Hidden Valley Middle

Set in BLUFFDALE, Utah, Hidden Valley Middle is an average-sized middle school, one of the schools within Jordan District. It caters to 935 students across grades 7 through 9.

Within Jordan District, which oversees 67 schools and 58,788 students, Hidden Valley Middle is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Hidden Valley Middle reports that White students make up the majority at 79%; the rest breaks down as 14% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Salt Lake County as a whole is about 70% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Hidden Valley Middle has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 23.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 21.7:1 average. About 20% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Salt Lake County runs at roughly 34%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Hidden Valley Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.2%, the actual is 45.2%, a residual of -5.1 points.

In the area at large, Salt Lake County reports that median household earnings sit near $97,494, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Salt Lake County's 325 public schools (combined enrollment of about 209,757 students), Hidden Valley Middle is one campus in the mix.

Mountain Point Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Hidden Valley Middle comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 44.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.