Hillcrest Jr High

Hillcrest Jr High, an intimate junior high in MURRAY, Utah, part of Murray District, instructs 696 students, covering grades 7 through 9.

Murray District comprises 11 schools with combined enrollment of 5,678 students; Hillcrest Jr High is among them.

On demographics, Hillcrest Jr High records that the largest single group is White, at 55% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 32% Hispanic, 5% Black, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 70% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Hillcrest Jr High has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.8:1. The state averages about 21.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 46% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Salt Lake County's rate of about 34%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Hillcrest Jr High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 37.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 39.0%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Salt Lake County shows the typical household earns roughly $97,494 per year, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Salt Lake County runs 325 public schools (combined enrollment of about 209,757 students), of which Hillcrest Jr High is one.

Murray High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hillcrest Jr High ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 43.9%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 19%: 856 students in 2018 compared to 696 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 21% to 32% over that span.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.