Mountain Ridge High

Mountain Ridge High, a well-populated senior high in HERRIMAN, Utah, one of the schools within Jordan District, instructs 2,738 students, covering grades 10 through 12. That puts it 179% above the typical public school in Utah, which averages around 980 students.

Across the 67 schools in Jordan District (58,788 students total), Mountain Ridge High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Mountain Ridge High records that the largest single group is White, at 77% of enrollment; the rest breaks down as 16% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, Mountain Ridge High lists 113 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 24.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 21.1:1 average. Around 14% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Salt Lake County runs at roughly 34%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Mountain Ridge High sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 53.0%; actual is 34.4%, a gap of -18.7 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Salt Lake County indicate median household income runs about $97,494, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Mountain Ridge High is one of 325 public schools in Salt Lake County (combined enrollment of about 209,757 students).

Nearest neighbor: Ridge View Elementary, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Mountain Ridge High at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 39.3%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

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