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If you had an hour of school board time for Sunset Ridge Middle, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
1,377
Middle
DISTRICT 1,021 · STATE 831
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JORDAN DISTRICT·NCES 490042001103
Sunset Ridge Middle
6881 W 8200 S, WEST JORDAN, UT 84081 · (801) 412-2475 · Salt Lake County
GRADES 07–09MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,377 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 31% of Utah public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
24.6:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.3:1 · STATE 21.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
336 students
DISTRICT 28% · STATE 33%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 443 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 471 | 34% |
| Grade 9 | 463 | 34% |
Student demographics
55%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
39.3%
UT avg 41.4% . +0.3pp since 2023
Math
39.1%
UT avg 41.8% . +3.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Utah schools, those numbers are about 41 and 42. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.3% | 39.1% |
| 2023-24 | 39.0% | 35.9% |
% 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
40.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.9%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Sunset Ridge Middle
Sunset Ridge Middle's state test result (40.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunset Ridge Middle this school | 1,377 | 24.4% | 40.0% |
| Copper Mountain Middle HERRIMAN | 1,093 | 28.9% | 43.9% |
| South Hills Middle RIVERTON | 1,181 | 21.3% | 37.0% |
| Centennial Middle PROVO | 1,073 | 31.4% | 48.5% |
| Canyon View Jr High OREM | 1,066 | 29.2% | 47.1% |
| Lakeridge Jr High OREM | 1,344 | 32.5% | 43.9% |
Matched among Utah middle 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 Sunset Ridge Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Salt Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #85 of 136 | #22 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.1% | #76 of 140 ▲ 12 | #21 of 44 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.3% | #79 of 140 ▲ 8 | #20 of 44 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,377 | #8 of 144 | #2 of 44 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.6:1 | #112 of 137 | #38 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.7% | #29 of 137 | #21 of 44 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.4% | #84 of 141 | #29 of 44 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.2% | #21 of 77 | #8 of 25 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
1,377
-130 (-9%) vs 2020
+9% since 2010-11, when it was 1,262
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 | 1,377 | 55.9 | 24.6:1 | 24% (336) |
| 2023-24 | 1,379 | 55.8 | 24.7:1 | 24% (331) |
| 2022-23 | 1,454 | 58.2 | 25.0:1 | 17% (253) |
| 2020-21 | 1,507 | N/A | N/A | 17% (260) |
| 2017-18 | 1,664 | N/A | N/A | 23% (391) |
| 2015-16 | 1,573 | N/A | N/A | 26% (412) |
| 2010-11 | 1,262 | 43 | 29.4:1 | 35% (439) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sunset Ridge Middle.
About Sunset Ridge Middle
Sunset Ridge Middle is a large middle school in WEST JORDAN, Utah, under Jordan District. Students in grades 7 through 9 attend, and enrollment is 1,377 students. The school's enrollment is 66% above the 831 average for middle schools in Utah.
Sunset Ridge Middle is a school in Jordan District. The district has 67 schools and 58,788 students.
White students make up a majority at Sunset Ridge Middle, at 60%. Other students are 29% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 3% Pacific Islander. That is lower than the 70% White share among all Salt Lake County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 55% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 24.6:1, with 55.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is higher than the 21.7:1 average for middle schools in Utah. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Sunset Ridge Middle is 24%. For comparison, public schools in Salt Lake County average 34%.
Sunset Ridge Middle is graded C by allk12, scoring above 31% of Utah public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Sunset Ridge Middle is 7.9 points below its prediction. Actual: 40.0%. Predicted: 47.9%.
Census estimates describe Salt Lake County this way: the median household income is $97,494, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. In all, Salt Lake County has 325 public schools and roughly 209,757 students.
Nearby, Oakcrest School is about 0.5 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Sunset Ridge Middle ranks 4th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 40.0% against a local average of 36.5%.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Sunset Ridge Middle's enrollment declined from 1,507 in 2020-21 to 1,377 in 2024-25.
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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 WEST JORDAN
- Copper Hills HighHigh · 2,837 students
- West Jordan HighHigh · 1,761 students
- West Hills MiddleMiddle · 1,169 students
- West Jordan MiddleMiddle · 1,000 students
- Fox Hollow SchoolElementary · 872 students
- Mountain Heights AcademyHigh · 864 students
Other Sunset Ridge Middle schools
One other US public school is named Sunset Ridge Middle. Sunset Ridge Middle is the largest of the 2.
- Sunset Ridge Middle SchoolEast Hartford, CT · 334 students
Nearby schools
- Oakcrest School0.5 mi · 694
- Antelope Canyon Elementary0.9 mi · 592
- Fox Hollow School1.0 mi · 872
- Ascent Academies of Utah West Jordan1.5 mi · 761
- West Hills Middle1.7 mi · 1,169
- Falcon Ridge School1.8 mi · 674
Frequently asked questions
About Sunset Ridge MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Sunset Ridge Middle?
Sunset Ridge Middle enrolls approximately 1,377 students in grades 07-09.
What grades does Sunset Ridge Middle serve?
Sunset Ridge Middle serves grades 07-09.
How many teachers does Sunset Ridge Middle have?
Sunset Ridge Middle employs 56 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sunset Ridge Middle?
At Sunset Ridge Middle, the student body is approximately 60% White, 29% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Sunset Ridge Middle public or private?
Sunset Ridge Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Jordan District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.