The top reported proficiency rate is 62% in Science. The lowest is 46% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Butterfield Canyon School
Butterfield Canyon School serves kindergarten through sixth grade in Herriman, a fast-growing suburban city in southwestern Salt Lake County. The school is part of Jordan District, a large system that has seen steady enrollment increases as master-planned developments like Rosecrest and the Olympia annexation have brought thousands of new families to the area. Herriman itself is heavily car-dependent, with wide arterial roads, subdivisions, and over sixty miles of trails, but no traditional walkable downtown. The city’s civic life centers on Crane Park & Plaza near City Hall, and the local economy is anchored by Intermountain Healthcare facilities, the Jordan School District, and the Zions Bank Real Academy soccer complex.
Butterfield Canyon is a neighborhood elementary school, enrolling a population that is predominantly white, with a modest share of Hispanic students and a very small share of students from other racial and ethnic backgrounds. About one in ten students qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, a low rate that reflects the area’s largely middle- to upper-middle-income housing market. Home values in the surrounding zip code are above the state median, and rents have held steady. The school serves its grade band only, so there is no graduation rate to report; state testing results are available for the grades that are assessed.
On Utah’s RISE assessments, Butterfield Canyon’s overall proficiency across math, English language arts, and science places it in the top quartile among schools within Salt Lake County. That is a strong showing. In the most recent year for each subject, the school’s science proficiency was notably higher than its math and ELA proficiency, a pattern some families may want to explore further with the school to understand how instruction and curriculum vary across subjects. Participation rates for the assessments were not available in the records, so it is not possible to say what share of students took the tests.
The school does not report data on chronic absenteeism, discipline, staffing ratios, or course access in the available records. Those are meaningful gaps for a parent trying to gauge school climate and day-to-day support. Because Butterfield Canyon is an elementary school, some of the missing information, such as advanced course offerings, does not apply in the same way it would at a high school. But absenteeism and teacher qualifications are relevant at any grade level, and a family may want to ask Butterfield Canyon directly about those topics.
Housing in the area is expensive relative to the national median, and the area’s rapid growth means that Jordan District has periodically adjusted school boundaries to keep up with enrollment. That is a practical consideration for any family moving to Herriman: the school a child attends today could change if the district redraws attendance zones to accommodate new subdivisions. The city’s young, family-oriented population and the steady stream of new construction suggest that demand for seats at schools like Butterfield Canyon will remain high.
For a family looking at this school, the core picture is a suburban elementary school in a high-growth, relatively affluent corner of Salt Lake County with above-average test scores, a low share of students in poverty, and a demographic profile that is less diverse than the county as a whole. The school provides no charter or magnet status, so it draws from its residential attendance area. The missing data on discipline, attendance, and staffing means some of the usual signals about school environment are not available from public sources; a parent would need to rely on a visit, conversations with the school, or word of mouth to fill in those details.
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