South Hills Middle

As a mid-sized middle-grades school in RIVERTON, Utah, South Hills Middle enrolls 1,181 students from grades 7 through 9, one of the schools within Jordan District. That puts it 42% bigger than the typical public school in Utah, which averages around 831 students.

Jordan District runs 67 schools in total, collectively educating 58,788 students. South Hills Middle is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, South Hills Middle logs that White students make up the majority at 68%; the rest breaks down as 22% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Pacific Islander. That composition is broadly in line with Salt Lake County as a whole.

On the resource side, South Hills Middle lists 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 21.7:1 average. An estimated 21% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 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 residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), South Hills Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.4%, the actual is 37.0%, a residual of -12.4 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Salt Lake County indicate 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%. South Hills Middle is one of 325 public schools in Salt Lake County (combined enrollment of about 209,757 students).

Ridge View Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts South Hills Middle at 4th of 6; the average score across the group is 45.5%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at South Hills Middle has grew 7%, going from 1,107 students in 2018 to 1,181 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 84% to 68% over that span.

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