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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Falcon Ridge School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
674
Elementary
DISTRICT 669 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JORDAN DISTRICT·NCES 490042001213
Falcon Ridge School
6111 W 7000 S, WEST JORDAN, UT 84081 · (801) 282-2437 · Salt Lake County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL674 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 19% of Utah public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
20.6:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.1:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
260 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 | 92 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 105 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 92 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 101 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 122 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 39% smaller than its 6th grade class (122).
Student demographics
62%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
32.1%
UT avg 41.4% . -3.5pp since 2023
Math
30.1%
UT avg 41.8% . -4.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.1% | 30.1% |
| 2023-24 | 35.6% | 34.5% |
% 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
34.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.9%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Falcon Ridge School
Falcon Ridge School's state test result (34.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Falcon Ridge School this school | 674 | 38.6% | 34.9% |
| Mountain Shadows School WEST JORDAN | 595 | 41.0% | 24.3% |
| Noah Webster Academy OREM | 520 | 37.7% | 50.0% |
| Cascade School OREM | 882 | 40.2% | 49.1% |
| Hayden Peak School WEST JORDAN | 723 | 30.7% | 37.7% |
| Fox Hills School SALT LAKE CITY | 553 | 31.6% | 48.7% |
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 Falcon Ridge School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Salt Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.9% | #428 of 562 | #107 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.1% | #446 of 578 ▼ 26 | #112 of 180 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.1% | #444 of 578 ▼ 19 | #108 of 180 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 674 | #118 of 613 | #32 of 184 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.6:1 | #233 of 556 | #77 of 178 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.0% | #38 of 559 | #36 of 179 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.6% | #223 of 582 | #76 of 179 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.0% | #278 of 388 | #113 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
674
+10 (+2%) vs 2020
-24% since 2010-11, when it was 884
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 | 674 | 32.8 | 20.6:1 | 39% (260) |
| 2023-24 | 682 | 29.8 | 22.9:1 | 36% (248) |
| 2022-23 | 654 | 29 | 22.6:1 | 27% (174) |
| 2020-21 | 664 | N/A | N/A | 23% (154) |
| 2017-18 | 749 | N/A | N/A | 35% (265) |
| 2015-16 | 802 | N/A | N/A | 31% (248) |
| 2010-11 | 884 | 30 | 29.5:1 | 31% (274) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Falcon Ridge School.
About Falcon Ridge School
At 6111 W 7000 S in WEST JORDAN, Utah, Falcon Ridge School operates as a mid-sized elementary school. The school has 674 students in 2024-25 across kindergarten through 6. Elementary schools in Utah average about 491 students, which makes this school 37% bigger than average.
Falcon Ridge School is one of the 67 schools that make up Jordan District (58,788 students in total).
More than half of enrollment at Falcon Ridge School is White: 50%. Enrollment also includes 35% Hispanic, 5% Pacific Islander, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The school's White share is 20 points below the 70% share among Salt Lake County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 62%.
The school had 32.8 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 20.6:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Utah is 21.8:1. The school reported 39% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
Falcon Ridge School earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 19% of Utah public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Falcon Ridge School would score about 40.9%. It scores 34.9%, 6.0 points below that figure.
For Salt Lake County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $97,494, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. The county has 325 public schools and about 209,757 students.
Among nearby public schools, Diamond Ridge School is closest at about 1.0 miles. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Falcon Ridge School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
In 2020-21, Falcon Ridge School enrolled 664; in 2024-25, 674.
Falcon Ridge School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 WEST JORDAN
- Copper Hills HighHigh · 2,837 students
- West Jordan HighHigh · 1,761 students
- Sunset Ridge MiddleMiddle · 1,377 students
- West Hills MiddleMiddle · 1,169 students
- West Jordan MiddleMiddle · 1,000 students
- Fox Hollow SchoolElementary · 872 students
Other Falcon Ridge schools
One other US public school is named Falcon Ridge. Falcon Ridge School is the largest of the 2.
- FALCON RIDGENEW PRAGUE, MN · 519 students
Nearby schools
- Diamond Ridge School1.0 mi · 483
- Mountain Shadows School1.0 mi · 595
- Jim Bridger School1.2 mi · 340
- Fox Hollow School1.4 mi · 872
- Thomas W. Bacchus School1.4 mi · 315
- Ascent Academies of Utah West Jordan1.5 mi · 761
Frequently asked questions
About Falcon Ridge SchoolHow large is Falcon Ridge School?
Falcon Ridge School enrolls approximately 674 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Falcon Ridge School serve?
Falcon Ridge School serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many teachers does Falcon Ridge School have?
Falcon Ridge School employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Falcon Ridge School?
At Falcon Ridge School, the student body is approximately 50% White, 35% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Falcon Ridge School?
Falcon Ridge School is overseen by Jordan District in Salt Lake County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.