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What's something Elk Ridge Middle does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
1,151
Middle
DISTRICT 1,021 · STATE 831
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JORDAN DISTRICT·NCES 490042000195
Elk Ridge Middle
3659 W 9800 S, SOUTH JORDAN, UT 84009 · (801) 412-2800 · Salt Lake County
GRADES 07–09MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,151 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 79% of Utah public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
23.3:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.3:1 · STATE 21.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
210 students
DISTRICT 28% · STATE 33%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 360 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 413 | 36% |
| Grade 9 | 378 | 33% |
Student demographics
45%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
59.2%
UT avg 41.4% . +2.2pp since 2023
Math
60.3%
UT avg 41.8% . +4.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.2% | 60.3% |
| 2023-24 | 57.0% | 56.0% |
% 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
56.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.9%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 Elk Ridge Middle
Elk Ridge Middle's state test result (56.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elk Ridge Middle this school | 1,151 | 18.2% | 56.5% |
| Draper Park Middle DRAPER | 1,411 | 12.5% | 59.0% |
| Butler Middle Salt Lake City | 913 | 16.8% | 63.6% |
| Indian Hills Middle SANDY | 1,072 | 14.9% | 56.9% |
| South Jordan Middle SOUTH JORDAN | 1,182 | 12.1% | 52.7% |
| Mountain Creek Middle School South Jordan | 1,313 | 14.1% | 53.2% |
Matched among Utah middle 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 Elk Ridge Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Salt Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.5% | #27 of 136 | #12 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.3% | #16 of 140 ▲ 11 | #5 of 44 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.2% | #8 of 140 ▲ 12 | #4 of 44 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,151 | #25 of 144 | #9 of 44 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.3:1 | #90 of 137 | #29 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.6% | #55 of 137 | #31 of 44 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.2% | #103 of 141 | #32 of 44 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.2% | #46 of 46 | #16 of 16 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
1,151
+8 (+1%) vs 2020
-5% since 2000-01, when it was 1,212
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 | 1,151 | 49.5 | 23.3:1 | 18% (210) |
| 2023-24 | 1,165 | 50.2 | 23.2:1 | 17% (203) |
| 2022-23 | 1,118 | 50.9 | 21.9:1 | 13% (148) |
| 2020-21 | 1,143 | N/A | N/A | 13% (153) |
| 2017-18 | 1,149 | N/A | N/A | 16% (186) |
| 2015-16 | 1,087 | N/A | N/A | 18% (198) |
| 2010-11 | 1,472 | 53 | 27.8:1 | 21% (302) |
| 2000-01 | 1,212 | 46 | 26.4:1 | 18% (214) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Elk Ridge Middle.
About Elk Ridge Middle
Elk Ridge Middle is a public middle-grades school run by Jordan District in SOUTH JORDAN, Utah. The grade span is 7 through 9, and enrollment is 1,151 students. An average school in this group (middle schools in Utah) has about 831 students.
A total of 67 schools make up Jordan District, with 58,788 students enrolled.
At 73%, White students outnumber all other groups at Elk Ridge Middle combined. Other reported shares: 14% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian, and 3% Pacific Islander. That is close to the 70% White share among all Salt Lake County residents. Elk Ridge Middle has a diversity index of 45%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.3:1 at Elk Ridge Middle, with 49.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among middle schools in Utah, the typical ratio is 21.7:1. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 18% of enrollment. The average for public schools in Salt Lake County is 34%.
Elk Ridge Middle is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 79% of Utah public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Elk Ridge Middle is 5.6 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 56.5% actual, 50.9% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Utah.
In the county around the school, Salt Lake County, median household income is about $97,494, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. A total of 325 public schools operate in Salt Lake County, serving about 209,757 students.
The closest other public school is Elk Meadows School, about 0.3 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Elk Ridge Middle ranks 3rd of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 56.5% against a local average of 48.0%.
Under the NCES locale system, Elk Ridge Middle is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 1,143 in 2020-21 and 1,151 in 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Elk Ridge Middle covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 SOUTH JORDAN
- Bingham HighHigh · 2,461 students
- Mountain Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,313 students
- South Jordan MiddleMiddle · 1,182 students
- Early Light Academy at DaybreakCombined · 1,022 students
- Aspen ElementaryElementary · 901 students
- South Jordan SchoolElementary · 863 students
Nearby schools
- Elk Meadows School0.3 mi · 580
- Welby School0.7 mi · 701
- Jordan Ridge School1.2 mi · 637
- South Jordan Middle1.3 mi · 1,182
- Eastlake School1.5 mi · 792
- Itineris Early College High1.5 mi · 366
Frequently asked questions
About Elk Ridge MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Elk Ridge Middle?
Elk Ridge Middle enrolls approximately 1,151 students in grades 07-09.
What age range does Elk Ridge Middle serve?
Elk Ridge Middle serves students from grade 07 through grade 09.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Elk Ridge Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Elk Ridge Middle is approximately 23.3:1 (49 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Elk Ridge Middle?
At Elk Ridge Middle, the student body is approximately 73% White, 14% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Elk Ridge Middle public or private?
Elk Ridge Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Jordan District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.