Jim Bridger School

Set in WEST JORDAN, Utah, Jim Bridger School is a low-enrollment primary school, operated by Granite District. It works with 340 students across grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 31% below the typical public school in Utah, which averages around 491 students.

Across the 85 schools in Granite District (59,404 students total), Jim Bridger School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Jim Bridger School logs that the largest single group is White at 42%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school lists 42% Hispanic, 8% Pacific Islander, 3% Black, 2% Asian. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 70%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Jim Bridger School lists 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.8:1 average. Roughly 44% of students at Jim Bridger School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Salt Lake County (around 34%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Jim Bridger School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.5%, the actual is 31.4%, a residual of -7.2 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Salt Lake County) reports that median household earnings sit near $97,494, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Jim Bridger School is one of 325 public schools in Salt Lake County (combined enrollment of about 209,757 students).

The closest other public school is Thomas Jefferson Jr High, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Jim Bridger School comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 31.7%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Five-year trend. Jim Bridger School's enrollment has ticked down 42% since 2018, when it stood at 586 (now 340). White enrollment moved from 52% to 42% across the same window.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.