Ridge View Elementary

Ridge View Elementary, an average-sized primary school in HERRIMAN, Utah, overseen by Jordan District, caters to 713 students, covering grades K through 6. By comparison, Utah's public schools average about 491 students each, so Ridge View Elementary sits 45% above that benchmark.

Jordan District comprises 67 schools with combined enrollment of 58,788 students; Ridge View Elementary is among them.

In terms of who attends, Ridge View Elementary shows that 57% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 29% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 5% Pacific Islander. By comparison, Salt Lake County as a whole is about 70% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.8:1, putting Ridge View Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 28% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Ridge View Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.2%; this one delivers 34.7%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Salt Lake County) shows that median household income runs about $97,494, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Ridge View Elementary is one of 325 public schools in Salt Lake County (combined enrollment of about 209,757 students).

Nearest neighbor: Mountain Ridge High, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Ridge View Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Ridge View Elementary at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 39.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

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