Golden Fields School

Golden Fields School operates as a high-enrollment K-5 school in SOUTH JORDAN, Utah, part of Jordan District. Current enrollment sits at 854 students spanning grades K through 6. By comparison, Utah's public schools average about 491 students each, so Golden Fields School sits 74% bigger than that benchmark.

Jordan District runs 67 schools in total, collectively educating 58,788 students. Golden Fields School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Golden Fields School lists that the largest single group is White, at 73% of enrollment; the rest consists of 17% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Golden Fields School has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.8:1 average. Around 12% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Salt Lake County (around 34%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Golden Fields School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 53.8%; this one delivers 59.0%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Salt Lake County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $97,494 per year, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Golden Fields School is one of 325 public schools in Salt Lake County (combined enrollment of about 209,757 students).

Nearest neighbor: Mountain Creek Middle School, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Golden Fields School comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 48.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 24%: 688 students in 2018 compared to 854 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 83% to 73% over that span.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.