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Enrollment
1,074
Middle
DISTRICT 1,087 · STATE 831
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEBO DISTRICT·NCES 490063001564
Diamond Fork Middle
50 N 900 East, SPANISH FORK, UT 84660 · (801) 798-4052 · Utah County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,074 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.1:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.7:1 · STATE 21.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
316 students
DISTRICT 28% · STATE 33%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 546 | 51% |
| Grade 7 | 528 | 49% |
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · 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
36.3%
UT avg 41.4% . -5.1pp since 2023
Math
35.7%
UT avg 41.8% . -3.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.3% | 35.7% |
| 2023-24 | 41.4% | 38.9% |
% 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
41.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.4%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.4pp
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 Diamond Fork Middle
Diamond Fork Middle's state test result (41.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond Fork Middle this school | 1,074 | 29.4% | 41.0% |
| South Cache Middle School HYRUM | 1,143 | 31.1% | 57.3% |
| Young Intermediate BRIGHAM CITY | 1,003 | 33.3% | 44.6% |
| Mt. Nebo Middle PAYSON | 1,034 | 33.7% | 33.7% |
| Pleasant Grove Jr High PLEASANT GROVE | 1,181 | 25.1% | 49.1% |
| Payson Jr High PAYSON | 1,143 | 29.8% | 29.0% |
Matched among Utah middle 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 Diamond Fork Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Utah County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #84 of 136 | #19 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.7% | #87 of 140 ▼ 11 | #17 of 23 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.3% | #92 of 140 ▼ 18 | #20 of 23 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,074 | #34 of 144 | #14 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.1:1 | #60 of 137 | #6 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.5% | #82 of 137 | #14 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.4% | #69 of 141 | #7 of 24 |
Ranked against other public middle 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.
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,074 | 48.5 | 22.1:1 | 29% (316) |
| 2023-24 | 1,077 | 45.3 | 23.8:1 | 28% (299) |
| 2022-23 | 1,039 | 43.9 | 23.7:1 | 25% (259) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Diamond Fork Middle.
About Diamond Fork Middle
Diamond Fork Middle is a medium-sized middle school. Its address is in SPANISH FORK, Utah. The latest federal count shows 1,074 students in grades 6 through 8. Against the 831-student average for middle schools in Utah, enrollment here is 29% higher.
The Nebo District system has 49 schools and 43,696 students.
White students account for 79% of enrollment at Diamond Fork Middle. Other students are 16% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. For comparison, Utah County is about 81% White. By the diversity index, Diamond Fork Middle comes in at 35%.
Diamond Fork Middle employs 48.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 22.1:1. Middle schools in Utah have a similar average ratio of 21.7:1. Diamond Fork Middle's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 29%.
Diamond Fork Middle's average proficiency rate on state tests of 41.0% is 4.4 points below the 45.4% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
According to the American Community Survey, in Utah County, median household income is about $100,671, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 202 public schools operate in Utah County, serving about 164,467 students.
The closest public school to Diamond Fork Middle is Park School, about 0.3 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Diamond Fork Middle comes in 5th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Diamond Fork Middle is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
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Utah County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
705,400
Census ACS
Median income
$100,671
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
44%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
202
164,467 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Nebo District
- Nebo Online SchoolCombined · 7,791 students
- Maple Mountain HighHigh · 1,902 students
- Springville HighHigh · 1,665 students
- Payson HighHigh · 1,648 students
- Spanish Fork HighHigh · 1,640 students
- Salem Hills HighHigh · 1,593 students
Other schools in SPANISH FORK
- Maple Mountain HighHigh · 1,902 students
- Spanish Fork HighHigh · 1,640 students
- American Leadership AcademyCombined · 1,597 students
- Spanish Fork Jr HighMiddle · 1,070 students
- Riverview SchoolElementary · 738 students
- Rees SchoolElementary · 728 students
Nearby schools
- Park School0.3 mi · 469
- Larsen School0.3 mi · 431
- Spanish Fork Jr High0.6 mi · 1,070
- Rees School0.6 mi · 728
- Sierra Bonita Elementary0.8 mi · 568
- Landmark High1.3 mi · 323
Frequently asked questions
About Diamond Fork MiddleHow large is Diamond Fork Middle?
Diamond Fork Middle enrolls approximately 1,074 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Diamond Fork Middle serve?
Diamond Fork Middle serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Diamond Fork Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Diamond Fork Middle is approximately 22.1:1 (49 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Diamond Fork Middle?
Diamond Fork Middle reports a student body of 79% White, 16% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Diamond Fork Middle?
Diamond Fork Middle is overseen by Nebo District in Utah County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.