 149 | 19% |
| Grade 6 | 148 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is 55% smaller than its 6th grade class (148).
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 47% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
RISE / Utah Aspire+ 2024-25 . % Proficient + Highly ProficientEnglish Language Arts
50.5%
UT avg 41.4% . -2.3pp since 2023
Math
53.7%
UT avg 41.8% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Utah schools, those numbers are about 41 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.5% | 53.7% |
| 2023-24 | 52.8% | 53.7% |
% Proficient + Highly Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: RISE / Utah Aspire+. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
53.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.1%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% typical for Utah schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Utah's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Blackridge School
Blackridge School's state test result (53.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackridge School this school | 782 | 13.7% | 53.8% |
| Lakeside School WEST POINT | 864 | 15.2% | 53.1% |
| Springside School SARATOGA SPRINGS | 827 | 12.7% | 54.5% |
| Old Mill School HEBER CITY | 769 | 15.7% | 75.1% |
| Island View Elementary WEST POINT | 820 | 10.4% | N/A |
| Bluff Ridge School SYRACUSE | 915 | 11.9% | 54.3% |
Matched among Utah elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Blackridge School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Salt Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.8% | #194 of 562 | #56 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.7% | #184 of 578 ▲ 3 | #50 of 180 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.5% | #184 of 578 ▲ 14 | #57 of 180 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 782 | #47 of 613 | #12 of 184 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.0:1 | #272 of 556 | #94 of 178 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.8% | #408 of 559 | #162 of 179 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.7% | #499 of 582 | #154 of 179 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.4% | #81 of 388 | #37 of 133 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
782
-190 (-20%) vs 2020
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 782 | 37.3 | 21.0:1 | 14% (107) |
| 2023-24 | 865 | 41.8 | 20.7:1 | 12% (108) |
| 2022-23 | 941 | 41.3 | 22.8:1 | 9% (86) |
| 2020-21 | 972 | N/A | N/A | 6% (58) |
| 2017-18 | 1,092 | N/A | N/A | 6% (67) |
| 2015-16 | 1,014 | N/A | N/A | 8% (84) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Blackridge School.
About Blackridge School
Blackridge School is a large elementary school for students in HERRIMAN, Utah. Grades offered run from kindergarten through 6, with 782 students enrolled. For comparison, elementary schools in Utah average about 491 students.
Jordan District has 67 schools; together they serve 58,788 students.
The large majority of students at Blackridge School, 82%, are White. The rest of enrollment is 11% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Among all residents of Salt Lake County, the White share is about 70%. The chance that two students picked at random at Blackridge School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 32%.
A ratio of 21.0:1 comes from the school's 37.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, elementary schools in Utah average 21.8:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 14% in 2024-25. Across public schools in Salt Lake County, the average is 34%.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 53.1% at Blackridge School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 53.8%.
In the county around the school, Salt Lake County, median household income is about $97,494, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Blackridge School is among the 325 public schools in Salt Lake County.
The shortest distance from Blackridge School to another public school is about 0.6 miles, to Fort Herriman Middle. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. On state test proficiency, Blackridge School ranks 2nd in a group of 8 nearby schools.
Blackridge School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Blackridge School went from 972 students to 782.
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Salt Lake County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,196,523
Census ACS
Median income
$97,494
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
325
209,757 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Jordan District
- Copper Hills HighHigh · 2,837 students
- Mountain Ridge HighHigh · 2,738 students
- Herriman HighHigh · 2,522 students
- Bingham HighHigh · 2,461 students
- Riverton HighHigh · 2,295 students
- PreschoolElementary · 1,773 students
Other schools in HERRIMAN
- Mountain Ridge HighHigh · 2,738 students
- Herriman HighHigh · 2,522 students
- Providence HallCombined · 2,044 students
- Fort Herriman MiddleMiddle · 1,195 students
- Copper Mountain MiddleMiddle · 1,093 students
- Silver Crest SchoolElementary · 879 students
Nearby schools
- Fort Herriman Middle0.6 mi · 1,195
- Foothills School0.8 mi · 837
- Juniper1.1 mi · 544
- Providence Hall1.2 mi · 2,044
- Mountain Ridge High1.3 mi · 2,738
- Herriman School1.4 mi · 679
Frequently asked questions
About Blackridge SchoolHow large is Blackridge School?
Blackridge School enrolls approximately 782 students in grades KG-06.
Is Blackridge School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Blackridge School is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Blackridge School?
Approximately 21.0:1 students per teacher at Blackridge School.
How diverse is Blackridge School?
Blackridge School reports a student body of 82% White, 11% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Blackridge School in?
Blackridge School is part of Jordan District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.