The top reported proficiency rate is 39% in Math. The lowest is 36% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Providence Hall
Providence Hall is a public charter school serving kindergarten through twelfth grade in Herriman, a rapidly growing suburban city in southwestern Salt Lake County. The school operates as its own district. Herriman itself is a car-dependent community of newer subdivisions and expanding commercial corridors, shaped by large master-planned developments. There is no traditional walkable downtown; civic life gathers at the city’s Towne Center, where City Hall and Crane Park & Plaza host community events. The area has seen sustained growth pressures, with ongoing annexations and new housing construction. Median home values in Herriman’s zip code run above state and national benchmarks, and rents have held roughly steady, suggesting a relatively affluent, family-oriented housing market.
Providence Hall enrolls a substantial student body for a charter school of this grade band. The student population is predominantly white, with a sizable Hispanic minority and smaller shares of Asian, two-or-more-races, Black, and Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander students. About one in five students qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, a rate that places the school’s economic diversity on the lower side relative to many public schools in the county.
State assessment results, drawn from the RISE tests for grades three through eight, show proficiency rates that fall a bit below the midpoint of districts in Salt Lake County when averaged across tested subjects. In the most recent testing year for which data is available, the school’s overall proficiency index landed slightly under the county’s median, though it did not sit at the bottom of the range. Math proficiency stood at a level that many families would find modest, while English language arts proficiency was similarly below the midpoint for the county. Science proficiency came in at about the same tier. These figures reflect the elementary and middle school grades only; results for high school state assessments were not included in the available data. Because state test cut scores for English language arts changed in recent years, direct year-over-year comparisons are not straightforward for that subject.
The school has no reported four-year graduation rate in the data consulted, a gap that may stem from how the state reports outcomes for charter schools or from the specifics of the data collection. A parent checking on high school outcomes should look directly to the school for graduation and college-going figures.
Providence Hall completed an elementary school expansion that added classrooms, a full-sized regulation gym, and support spaces, increasing capacity at that level. The project added kindergarten sections and additional primary-grade classrooms, which likely improved lottery access for incoming families and upgraded facilities.
For a family seeking a charter school option in a fast-growing outer-ring suburb where housing is expensive and the population is young and family-oriented, Providence Hall offers a single-building K-12 pathway. Its test results place it in the middle to lower part of the county distribution, a fact worth weighing alongside the programs and environment the school provides. The school’s demographic profile is less economically diverse than some nearby districts, and the surrounding community is squarely suburban, with limited walkability but extensive trail systems and recreation amenities. A parent should consider what kind of peer environment and academic pace they are looking for, and verify high school outcomes directly with the school.
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