Mountain Shadows School

Mountain Shadows School operates as an average-sized primary school in WEST JORDAN, Utah, overseen by Jordan District. Current enrollment sits at 595 students spanning grades K through 6. That puts it 21% bigger than the typical public school in Utah, which averages around 491 students.

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

On demographics, Mountain Shadows School shows that the largest single group is White at 51%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 36% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Pacific Islander. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 70%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Mountain Shadows School has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.5:1. The state averages around 21.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 41% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Mountain Shadows School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 39.8%; this one delivers 24.3%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Salt Lake County indicate median household income runs about $97,494, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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), Mountain Shadows School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Navigator Pointe Academy, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Mountain Shadows School comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 37.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Five-year trend. Mountain Shadows School's enrollment has edged down 13% since 2018, when it stood at 682 (now 595). Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 26% to 36%.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.