South Jordan Schools: A Complete Guide to Every School Serving the City
South Jordan is unusual among Salt Lake Valley cities in how simply its schools are organized. The entire city sits inside Jordan School District, and only two high schools take South Jordan students: Bingham High serves the city east and north of Daybreak, and Herriman High serves Daybreak. No part of South Jordan attends Riverton, Mountain Ridge, Copper Hills or West Jordan High.
Two other things set the city apart. Three of its nine elementary schools run state dual language immersion programs, Chinese at Eastlake and Monte Vista and Spanish at Welby. And Daybreak was master-planned with its schools included, so Daybreak Elementary (2005), Golden Fields (2017), Mountain Creek Middle (2019) and Aspen Elementary (2021) opened alongside the rooftops rather than years behind them.
Add five tuition-free public charter schools inside city limits and South Jordan families have more genuine school choice within a ten-minute drive than almost anywhere else in the valley.
One caution before the lists: school boundaries change, and this page cannot tell you which school a specific address feeds. Jordan School District's address lookup can, and it is linked in the FAQ below.
Public Schools in South Jordan
ELEMENTARY (K-6)
Aspen — 11189 S Willow Walk Dr, 84009 — Mountain Creek → Herriman. Opened 2021. aspen.jordandistrict.org
Daybreak — 4544 W Harvest Moon Dr, 84009 — Mountain Creek → Herriman. Daybreak's first school, opened 2005 on a year-round calendar. daybreak.jordandistrict.org
Eastlake — 4389 W Isla Daybreak Rd, 84009 — Mountain Creek → Herriman. Chinese dual language immersion from 1st grade. eastlake.jordandistrict.org
Elk Meadows — 3448 W 9800 S, 84095 — Elk Ridge → Bingham. Opened 1998. STEM lab and 1:1 Chromebooks in grades 3-6. elkmeadows.jordandistrict.org
Golden Fields — 10252 S Split Rock Dr, 84009 — Mountain Creek → Herriman. Opened 2017, with a preschool on site. goldenfields.jordandistrict.org
Jordan Ridge — 2636 W 9800 S, 84095 — South Jordan Middle → Bingham. Opened 1987. Gifted and talented program with a dedicated learning coach. jordanridge.jordandistrict.org
Monte Vista — 11121 S 2700 W, 84095 — South Jordan Middle → Bingham. Opened 1977, the city's oldest. Chinese dual language immersion, grades 1-6. montevista.jordandistrict.org
South Jordan — 11205 S Black Cherry Way, 84095 — South Jordan Middle → Bingham. Two self-contained support classes; Junior Great Books, orchestra, choir. southjordanelementary.jordandistrict.org
Welby — 4130 W 9580 S, 84009 — Elk Ridge → Bingham. Spanish dual language immersion, a full-time music teacher, and Gold Medal School status. welby.jordandistrict.org
MIDDLE (GRADES 7-9)
South Jordan Middle, Snow Leopards — 10245 S 2700 W, 84095. Central and east South Jordan, about 1,400 students. Feeds Bingham. sojomiddle.jordandistrict.org
Elk Ridge, Wapiti — 3659 W 9800 S, 84009. Northwest South Jordan; gifted and honors program. Feeds Bingham. elkridge.jordandistrict.org
Mountain Creek, Moose — 5325 W Bingham Rim Rd, 84009. Daybreak. Opened 2019 with an 800-seat auditorium, pottery studio and maker space. Feeds Herriman. mountaincreek.jordandistrict.org
Copper Mountain, Colts — 12106 S Anthem Park Blvd, Herriman 84096. Serves far southwest Daybreak. Feeds Herriman. coppermountain.jordandistrict.org
Kelsey Peak Virtual, grades 7-8 — 3706 W 9800 S #490, 84009. The district's online middle school; no boundary, open county-wide. kelseypeak.jordandistrict.org
HIGH (GRADES 10-12)
Bingham, Miners — 2160 W 10400 S, 84095. Serves all of South Jordan except Daybreak. Established 1908; 52 concurrent enrollment and AP courses with roughly 1,200 students earning college credit; 6A all-girls cheer state champions in January 2025. binghamminers.org
Herriman, Mustangs — 11917 S Mustang Trail Way, Herriman 84096. Serves Daybreak. Its boys rugby program won the 2026 National High School Single School Championship 32-10, a second national title and the only one ever won by a public school. herrimanhigh.org
Charter and Private Schools
All five charters below are tuition-free public schools with no attendance boundaries. Any Utah student may apply, and when applications exceed seats the school holds a lottery. Application windows generally open in winter for the following fall.
