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Ridge View Elementary
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 166 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 173 | 24% |
| Grade 2 | 182 | 26% |
| Grade 3 | 192 | 27% |
Test scores
RISE / Utah Aspire+ 2024-25 . % Proficient + Highly ProficientWhat this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Utah schools, those numbers are about 41 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 15 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.4% | 42.1% |
| 2023-24 | 29.7% | 26.9% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% typical for Utah schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Utah's top nor bottom 10%.
Schools most like Ridge View Elementary
Ridge View Elementary's state test result (34.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ridge View Elementary this school | 713 | 27.8% | 34.7% |
| Overlake School TOOELE | 690 | 23.6% | 28.3% |
| Aspen Elementary South Jordan | 901 | 26.5% | 46.6% |
| Hayden Peak School WEST JORDAN | 723 | 30.7% | 37.7% |
| Orem School OREM | 659 | 30.8% | 64.3% |
| Fox Hollow School WEST JORDAN | 872 | 26.5% | 47.8% |
Where Ridge View Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Salt Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.7% | #433 of 562 | #108 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.1% | #328 of 578 ▲ 145 | #80 of 180 ▲ 44 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.4% | #364 of 578 ▲ 109 | #94 of 180 ▲ 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 713 | #85 of 613 | #20 of 184 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.0:1 | #126 of 556 | #47 of 178 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.7% | #82 of 559 | #66 of 179 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.8% | #312 of 582 | #97 of 179 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 713 | 37.5 | 19.0:1 | 28% (198) |
| 2023-24 | 1,147 | 49.5 | 23.2:1 | 28% (322) |
| 2022-23 | 1,092 | 47.3 | 23.1:1 | 21% (227) |
| 2020-21 | 775 | N/A | N/A | 15% (119) |
About Ridge View Elementary
Ridge View Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school with an address in HERRIMAN, Utah. The school serves 713 students in kindergarten through 6 in 2024-25. For comparison, elementary schools in Utah average about 491 students.
A total of 67 schools make up Jordan District, with 58,788 students enrolled.
White students account for 57% of enrollment at Ridge View Elementary. Enrollment also includes 29% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 5% Pacific Islander. The school's White share is 13 points below the 70% share among Salt Lake County residents. By the diversity index, Ridge View Elementary comes in at 59%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 19.0:1, with 37.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among elementary schools in Utah, the typical ratio is 21.8:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Ridge View Elementary is 28%.
Ridge View Elementary is 11.6 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (34.7% versus 46.2%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Utah.
County data help place the school in context: in Salt Lake County, median household income is about $97,494, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. The public schools of Salt Lake County number 325 and enroll about 209,757.
Mountain Ridge High is the public school closest to Ridge View Elementary, about 0.2 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Ridge View Elementary ranks 6th of 8 on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Ridge View Elementary went from 775 students to 713.
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