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Enrollment
600
Middle
DISTRICT 777 · STATE 831
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRANITE DISTRICT·NCES 490036000216
Evergreen Jr High
3401 S 2000 E, SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84109 · (385) 646-5164 · Salt Lake County
GRADES 06–09MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL600 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 70% of Utah public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
23.9:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.3:1 · STATE 21.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
162 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 | 192 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 196 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 212 | 35% |
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
45.0%
UT avg 41.4% . -9.4pp since 2023
Math
47.9%
UT avg 41.8% . +0.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.0% | 47.9% |
| 2023-24 | 54.4% | 47.4% |
% 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
49.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.6%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Evergreen Jr High
Evergreen Jr High's state test result (49.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evergreen Jr High this school | 600 | 27.0% | 49.4% |
| Hillside Middle SALT LAKE CITY | 485 | 25.8% | 58.5% |
| Clayton Middle SALT LAKE CITY | 567 | 28.7% | 61.3% |
| North Layton Jr High LAYTON | 959 | 31.6% | 28.9% |
| Bountiful Jr High BOUNTIFUL | 630 | 24.1% | 37.5% |
| Tooele Jr High TOOELE | 769 | 30.7% | 33.4% |
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 Evergreen Jr High ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Salt Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.4% | #48 of 136 | #17 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.9% | #46 of 140 ▼ 1 | #15 of 44 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #55 of 140 ▼ 29 | #17 of 44 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 600 | #110 of 144 | #35 of 44 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.9:1 | #102 of 137 | #35 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.8% | #40 of 137 | #25 of 44 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.0% | #76 of 141 | #26 of 44 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.7% | #32 of 77 | #13 of 25 |
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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
600
-91 (-13%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 836
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 | 600 | 25.1 | 23.9:1 | 27% (162) |
| 2023-24 | 633 | 29.6 | 21.4:1 | 32% (204) |
| 2022-23 | 651 | 30 | 21.7:1 | 28% (181) |
| 2020-21 | 691 | N/A | N/A | 35% (244) |
| 2017-18 | 695 | N/A | N/A | 42% (293) |
| 2015-16 | 753 | N/A | N/A | 45% (339) |
| 2010-11 | 873 | 34 | 25.7:1 | 37% (323) |
| 2000-01 | 818 | 40 | 20.4:1 | 22% (176) |
| 1990-91 | 836 | 33 | 25.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Evergreen Jr High.
About Evergreen Jr High
In SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, part of Salt Lake County, Evergreen Jr High is a middle-grades school. Students in grades 6 through 9 attend, and enrollment is 600 students. The school's enrollment is 28% smaller than the 831 average for middle schools in Utah.
Across its 85 schools, Granite District enrolls 59,404 students. Evergreen Jr High is one of those schools.
White students make up a majority at Evergreen Jr High, at 66%. Next come 23% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian, and 3% Black. Evergreen Jr High's diversity index is 51%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal data list 25.1 full-time-equivalent teachers at Evergreen Jr High in 2024-25, for a ratio of 23.9:1. That is 2.3 students per teacher above the 21.7:1 average for middle schools in Utah. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 27%.
Measured against Utah public middle schools, Evergreen Jr High receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Evergreen Jr High posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 49.4%, compared with a predicted 46.6%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Utah schools on BeatsExpectations.
Within Salt Lake County, the median household income is $97,494, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Evergreen Jr High, Salt Lake County has 324 other public schools.
The shortest distance from Evergreen Jr High to another public school is about 0.6 miles, to Jean Massieu School for the Deaf. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Evergreen Jr High comes in 6th of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Evergreen Jr High is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school enrolled 600 students in 2024-25, 91 fewer than the 691 it had in 2020-21.
Conversations here can range across enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Salt Lake County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,196,523
Census ACS
Median income
$97,494
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
325
209,757 students
Quick facts
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Other Evergreen Junior High schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Evergreen Junior High. Evergreen Jr High is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- Evergreen Jr High SchoolHillsboro, OR · 728 students
- Evergreen Junior High SchoolHouma, LA · 622 students
- Evergreen Junior HighKalispell, MT · 285 students
Nearby schools
- Jean Massieu School for the Deaf0.6 mi · 147
- Blind Region 20.6 mi · 16
- William Penn School0.7 mi · 615
- Rosecrest School0.9 mi · 334
- Highland Park School1.0 mi · 478
- Olympus High1.1 mi · 2,151
Frequently asked questions
About Evergreen Jr HighHow many students attend Evergreen Jr High?
Evergreen Jr High enrolls approximately 600 students in grades 06-09.
Is Evergreen Jr High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Evergreen Jr High is a middle school covering grades 06-09.
How many teachers does Evergreen Jr High have?
Evergreen Jr High employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.9:1.
How diverse is Evergreen Jr High?
Evergreen Jr High reports a student body of 66% White, 23% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Evergreen Jr High in?
Evergreen Jr High is part of Granite District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.