Riverton High

As a roomy secondary school in RIVERTON, Utah, Riverton High hosts 2,295 students from grades 10 through 12, operated by Jordan District. That puts it 134% above the typical public school in Utah, which averages around 980 students.

Jordan District comprises 67 schools with combined enrollment of 58,788 students; Riverton High is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Riverton High reports that nearly all students (83%) are White; the rest comes out to 11% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 70% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 94 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 24.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 21.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 13% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Salt Lake County runs at roughly 34%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Riverton High falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 53.3%; this one comes in at 33.2%, -20.1 points off the demographic line.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Salt Lake County shows 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. Across Salt Lake County's 325 public schools (combined enrollment of about 209,757 students), Riverton High is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Southland School, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Riverton High comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 48.9%.

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

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 4%: 2,207 students in 2018 compared to 2,295 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 89% to 83%.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Riverton High typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.