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If you had an hour of school board time for Jordan Ridge School, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
637
Elementary
DISTRICT 669 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JORDAN DISTRICT·NCES 490042000874
Jordan Ridge School
2636 W 9800 S, SOUTH JORDAN, UT 84095 · (801) 254-8025 · Salt Lake County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL637 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 75% of Utah public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
22.1:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.1:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
130 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 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 100 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 104 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 102 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 106 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 29% smaller than its 6th grade class (106).
Student demographics
39%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
52.8%
UT avg 41.4% . -5.6pp since 2023
Math
56.6%
UT avg 41.8% . +0.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.8% | 56.6% |
| 2023-24 | 58.4% | 55.7% |
% 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
58.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.8%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Jordan Ridge School
Jordan Ridge School's state test result (58.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan Ridge School this school | 637 | 20.4% | 58.3% |
| Wasatch Waldorf Charter School HOLLADAY | 625 | 18.4% | 32.1% |
| Calvin S. Smith School TAYLORSVILLE | 525 | 19.4% | 53.4% |
| Mountain View School LAYTON | 696 | 25.9% | 53.2% |
| Jefferson Academy KAYSVILLE | 502 | 13.1% | 57.5% |
| Draper School DRAPER | 680 | 14.1% | 60.5% |
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 Jordan Ridge School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Salt Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.3% | #128 of 562 | #38 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.6% | #144 of 578 ▲ 20 | #42 of 180 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.8% | #146 of 578 ▼ 31 | #46 of 180 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 637 | #149 of 613 | #40 of 184 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.1:1 | #379 of 556 | #133 of 178 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.6% | #325 of 559 | #144 of 179 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.4% | #410 of 582 | #126 of 179 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -34.9% | #30 of 388 | #16 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
637
-121 (-16%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 816
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 | 637 | 28.8 | 22.1:1 | 20% (130) |
| 2023-24 | 654 | 32.5 | 20.1:1 | 20% (130) |
| 2022-23 | 676 | 31.5 | 21.5:1 | 15% (104) |
| 2020-21 | 758 | N/A | N/A | 10% (78) |
| 2017-18 | 979 | N/A | N/A | 11% (108) |
| 2015-16 | 970 | N/A | N/A | 11% (108) |
| 2010-11 | 1,023 | 39 | 26.2:1 | 12% (122) |
| 2000-01 | 911 | 34 | 26.8:1 | 6% (51) |
| 1990-91 | 816 | 30 | 27.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jordan Ridge School.
About Jordan Ridge School
Jordan Ridge School is an elementary school in SOUTH JORDAN, Utah, according to federal school records. It teaches 637 students in kindergarten through 6. Elementary schools in Utah have about 491 students on average; enrollment here is 30% higher.
Within Jordan District, Jordan Ridge School is one of 67 schools. The district enrolls 58,788 students.
More than half of the students at Jordan Ridge School are White (77%). Other reported shares: 11% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 4% multiracial, and 3% Pacific Islander. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 39%.
The school had 28.8 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 22.1:1. The ratio is within a point of the 21.8:1 average for elementary schools in Utah. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 20%. The 34% average for public schools in Salt Lake County is 14 points higher.
Jordan Ridge School holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 75% of Utah public elementary schools.
Test results at Jordan Ridge School are 8.5 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (58.3% actual, 49.8% predicted).
For Salt Lake County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $97,494 a year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Counting Jordan Ridge School, Salt Lake County has 325 public schools.
Among nearby public schools, South Jordan Middle is closest at about 0.6 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Jordan Ridge School comes in 1st of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's student count decreased 16% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
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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
- Elk Ridge MiddleMiddle · 1,151 students
- Early Light Academy at DaybreakCombined · 1,022 students
- Aspen ElementaryElementary · 901 students
Nearby schools
- South Jordan Middle0.6 mi · 1,182
- Elk Meadows School0.9 mi · 580
- Bingham High0.9 mi · 2,461
- Hawthorn Academy West Jordan0.9 mi · 743
- Elk Ridge Middle1.2 mi · 1,151
- Westvale School1.5 mi · 462
Frequently asked questions
About Jordan Ridge SchoolHow large is Jordan Ridge School?
Jordan Ridge School enrolls approximately 637 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Jordan Ridge School serve?
Jordan Ridge School serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Jordan Ridge School?
Approximately 22.1:1 students per teacher at Jordan Ridge School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Jordan Ridge School?
At Jordan Ridge School, the student body is approximately 77% White, 11% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Jordan Ridge School in?
Jordan Ridge School is part of Jordan District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.