Hillcrest Jr High

Hillcrest Jr High is a middle school in MURRAY, Utah, and it is part of Murray District. Total enrollment is 696 students, and the grades served are 7 through 9.

Federal data list 11 schools in Murray District, with 5,678 students enrolled.

The share of White students at Hillcrest Jr High is 55%, a majority. Smaller groups are 32% Hispanic, 5% Black, and 4% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Salt Lake County is roughly 70% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 59%.

There are about 21.8 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Hillcrest Jr High, which has 31.9. It is about the same as the 21.7:1 average for middle schools in Utah. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 46%. That rate is above the 34% average among public schools in Salt Lake County.

Hillcrest Jr High's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (39.0%) and its predicted rate (37.2%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Utah schools.

In Salt Lake County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $97,494 a year, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Public schools in Salt Lake County number 325, with about 209,757 students.

Hillcrest Jr High is about 0.2 miles from Murray High, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Hillcrest Jr High at 5th of 7.

NCES describes the area around Hillcrest Jr High as City: Small, meaning inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.

The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 17% drop, from 838 to 696.

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