Salt Lake City

Best Salt Lake City suburbs for schools

Ranked almost entirely on the Schools category — within-state proficiency, student–teacher ratio, graduation rate and schools nearby — with the two poll questions about children and teenagers at 20% once a place has enough responses.

Updated Sep 2026·21 suburbs considered, 10 listed
1
Holladay Village (Holladay, Utah)
Holladay$763k median · 19.8 min commute
Schools —Cost of living BResidents inactive
0
Schools score
overall 75 B
2
The Cottonwood Paper Mill, located at the mouth of Big Cottonwood Canyon in Cottonwood Heights, Utah.
Cottonwood Heights$694k median · 21.9 min commute
Schools —Cost of living BResidents inactive
0
Schools score
overall 73 B
3
Murray$508k median · 20.7 min commute
Schools —Cost of living A−Residents inactive
0
Schools score
overall 72 B−
4
Millcreek City Hall, showcasing its skateloop, climbing wall, and apartments to the south.
Millcreek$627k median · 20.6 min commute
Schools —Cost of living BResidents inactive
0
Schools score
overall 72 B−
5
South Jordan, Utah City Hall at Towne Center
South Jordan$651k median · 24.1 min commute
Schools —Cost of living B−Residents inactive
0
Schools score
overall 72 B−
6
Volunteers set up the Healing Field in front of the city hall in Sandy, Utah on Sept. 10, 2009.
Sandy$614k median · 22.7 min commute
Schools —Cost of living BResidents inactive
0
Schools score
overall 72 B−
7
Old Dome Meeting Hall | Riverton, Utah
Riverton$593k median · 24.8 min commute
Schools —Cost of living C+Residents inactive
0
Schools score
overall 69 B−
8
Salt Lake City skyline view
Salt Lake City$540k median · 19.5 min commute
Schools —Cost of living A−Residents inactive
0
Schools score
overall 68 B−
9
Taylorsville$434k median · 22.2 min commute
Schools —Cost of living B+Residents inactive
0
Schools score
overall 68 B−
10
City of Bluffdale Fire Station, located at 14350 S 2200 W in Bluffdale, Utah.
Bluffdale$686k median · 21.1 min commute
Schools —Cost of living BResidents inactive
0
Schools score
overall 67 C+
This list's weighting
Schools 80%Resident poll (Q5, Q6) 20%

Poll components only count for places with eight or more resident responses; for the others the remaining weights re-normalise to 100%.

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Photos from Wikimedia Commons: Holladay (Derrellwilliams · CC BY-SA 4.0); Cottonwood Heights (User:JerAnderson · Public domain); Millcreek (MD.millcreekut · CC0); South Jordan (David Sallay · Public domain); Sandy (Scott Catron from Sandy, Utah, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0); Riverton (Caseysaxton · CC BY-SA 4.0); Salt Lake City (Invictus323 · CC BY 4.0); Bluffdale (Bluffdaleap · CC BY-SA 3.0).