IN SOUTH JORDAN
American Academy of Innovation, 6-12 — 5410 W South Jordan Pkwy, 84009. Project- and competency-based: students advance on mastery rather than seat time. Roughly 120 electives, week-long Immersions twice a year, a senior capstone, and CTE pathways carrying college credit. aaiutah.org
Early Light Academy at Daybreak, K-9 — 11709 Vadania Dr, 84009. The city's largest charter at 1,030 students when full, four classes per grade averaging about 26. History is its curricular emphasis, with a curriculum built on historical inquiry and patterns of change over time. Modified traditional calendar, no year-round track. Three buildings, the newest with a state-of-the-art theatre. earlylightacademy.org
Hawthorn Academy, South Jordan campus, K-6 — 1437 W 11400 S, 84095. A STEM framework in every grade aligned to Utah Core Standards, with a Ron Clark-style house system. Sixth graders continue to Hawthorn's West Jordan campus for 7th. hawthornacademy.org
Mountain West Montessori Academy, K-9 — 4125 W Foxview Dr, 84009. Public Montessori, authorized in 2013: multi-age classrooms and uninterrupted work cycles. mwmacademy.org
Paradigm Schools, 6-12 — 11577 S 3600 W, 84095. Classical liberal arts on the Trivium, opened 2006. Teachers are mentors and students scholars; great books, plus Latin, German, Spanish and Chinese. Sixth grade is new for 2026-27. paradigmschools.org
NEARBY CHARTERS SOUTH JORDAN FAMILIES ALSO CONSIDER
Athlos Academy of Utah, K-9 — Herriman. Prepared Mind, Healthy Body and Performance Character, with a fitness curriculum and on-site athletics. athlosutah.org
Summit Academy — campuses in Draper, Bluffdale and Riverton. Utah's first charter school, feeding Summit Academy High School. summitacademyschools.org
American Preparatory Academy — Draper. Classical, content-rich curriculum with ability-grouped instruction. americanprep.org
Itineris Early College High School, 9-12 — West Jordan. Built around Salt Lake Community College; students can earn up to two years of free college credit and an associate degree. iechs.org
PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN SOUTH JORDAN
Anthem Preparatory School, PreK-12 — 11100 S Redwood Rd, 84095. Independent classical college prep, founded 2005 and formerly American Heritage of South Jordan. Honors and AP, uniforms, athletics and dance, with in-person, hybrid and distance tracks. anthemprep.com
Dancing Moose Montessori, River Park, 18 months to 2nd grade — 10995 S River Front Pkwy, 84095. Montessori plus Math Expressions and Words Their Way, daily gym, 1:12 elementary ratio. mydancingmoose.com
Parent FAQ: Boundaries, Open Enrollment and Home Values
HOW DO SCHOOL BOUNDARIES WORK HERE?
Jordan School District draws an attendance area around each school, and your address places you in exactly one elementary, one middle and one high school boundary. Boundaries follow the district's maps, not ZIP codes or subdivision names, so two homes on the same street can occasionally sit in different areas. The Board of Education votes on changes as neighborhoods fill in, most recently in November 2025.
HOW DO I CHECK WHICH SCHOOLS AN ADDRESS FEEDS?
Use the district's official address lookup at planning.jordandistrict.org/boundaries. Type in the street address and it returns the assigned elementary, middle and high school. This is the only definitive answer; listing and school-rating sites are frequently out of date. If you are buying a home for a specific school, verify the address before you write the offer, and ask me to verify it with you.
CAN MY CHILD ATTEND A SCHOOL OUTSIDE OUR BOUNDARY?
Often, yes. Utah law lets families apply to any public school in any district, space permitting. Jordan District calls this school choice and runs it in phases: early enrollment opens November 15 for the following year and runs through December 31 with priority categories and a lottery, continues January 1 through the first Friday in February on a first-come basis, then moves to late enrollment decided by staffing ratios. Apply at planning.jordandistrict.org/enrollment/schoolchoice. Two notes: popular schools fill in the November window, and open enrollment does not include busing.
HOW DOES SCHOOL CHOICE AFFECT HOME VALUES IN SOUTH JORDAN?
Boundaries still move money here, but less bluntly than in cities with a wider spread between schools.
Because the whole city sits in one district with only two high school feeds, there is no dramatic district-line premium. The meaningful line is Bingham versus Herriman, and it matters most to families set on a specific program, team or peer group.
Homes near a boundary edge are the ones to watch. Around 4000-4300 West at the Daybreak edge, a boundary review can change which high school a home feeds. That is a real risk for a buyer who paid for one, and a real question a listing agent should be ready to answer.
The immersion elementaries, Eastlake, Monte Vista and Welby, draw buyers shopping the program rather than the address, which supports demand in those areas.
Five in-city charters cut both ways. They give families a route that does not require buying into a boundary, but charter seats are a lottery rather than a guarantee, so most buyers still treat the boundary school as their floor.
If you are weighing two homes in different boundaries, the resale difference is usually smaller than buyers expect and the daily-life difference is usually larger. Send me the addresses and I will verify each boundary assignment and pull comparable sales on both sides of the line.
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