Original Research by School Decision on Herriman High
Herriman High serves grades ten through twelve in the southwestern Salt Lake County city of Herriman, a rapidly growing suburban community. The school is part of Jordan School District, which has seen significant enrollment growth in recent years as master-planned developments have transformed Herriman from a small rural outpost into a dense residential suburb. The city is car-dependent, with wide arterial roads, subdivisions, and a developing civic center at Herriman Towne Center, but lacks a traditional walkable downtown. A UTA bus route connects the city to regional rail, and over sixty miles of trails weave through the city and the nearby Oquirrh Mountains foothills.
The school itself enrolled over two thousand students, making it a large high school. Its student body is predominantly white, with a sizable Hispanic population and smaller shares of Asian, two-or-more-races, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, Black, and American Indian or Alaska Native students. About one in six students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch, a lower share than the national average and a reflection of the area's above-median household incomes and elevated home values. Data on students with disabilities and English learners were not available in the source materials, so a parent may want to ask the school directly about those supports.
State testing results and a graduation rate were not present in the data we reviewed, and the school is not eligible for certain comparisons for that reason. Because Herriman High serves only upper grade levels, it sits outside some of the typical academic accountability measures that apply to schools covering tested grades. A family researching this school would want to request the most recent state report card or school-level assessment results directly from the school or district to understand proficiency levels and graduation outcomes.
Herriman High is a neighborhood school in a district that has had to adjust boundaries and build new facilities to accommodate a rapidly growing population. The city's housing market is expensive relative to state and national benchmarks, with home values and rents reflecting strong demand from incoming families. The area's major employers include healthcare systems, the school district itself, and the Zions Bank Real Academy soccer complex, which serves as the training home for Real Salt Lake. Growth continues through annexations and new developments such as the Olympia housing development, and the Mountain View Corridor highway runs through the city, enabling further expansion.
The comparison fact-set places Herriman High among the districts in Salt Lake County, but with no proficiency index, graduation rate, or chronic absenteeism rate to compare, the frame is largely unpopulated. That absence leaves a gap for a family looking to benchmark the school against its neighbors. The school appears to operate as a standard comprehensive high school within a large, growing district, but the lack of outcome data means any assessment of academic performance or postsecondary readiness is not possible from what is available here. A parent evaluating this school would need to pursue those numbers directly with the school or the Jordan District central office.
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