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Which teacher or staff member at Southland School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
592
Elementary
DISTRICT 669 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JORDAN DISTRICT·NCES 490042000324
Southland School
12675 S 2700 W, RIVERTON, UT 84065 · (801) 254-8047 · Salt Lake County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL592 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 63% of Utah public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Utah public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
19.4:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.1:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
95 students
DISTRICT 28% · STATE 33%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 69 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 97 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 87 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 117 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is 41% smaller than its 6th grade class (117).
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 47% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
RISE / Utah Aspire+ 2024-25 . % Proficient + Highly ProficientEnglish Language Arts
53.4%
UT avg 41.4% . -2.8pp since 2023
Math
50.9%
UT avg 41.8% . +3.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Utah schools, those numbers are about 41 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.4% | 50.9% |
| 2023-24 | 56.2% | 47.4% |
% Proficient + Highly Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: RISE / Utah Aspire+. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
55.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.0%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Southland School
Southland School's state test result (55.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southland School this school | 592 | 16.0% | 55.5% |
| Sierra Bonita Elementary SPANISH FORK | 568 | 16.0% | 59.7% |
| Meadow School LEHI | 612 | 14.7% | 47.9% |
| Rosamond School RIVERTON | 573 | 18.3% | 51.5% |
| Foothills School SALEM | 605 | 15.9% | 56.3% |
| Ellison Park School LAYTON | 565 | 15.0% | 52.6% |
Matched among Utah elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Southland School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Salt Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.5% | #173 of 562 | #50 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.9% | #219 of 578 ▲ 41 | #57 of 180 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.4% | #139 of 578 ▲ 11 | #44 of 180 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 592 | #196 of 613 | #56 of 184 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.4:1 | #144 of 556 | #51 of 178 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.6% | #435 of 559 | #165 of 179 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.0% | #473 of 582 | #149 of 179 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.0% | #152 of 388 | #71 of 133 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
592
-139 (-19%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 705
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 592 | 30.5 | 19.4:1 | 16% (95) |
| 2023-24 | 614 | 33 | 18.6:1 | 13% (77) |
| 2022-23 | 681 | 33.5 | 20.3:1 | 9% (63) |
| 2020-21 | 731 | N/A | N/A | 10% (75) |
| 2017-18 | 749 | N/A | N/A | 12% (89) |
| 2015-16 | 820 | N/A | N/A | 13% (108) |
| 2010-11 | 794 | 26 | 30.5:1 | 17% (132) |
| 2000-01 | 976 | 36 | 27.1:1 | 14% (133) |
| 1990-91 | 705 | 26 | 27.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Southland School.
About Southland School
Southland School is a mid-sized elementary school in RIVERTON, Utah. Students in kindergarten through 6 make up the school's enrollment of 592 students. That compares with an average of about 491 students for elementary schools in Utah.
Southland School is one school in Jordan District, a system of 67 schools with 58,788 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Southland School is White, at 83%. The school is also 9% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. The White share of the county population is lower, at 70%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 30, compared with 70 nationally.
Based on 30.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, Southland School has a ratio of 19.4:1. Compared with the 21.8:1 average for elementary schools in Utah, this school's ratio is lower. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 16%. Compared with the 34% average for public schools in Salt Lake County, the school's rate is lower.
Southland School holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 63% of Utah public elementary schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Southland School would be expected to post about 52.0%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 55.5%.
The school's county is Salt Lake County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $97,494, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Salt Lake County's 325 public schools enroll about 209,757 students and include Southland School.
Southland School's closest public school neighbor is Riverton High, about 0.3 miles away. The five-mile area around Southland School holds at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Southland School at 2nd of 7.
NCES assigns Southland School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased 19%.
Anyone can start a thread about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Southland School. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Salt Lake County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,196,523
Census ACS
Median income
$97,494
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
325
209,757 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Jordan District
- Copper Hills HighHigh · 2,837 students
- Mountain Ridge HighHigh · 2,738 students
- Herriman HighHigh · 2,522 students
- Bingham HighHigh · 2,461 students
- Riverton HighHigh · 2,295 students
- PreschoolElementary · 1,773 students
Other schools in RIVERTON
- Riverton HighHigh · 2,295 students
- PreschoolElementary · 1,773 students
- Oquirrh Hills MiddleMiddle · 1,261 students
- South Hills MiddleMiddle · 1,181 students
- Foothills SchoolElementary · 837 students
- Midas Creek SchoolElementary · 759 students
Other Southland schools
One other US public school is named Southland. Southland School is the largest of the 2.
- Southland SchoolSOUTHLAND, TX · 132 students
Nearby schools
- Riverton High0.3 mi · 2,295
- Oquirrh Hills Middle0.3 mi · 1,261
- Riverton School0.9 mi · 657
- Rosamond School1.0 mi · 573
- Preschool1.0 mi · 1,773
- Kauri Sue Hamilton1.0 mi · 286
Frequently asked questions
About Southland SchoolHow large is Southland School?
Southland School enrolls approximately 592 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Southland School serve?
Southland School serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Southland School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Southland School is approximately 19.4:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Southland School?
Student demographics at Southland School are roughly 83% White, 9% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Southland School in?
Southland School is part of Jordan District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.