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Enrollment
1,195
Middle
DISTRICT 1,021 · STATE 831
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JORDAN DISTRICT·NCES 490042001075
Fort Herriman Middle
14050 S MIRABELLA DR, HERRIMAN, UT 84065 · (801) 412-2450 · Salt Lake County
GRADES 07–09MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,195 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 54% 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.
- CBeats 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
23.2:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.3:1 · STATE 21.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
10%
120 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 7 | 385 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 407 | 34% |
| Grade 9 | 403 | 34% |
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
50.7%
UT avg 41.4% . -2.8pp since 2023
Math
46.7%
UT avg 41.8% . +2.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.7% | 46.7% |
| 2023-24 | 53.5% | 44.4% |
% 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
49.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.9%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Fort Herriman Middle
Fort Herriman Middle's state test result (49.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Herriman Middle this school | 1,195 | 10.0% | 49.7% |
| Oquirrh Hills Middle RIVERTON | 1,261 | 13.5% | 50.2% |
| Maple Grove Middle MAPLETON | 1,195 | 13.1% | 49.2% |
| Lehi Jr High LEHI | 1,376 | 11.9% | 53.3% |
| Mapleton Junior High MAPLETON | 1,312 | 14.4% | 42.7% |
| Albion Middle SANDY | 943 | 9.5% | 69.4% |
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 Fort Herriman Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Salt Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.7% | #45 of 136 | #16 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.7% | #52 of 140 ▲ 6 | #17 of 44 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.7% | #33 of 140 ▼ 3 | #15 of 44 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,195 | #18 of 144 | #5 of 44 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.2:1 | #86 of 137 | #27 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.8% | #96 of 137 | #40 of 44 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 10.0% | #133 of 141 | #42 of 44 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.6% | #8 of 77 | #4 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
1,195
-105 (-8%) vs 2020
-18% since 2010-11, when it was 1,451
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 | 1,195 | 51.6 | 23.2:1 | 10% (120) |
| 2023-24 | 1,235 | 51.5 | 24.0:1 | 9% (105) |
| 2022-23 | 1,261 | 51.5 | 24.5:1 | 6% (79) |
| 2020-21 | 1,300 | N/A | N/A | 7% (91) |
| 2017-18 | 1,629 | N/A | N/A | 10% (170) |
| 2015-16 | 1,530 | N/A | N/A | 13% (206) |
| 2010-11 | 1,451 | 51 | 28.4:1 | 21% (308) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fort Herriman Middle.
About Fort Herriman Middle
Located in HERRIMAN, Utah, Fort Herriman Middle is a medium-sized middle school. The grade span is 7 through 9, and enrollment is 1,195 students. Average enrollment for middle schools in Utah is about 831, so this school runs 44% above that.
Jordan District includes 67 schools. Together they enroll 58,788 students.
At Fort Herriman Middle, White students make up 81% of the student body. It is also 12% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. Salt Lake County's residents are about 70% White, 11 points below the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at Fort Herriman Middle belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 33%.
The school reports 51.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 23.2 students per teacher. For comparison, middle schools in Utah average 21.7:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 10% of students. The average for public schools in Salt Lake County is 34%.
allk12 grades Fort Herriman Middle a B-. The grade compares the school only with Utah public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Fort Herriman Middle scores 49.7% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 54.9%.
Salt Lake County census figures show that median household income is about $97,494, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Fort Herriman Middle is among the 325 public schools in Salt Lake County.
Blackridge School is the closest public school, about 0.6 miles away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. By average proficiency, Fort Herriman Middle is 5th among 8 schools close by.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Fort Herriman Middle went from 1,300 students to 1,195.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in Jordan District
- Copper Hills HighHigh · 2,837 students
- Mountain Ridge HighHigh · 2,738 students
- Herriman HighHigh · 2,522 students
- Bingham HighHigh · 2,461 students
- Riverton HighHigh · 2,295 students
- PreschoolElementary · 1,773 students
Other schools in HERRIMAN
- Mountain Ridge HighHigh · 2,738 students
- Herriman HighHigh · 2,522 students
- Providence HallCombined · 2,044 students
- Copper Mountain MiddleMiddle · 1,093 students
- Silver Crest SchoolElementary · 879 students
- Blackridge SchoolElementary · 782 students
Nearby schools
- Blackridge School0.6 mi · 782
- Butterfield Canyon School1.1 mi · 704
- Herriman School1.1 mi · 679
- Foothills School1.3 mi · 837
- Silver Crest School1.6 mi · 879
- Juniper1.7 mi · 544
Frequently asked questions
About Fort Herriman MiddleHow many students attend Fort Herriman Middle?
Fort Herriman Middle enrolls approximately 1,195 students in grades 07-09.
What grades does Fort Herriman Middle serve?
Fort Herriman Middle serves grades 07-09.
How many students per teacher at Fort Herriman Middle?
Approximately 23.2:1 students per teacher at Fort Herriman Middle.
How diverse is Fort Herriman Middle?
Fort Herriman Middle reports a student body of 81% White, 12% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Fort Herriman Middle in?
Fort Herriman Middle is part of Jordan District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.