Butterfield Canyon School

Butterfield Canyon School is an elementary school of average-sized scale in HERRIMAN, Utah, overseen by Jordan District, enrolling 704 students in grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 43% larger than the state mean of about 491.

Jordan District comprises 67 schools with combined enrollment of 58,788 students; Butterfield Canyon School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Butterfield Canyon School records that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 10% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 70% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 21.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 11% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Salt Lake County runs at roughly 34%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Butterfield Canyon School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 54.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 51.7%.

Around the school, census data for Salt Lake County shows median household earnings sit near $97,494, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Butterfield Canyon School is one of 325 public schools in Salt Lake County (combined enrollment of about 209,757 students).

Fort Herriman Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Butterfield Canyon School. On composite proficiency, Butterfield Canyon School comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 45.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Butterfield Canyon School has ticked down 22%, going from 906 students in 2018 to 704 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 90% to 82% across the same window.

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