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Enrollment
704
Elementary
DISTRICT 669 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JORDAN DISTRICT·NCES 490042001123
Butterfield Canyon School
6860 W MARY LEIZAN LANE, HERRIMAN, UT 84096 · (801) 254-0737 · Salt Lake County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL704 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 48% of Utah public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Utah public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
22.2:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.1:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
75 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 | 75 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 94 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 104 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 114 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 115 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 134 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 44% smaller than its 6th grade class (134).
Student demographics
31%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
48.3%
UT avg 41.4% . +1.0pp since 2023
Math
45.0%
UT avg 41.8% . -0.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Utah schools, those numbers are about 41 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.3% | 45.0% |
| 2023-24 | 47.3% | 45.9% |
% 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
51.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.6%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Butterfield Canyon School
Butterfield Canyon School's state test result (51.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Butterfield Canyon School this school | 704 | 10.7% | 51.7% |
| Eaglecrest School LEHI | 755 | 9.9% | 68.1% |
| Legacy School AMERICAN FORK | 819 | 11.7% | 66.1% |
| Knowlton School FARMINGTON | 663 | 9.0% | 63.3% |
| Island View Elementary WEST POINT | 820 | 10.4% | N/A |
| Majestic Fields School WASHINGTON | 732 | 11.3% | 55.7% |
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 Butterfield Canyon School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Salt Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.7% | #224 of 562 | #63 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #290 of 578 ▼ 9 | #72 of 180 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.3% | #213 of 578 ▲ 56 | #62 of 180 ▲ 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 704 | #90 of 613 | #22 of 184 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.2:1 | #385 of 556 | #134 of 178 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.3% | #416 of 559 | #163 of 179 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 10.7% | #532 of 582 | #168 of 179 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.3% | #142 of 388 | #65 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
704
-204 (-22%) vs 2020
-34% since 2010-11, when it was 1,063
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 | 704 | 31.8 | 22.2:1 | 11% (75) |
| 2023-24 | 725 | 35 | 20.7:1 | 11% (77) |
| 2022-23 | 774 | 34 | 22.8:1 | 6% (47) |
| 2020-21 | 908 | N/A | N/A | 7% (63) |
| 2017-18 | 906 | N/A | N/A | 8% (73) |
| 2015-16 | 901 | N/A | N/A | 14% (127) |
| 2010-11 | 1,063 | 49 | 21.7:1 | 19% (197) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Butterfield Canyon School.
About Butterfield Canyon School
Butterfield Canyon School is a public elementary school run by Jordan District in HERRIMAN, Utah. There are 704 students enrolled, covering kindergarten through 6. That puts enrollment 43% bigger than the 491-student average for elementary schools in Utah.
Federal data list 67 schools in Jordan District, with 58,788 students enrolled.
By race and ethnicity, Butterfield Canyon School is 82% White. Other groups make up 10% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. Salt Lake County as a whole is about 70% White, so the school's share is higher. A diversity index of 31% means there is a 31% chance two randomly chosen students at Butterfield Canyon School are from different groups.
The school lists 31.8 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.2:1. The ratio is within a point of the 21.8:1 average for elementary schools in Utah. A total of 75 students, or 11%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 34% for public schools in Salt Lake County.
Butterfield Canyon School holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 48% of Utah public elementary schools.
Butterfield Canyon School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Utah schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 51.7% and a predicted 54.6%.
The school's county is Salt Lake County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $97,494 a year, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Salt Lake County number 325, with about 209,757 students.
Fort Herriman Middle, about 1.1 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 45.9%; Butterfield Canyon School's is 51.7%, ranking 4th of 9.
Butterfield Canyon School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
A 22% decline took enrollment from 908 in 2020-21 to 704 in 2024-25.
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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 Middle1.1 mi · 1,195
- Oak Leaf Elementary1.1 mi · 566
- Herriman School1.3 mi · 679
- Blackridge School1.7 mi · 782
- Silver Crest School2.0 mi · 879
- Athlos Academy of Utah2.1 mi · 458
Frequently asked questions
About Butterfield Canyon SchoolHow large is Butterfield Canyon School?
Butterfield Canyon School enrolls approximately 704 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Butterfield Canyon School serve?
Butterfield Canyon School serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Butterfield Canyon School?
Approximately 22.2:1 students per teacher at Butterfield Canyon School.
What is the student diversity at Butterfield Canyon School?
Student demographics at Butterfield Canyon School are roughly 82% White, 10% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Butterfield Canyon School in?
Butterfield Canyon School is part of Jordan District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.