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If you could change one rule at Lake Mountain Middle, what would it be?
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Enrollment
1,471
Middle
DISTRICT 1,379 · STATE 831
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALPINE DISTRICT·NCES 490003001575
Lake Mountain Middle
1058 South Old Farm Road, SARATOGA SPRINGS, UT 84045 · (801) 610-8400 · Utah County
GRADES 07–09MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL1,471 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 67% 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
26.1:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.6:1 · STATE 21.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
212 students
DISTRICT 22% · 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 | 497 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 483 | 33% |
| Grade 9 | 491 | 33% |
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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
45.9%
UT avg 41.4% . +0.3pp since 2023
Math
57.5%
UT avg 41.8% . +0.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Utah schools, those numbers are about 41 and 42. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.9% | 57.5% |
| 2023-24 | 45.6% | 56.8% |
% 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
50.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.8%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 Lake Mountain Middle
Lake Mountain Middle's state test result (50.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Mountain Middle this school | 1,471 | 14.4% | 50.5% |
| Mapleton Junior High MAPLETON | 1,312 | 14.4% | 42.7% |
| Maple Grove Middle MAPLETON | 1,195 | 13.1% | 49.2% |
| Lehi Jr High LEHI | 1,376 | 11.9% | 53.3% |
| Oquirrh Hills Middle RIVERTON | 1,261 | 13.5% | 50.2% |
| Syracuse Jr High SYRACUSE | 1,216 | 14.4% | 39.2% |
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 Lake Mountain Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Utah County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.5% | #39 of 136 | #4 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.5% | #21 of 140 ▲ 3 | #4 of 23 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.9% | #53 of 140 ▲ 9 | #12 of 23 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,471 | #6 of 144 | #5 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 26.1:1 | #126 of 137 | #18 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.5% | #90 of 137 | #17 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.4% | #115 of 141 | #17 of 24 |
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
1,471
+165 (+13%) vs 2020
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 | 1,471 | 56.4 | 26.1:1 | 14% (212) |
| 2023-24 | 1,424 | 52.2 | 27.3:1 | 12% (167) |
| 2022-23 | 1,412 | 51 | 27.7:1 | 13% (182) |
| 2020-21 | 1,306 | N/A | N/A | 12% (156) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lake Mountain Middle.
About Lake Mountain Middle
In SARATOGA SPRINGS, Utah, part of Utah County, Lake Mountain Middle is a middle school. The school enrolls 1,471 students, from grades 7 through 9. Average enrollment for middle schools in Utah is about 831, so this school runs 77% larger than that.
Lake Mountain Middle falls under Alpine District, which has 89 schools enrolling 86,645 students.
By race and ethnicity, Lake Mountain Middle is 80% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 11% Hispanic and 7% multiracial. The White share in Utah County as a whole is similar, at about 81%. By the diversity index, Lake Mountain Middle comes in at 35%.
Its 56.4 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 26.1:1. The average ratio among middle schools in Utah is 21.7:1, lower than at this school. The school's lunch program data list 14% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Measured against Utah public middle schools, Lake Mountain Middle 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.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Lake Mountain Middle is 2.2 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 50.5% actual, 52.8% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Utah.
In Utah County (population about 705,400), median household income is about $100,671, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 44%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. A total of 202 public schools operate in Utah County, serving about 164,467 students.
Saratoga Shores School is the public school closest to Lake Mountain Middle, about 0.5 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Lake Mountain Middle is 4th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
The NCES locale for Lake Mountain Middle is Rural: Fringe, which covers schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 13%, from 1,306 to 1,471.
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Utah County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
705,400
Census ACS
Median income
$100,671
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
44%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
202
164,467 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Alpine District
- Cedar Valley HighHigh · 3,300 students
- Westlake HighHigh · 3,052 students
- Lone Peak HighHigh · 2,484 students
- Skyridge High SchoolHigh · 2,483 students
- American Fork HighHigh · 2,316 students
- Lehi HighHigh · 2,242 students
Other schools in SARATOGA SPRINGS
- Westlake HighHigh · 3,052 students
- Vista Heights MiddleHigh · 1,671 students
- Thunder Ridge SchoolElementary · 1,093 students
- Lakeview AcademyCombined · 1,061 students
- Harvest SchoolElementary · 1,031 students
- Riverview SchoolElementary · 1,002 students
Nearby schools
- Saratoga Shores School0.5 mi · 777
- Springside School0.6 mi · 827
- Westlake High1.5 mi · 3,052
- Vista Heights Middle1.5 mi · 1,671
- Silver Lake Elementary1.6 mi · 870
- Horizon School1.8 mi · 166
Frequently asked questions
About Lake Mountain MiddleHow large is Lake Mountain Middle?
Lake Mountain Middle enrolls approximately 1,471 students in grades 07-09.
What grades does Lake Mountain Middle serve?
Lake Mountain Middle serves grades 07-09.
How many students per teacher at Lake Mountain Middle?
Approximately 26.1:1 students per teacher at Lake Mountain Middle.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lake Mountain Middle?
At Lake Mountain Middle, the student body is approximately 80% White, 11% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Lake Mountain Middle public or private?
Lake Mountain Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Alpine District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.