About Elk Ridge Middle

Elk Ridge Middle School is located in South Jordan, Utah. South Jordan is a sprawling suburb of Salt Lake City, which offers its residence a clean, safe, well-planned community.
The mission of Elk Ridge Middle is to provide a rigorous academic environment, while providing a social and emotional atmosphere that promotes lifelong learning and character guidance.

Student Achievement

Criterion Referenced Tests (CRT)
The Core Criterion Referenced Tests (CRTs) are administered at the end of each school year to help assess how well students have mastered the standards and objectives set forth in the State of Utah Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science core curricula.   Student achievement is reported as the percent of students reaching “proficient” by earning a Level 3 or Level 4 performance on the Core CRT.

Year
7th Lang. Arts
8th Lang. Arts
9th Lang. Arts
7th Math
Pre-Algebra
Algebra 1
Geometry
2005-06
84%
82%
86%
66%
80%
74%
93%
2006-07
80%
84%
88%
73%
75%
74%
97%
2007-08
83%
81%
85%
83%
83%
70%
99%
2008-09
85%
84%
85%
80%
72%
58%
93%
Year
7th Science
8th Science
9th Earth Sci.
Biology
 
 
 
2005-06
73%
74%
84%
99%
     
2006-07
71%
73%
82%
100%
     
2007-08
80%
78%
73%
100%
     
2008-09
76%
78%
76%
100%

IOWA Tests
The IOWA Test of Basic Skills provides a comparison of achievement to students across the United States in reading, language arts, math, science and social studies.  The IOWA test is given each fall to students in grades 3, 5, and 8.  The Jordan School District School also administers the IOWA to students in grade 6.  Results are reported as the average percentile rank.  The national average is the 50th percentile in each area.

 8th Grade
Year
Reading
Language
Math
Core Total
Soc. Studies
Science
Total Composite
2005-06
62
57
55
58
50
64
57
2006-07
59
60
51
57
50
67
58
2007-08
59
57
57
58
54
66
59
2008-09
65
57
67
62
56
70
64

Direct Writing Assessment (DWA)
The Direct Writing Assessment (DWA) is designed to assess the writing skills of 6th and 9th grade students in February and March each year.  The following six components of writing are assessed: ideas & content, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, and conventions.
 
 Grade 9 - Average Points Earned
Year
Ideas / Content
Organization
Voice
Word Choice
Sentence Fluency
Conventions
Composite
2005/06
3.4
3.5
3.6
3.5
3.5
3.5
20.9
2006/07
3.7
3.8
3.9
3.7
3.7
3.7
22.5
2007/08
3.9
3.9
3.9
3.8
3.9
3.9
23.3
2008/09
3.6
3.6
3.6
3.6
3.6
3.6
21.6
* Each year the direct writing prompt changes, therefore caution should be used in making year to year conclusions.
 
Boundary Description

MiddleBegin at the West District Line and the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad (approx. 10450 S.); east along the Railroad (south side) to the Mining Railroad; northeast along the Mining Railroad (east side) to 10200 S./Old Bingham Highway; east along 10200 S./Old Bingham Highway (south side) to approx. 6000 W.; continuing northeast along the Old Bingham Highway (south side) to 4000 W.; north along 4000 W. (east side) to 7800 S.; east along 7800 S. (south side) to 3600 W.; south along 3600 W. (west side) to 9000 S.; east along 9000 S. (south side) to 3200 W.; south along 3200 W. (west side) to 11800 S.; west along 11800 S. (north side) to the West District Line; north along the West District Line to the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad.

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