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Ecker Hill Middle
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 322 | 48% |
| Grade 7 | 344 | 52% |
School pathway
Test scores
RISE / Utah Aspire+ 2024-25 . % Proficient + Highly ProficientWhat this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Utah schools, those numbers are about 41 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.0% | 52.9% |
| 2023-24 | 63.0% | 50.4% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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%.
Where Ecker Hill Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Utah |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.5% | #8 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.9% | #36 of 140 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #1 of 140 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 666 | #100 of 144 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #1 of 137 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.5% | #59 of 137 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.1% | #104 of 141 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.0% | #30 of 77 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 666 | 46 | 14.5:1 | 17% (114) |
| 2023-24 | 697 | 46.1 | 15.1:1 | 20% (141) |
| 2022-23 | 705 | 47 | 15.0:1 | 18% (128) |
| 2020-21 | 764 | N/A | N/A | 20% (152) |
| 2017-18 | 774 | N/A | N/A | 21% (165) |
| 2015-16 | 796 | N/A | N/A | 22% (177) |
| 2010-11 | 671 | 39 | 17.2:1 | 17% (117) |
| 2000-01 | 422 | 24 | 17.6:1 | 7% (29) |
About Ecker Hill Middle
Ecker Hill Middle is a small middle school in PARK CITY, Utah. Classes run from 6 through 7, and the school has 666 students.
Ecker Hill Middle is part of a district of 11 schools: Park City District, with 4,269 students.
A majority of students at Ecker Hill Middle, 72%, are White. The remaining shares are 21% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. Summit County as a whole is about 85% White, so the school's share is lower. By the diversity index, Ecker Hill Middle comes in at 43%.
Ecker Hill Middle counts 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 14.5 students for each one. Among middle schools in Utah, the typical ratio is 21.7:1. About 17% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Summit County, the average is about the same, 17%.
Ecker Hill Middle's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (61.5%) and its predicted rate (51.4%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Utah schools.
Census Bureau estimates for Summit County show that median household income is about $138,114, roughly 60% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 24 public schools in Summit County, with a combined enrollment of about 7,485.
The shortest distance from Ecker Hill Middle to another public school is about 1.0 miles, to Jeremy Ranch Preschool. The five-mile area around Ecker Hill Middle holds at least 8 other public schools. Ecker Hill Middle comes in 4th of 5 nearby schools on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Ecker Hill Middle as Rural: Fringe.
Ecker Hill Middle had 764 students in 2020-21 and 666 in 2024-25, a 13% decrease.
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