Blackridge Elementary

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 About Blackridge Elementary

Blackridge Ravens EmblemBlackridge Elementary is located in the city of Herriman and is home to over 700 students. Our Ravens are encouraged to SOAR by Seeking for success, Overcoming challenges, Achieving goals, and Reaching high. The Blackridge faculty helps students SOAR by giving them a well-rounded education, developing independent thinking, and fostering a love of learning in each student. Teachers engage students in learning using high impact, research-based strategies.  Each week, teams of teachers participate in PLC meetings to discuss student growth, achievement, and share curriculum ideas, all while keeping the student in mind.

Blackridge students are held to high standards of learning and behavior. Students use data notebooks to track their academic progress, set goals and reflect on their learning journey. Students participate in weekly music, art, physical education, STEM, and library rotations. Teachers integrate and reinforce prosocial behavior into every part of their curriculum, which helps the students become leaders in their classrooms, and in the community.

Student Achievement
RISE

The Readiness Improvement Success Empowerment (RISE) computer-adaptive assessments in English language arts (ELA), math and science, provide questions that assess students’ ability to apply higher-order thinking skills and better emulate real tasks students may encounter in education and in life.

Development of RISE assessments came through a joint effort of Utah teachers, parents, test development experts, and the Utah State Board of Education (USBE). The RISE assessment, together with the state’s suite of assessments in grades K-12, provide information that assists in determining students’ progress towards preparing for college and careers upon completion of secondary school. Due to the school soft closure in March 2020, scores are not available for the 2019-20 school year.

Test Subject 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24
Language Arts 60.9% N/A 55.4% 55.6% 46.0% 52.8%
Mathematics 58.5% N/A 57.7% 55.0% 43.7% 53.7%
Science 72.6% N/A 59.0% 55.3% 47.2% 56.9%
School Accountability Report Cards

The Utah State Board of Education (USBE) issues an annual School Accountability Report Card for each public school. Elementary and middle school report cards have four main grade categories: achievement, growth, English learner progress, and growth of the lowest 25%. Achievement and growth calculations come from the RISE assessment for grades 3-8 and the Utah Aspire Plus assessment for grades 9-10. The English learner progress category score derive from the annual administration of the WIDA ACCESS test, which assesses students’ academic language proficiency in English.

The state’s School Accountability Report Cards inform educators, parents, and community stakeholders about school performance as they work collaboratively to improve student outcomes. Due to the school soft closure in March 2020, scores are not available for the 2019-20 and the 2020-21 school years.

Category 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24
Achievement 36 N/A N/A 31 26 31
Growth 27 N/A N/A 34 37 31
ELL Progress 3 N/A N/A 3 6 7
Growth of the Lowest 25% 17 N/A N/A 17 16 17
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