Enrollment
361
High
STATE 980
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PARADIGM HIGH SCHOOL·NCES 490005201153
Paradigm High School
11577 S 3600 W, SOUTH JORDAN, UT 84095 · (801) 666-2981 · Salt Lake County
GRADES 07–12HIGH21-SUBURBCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL361 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 33% of Utah public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
21 FTE teachers
STATE 21.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
77 students
STATE 33%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 58 | 16% |
| Grade 8 | 57 | 16% |
| Grade 9 | 65 | 18% |
| Grade 10 | 69 | 19% |
| Grade 11 | 53 | 15% |
| Grade 12 | 59 | 16% |
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
29.6%
UT avg 41.4% . -9.4pp since 2023
Math
20.6%
UT avg 41.8% . -11.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 11 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.6% | 20.6% |
| 2023-24 | 39.0% | 31.7% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of UT schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
32.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.4%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 49% typical for Utah schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Paradigm High School
Paradigm High School's state test result (32.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paradigm High School this school | 361 | 21.3% | 32.9% |
| Weber Innovation High School OGDEN | 369 | 19.8% | 45.6% |
| North Summit High COALVILLE | 371 | 16.4% | 43.5% |
| Utah Arts Academy SAINT GEORGE | 311 | 26.4% | 37.0% |
| Treasure Mtn. Junior High School PARK CITY | 739 | 18.3% | 61.9% |
| South Summit High KAMAS | 486 | 15.8% | 35.4% |
Matched among Utah high 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 Paradigm High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Salt Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.9% | #105 of 149 | #20 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.6% | #30 of 42 ▼ 2 | #5 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.6% | #33 of 42 ▼ 6 | #6 of 7 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 361 | #121 of 189 | #33 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #23 of 145 | #7 of 38 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.2% | #62 of 145 | #27 of 38 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.3% | #102 of 169 | #27 of 42 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.1% | #4 of 51 | #3 of 17 |
Ranked against other public high 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
361
-10 (-3%) vs 2020
-31% since 2010-11, when it was 527
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 | 361 | 21.1 | 17.1:1 | 21% (77) |
| 2023-24 | 384 | 19.1 | 20.1:1 | 16% (63) |
| 2022-23 | 348 | 21.3 | 16.3:1 | 14% (47) |
| 2020-21 | 371 | N/A | N/A | 19% (71) |
| 2017-18 | 532 | N/A | N/A | 22% (115) |
| 2015-16 | 584 | N/A | N/A | 22% (129) |
| 2010-11 | 527 | 32 | 16.5:1 | 28% (150) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Paradigm High School.
About Paradigm High School
Paradigm High School is a high school in SOUTH JORDAN, Utah, reachable at (801) 666-2981. The school serves grades 7 through 12. Enrollment is 361 students. By comparison, high schools in Utah enroll about 980 students on average.
Paradigm High School is not part of a larger district; federal data list it as its own local education agency.
At Paradigm High School, 74% of students are White. After that, the student body is 18% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 2% Pacific Islander. Census estimates put Salt Lake County at about 70% White, close to the school's figure. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Paradigm High School scores 42%.
On staff are 21.1 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 17.1:1. Statewide, high schools in Utah average 21.1:1. Paradigm High School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 21%. It compares with 34% for public schools in Salt Lake County.
Paradigm High School earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 33% of Utah public high schools.
Compared with Utah schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Paradigm High School scores 16.4 points lower than predicted. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 32.9%; the prediction is 49.4%.
In Salt Lake County, median household income comes to about $97,494, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Salt Lake County counts 325 public schools with about 209,757 students.
About 0.4 miles separate Paradigm High School from the closest public school, Career Academy of Utah. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 41.9%; Paradigm High School's is 32.9%, ranking 8th of 9.
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. Paradigm High School is a charter school, a type of public school that operates under a charter.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 361, from 371 in 2020-21.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Paradigm High School. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 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
- Career Academy of Utah0.4 mi · 176
- Mountain West Montessori Academy0.7 mi · 450
- Monte Vista School1.1 mi · 783
- Midas Creek School1.2 mi · 759
- Daybreak School1.3 mi · 701
- Eastlake School1.4 mi · 792
Frequently asked questions
About Paradigm High SchoolHow many students attend Paradigm High School?
Paradigm High School enrolls approximately 361 students in grades 07-12.
Is Paradigm High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Paradigm High School is a high school covering grades 07-12.
How many teachers does Paradigm High School have?
Paradigm High School employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Paradigm High School?
At Paradigm High School, the student body is approximately 74% White, 18% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Paradigm High School public or private?
Paradigm High School is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Paradigm High School.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.