Lake Ridge School

Lake Ridge School is one of the low-enrollment primary schools in MAGNA, Utah, one of the schools within Granite District, with 410 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6.

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

Demographically, Lake Ridge School records that 54% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 33% White, 6% Pacific Islander, 3% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 21% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Lake Ridge School has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 23.4:1. The state averages around 21.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 45% of students at Lake Ridge School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Salt Lake County's rate of about 34%.

After controlling for student poverty, Lake Ridge School is in the bottom 10% of Utah public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 38.0%; Lake Ridge School posts 15.8%, -22.2 points below that line.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Salt Lake County put the typical household earns roughly $97,494 per year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Salt Lake County's 325 public schools (combined enrollment of about 209,757 students), Lake Ridge School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Scott M Matheson Jr High, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lake Ridge School. On composite proficiency, Lake Ridge School comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 22.8%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lake Ridge School has contracted 16%, going from 487 students in 2018 to 410 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 57% to 33% across the same window.

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