Paradigm High School

Paradigm High School is a four-year high school of very small scale in SOUTH JORDAN, Utah, operated by Paradigm High School, caters to 361 students in grades 7 through 12. By comparison, Utah's public schools average about 980 students each, so Paradigm High School sits 63% smaller than that benchmark.

Operationally, Paradigm High School answers to Paradigm High School, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

In terms of who attends, Paradigm High School logs that the largest single group is White, at 74% of enrollment. Other groups include 18% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Pacific Islander. Compared to Salt Lake County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.1:1, putting Paradigm High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 21% of students at Paradigm High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Salt Lake County's rate of about 34%.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Paradigm High School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 49.4%; actual is 32.9%, a gap of -16.4 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Salt Lake County put median household earnings sit near $97,494, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Salt Lake County runs 325 public schools (combined enrollment of about 209,757 students), of which Paradigm High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Career Academy of Utah, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Paradigm High School comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 41.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area. As a public charter, Paradigm High School runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Over the past 7-year window. Paradigm High School's enrollment has decreased 32% since 2018, when it stood at 532 (now 361). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 86% to 74%.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for Paradigm High School typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.