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Enrollment
841
High
DISTRICT 710 · STATE 980
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BOX ELDER DISTRICT·NCES 490009000044
Bear River Middle
300 E 1500 S, GARLAND, UT 84312 · (435) 734-4880 · Box Elder County
GRADES 08–10HIGH32-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL841 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 59% of Utah public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Utah public high schools
Student : Teacher
21.2:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.1:1 · STATE 21.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
255 students
DISTRICT 34% · STATE 33%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 8 | 412 | 49% |
| Grade 9 | 429 | 51% |
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 47% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
RISE / Utah Aspire+ 2024-25 . % Proficient + Highly ProficientEnglish Language Arts
38.0%
UT avg 41.4% . -7.6pp since 2023
Math
41.2%
UT avg 41.8% . -4.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Utah schools, those numbers are about 41 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.0% | 41.2% |
| 2023-24 | 45.6% | 45.9% |
% Proficient + Highly Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: RISE / Utah Aspire+. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
40.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.0%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% typical for Utah schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Utah's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Bear River Middle
Bear River Middle's state test result (40.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bear River Middle this school | 841 | 30.3% | 40.7% |
| Box Elder Middle BRIGHAM CITY | 1,124 | 31.0% | 44.8% |
| Canyon View High CEDAR CITY | 1,021 | 32.6% | 38.4% |
| Union High ROOSEVELT | 1,166 | 29.6% | 26.6% |
| Emery High CASTLE DALE | 614 | 33.6% | 39.3% |
| Uintah High VERNAL | 1,843 | 28.5% | 42.8% |
Matched among Utah high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Bear River Middle ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Box Elder County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.7% | #69 of 149 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.2% | #19 of 42 no change | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #24 of 42 ▼ 3 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 841 | #87 of 189 | #4 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.2:1 | #55 of 145 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.9% | #123 of 145 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.3% | #71 of 169 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.4% | #52 of 84 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
841
+6 (+1%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 1,048
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 841 | 39.6 | 21.2:1 | 30% (255) |
| 2023-24 | 823 | 40.6 | 20.3:1 | 30% (243) |
| 2022-23 | 843 | 41.5 | 20.3:1 | 28% (240) |
| 2020-21 | 835 | N/A | N/A | 27% (225) |
| 2017-18 | 755 | N/A | N/A | 38% (289) |
| 2015-16 | 674 | N/A | N/A | 40% (271) |
| 2010-11 | 620 | 26 | 23.9:1 | 43% (268) |
| 2000-01 | 727 | 33 | 22.0:1 | 30% (220) |
| 1990-91 | 1,048 | 43 | 24.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bear River Middle.
About Bear River Middle
Bear River Middle serves students in GARLAND, Utah, as a medium-sized high school. The latest federal count shows 841 students in grades 8 through 10.
Bear River Middle is run by Box Elder District, whose 22 schools enroll 12,554 students.
Most students at Bear River Middle are White: 85% of enrollment. Other students are 13% Hispanic. For comparison, Box Elder County is about 88% White. By the diversity index, Bear River Middle comes in at 27%.
Bear River Middle employs 39.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 21.2:1. High schools in Utah have a similar average ratio of 21.1:1. Bear River Middle's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 30%. That is close to the 32% average for public schools in Box Elder County.
allk12 grades Bear River Middle a B. The grade compares the school only with Utah public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Compared with Utah schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Bear River Middle's results are 4.3 points below predicted: 40.7% against 45.0%.
Among Box Elder County residents, median household income is about $84,550, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 24 public schools in Box Elder County, with a combined enrollment of about 12,997.
Nearby, Bear River High is about 0.2 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number 5. Bear River Middle is 6th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Bear River Middle is in a town some distance from an urbanized area, a location NCES labels Town: Distant.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 835 to 841, a small change.
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Box Elder County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
61,246
Census ACS
Median income
$84,550
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
24
12,997 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Box Elder District
- Box Elder HighHigh · 1,641 students
- Bear River HighHigh · 1,194 students
- Box Elder MiddleHigh · 1,124 students
- Young IntermediateMiddle · 1,003 students
- Golden Spike ElementaryElementary · 924 students
- Harris IntermediateMiddle · 862 students
Other schools in GARLAND
- Bear River HighHigh · 1,194 students
- Garland SchoolElementary · 658 students
Nearby schools
- Bear River High0.2 mi · 1,194
- North Park School0.5 mi · 661
- Garland School0.8 mi · 658
- Harris Intermediate1.1 mi · 862
- Mckinley School1.4 mi · 586
- Fielding School6.6 mi · 574
Frequently asked questions
About Bear River MiddleHow many students attend Bear River Middle?
Bear River Middle enrolls approximately 841 students in grades 08-10.
What age range does Bear River Middle serve?
Bear River Middle serves students from grade 08 through grade 10.
How many students per teacher at Bear River Middle?
Approximately 21.2:1 students per teacher at Bear River Middle.
How diverse is Bear River Middle?
Bear River Middle reports a student body of 85% White, 13% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Bear River Middle public or private?
Bear River Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Box Elder District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.