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Lake Mountain Middle
Test scores
RISE / Utah Aspire+ 2024-25 . % Proficient + Highly ProficientWhat 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.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat 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%.
About Lake Mountain Middle
As a heavily attended 6-8 campus in SARATOGA SPRINGS, Utah, Lake Mountain Middle hosts 1,471 students from grades 7 through 9, part of Alpine District. Enrollment runs roughly 77% larger than the state mean of about 831.
Within Alpine District, which oversees 89 schools and 86,645 students, Lake Mountain Middle is one campus in the system.
Looking at the student body, Lake Mountain Middle lists that 80% of the student body identifies as White; the rest reads as 11% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Utah County as a whole.
On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 26.1:1. The state averages around 21.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 14% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
After controlling for student poverty, Lake Mountain Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 52.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 50.5%.
Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Utah County put the typical household earns roughly $100,671 per year, roughly 44% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Utah County's 202 public schools (combined enrollment of about 164,467 students), Lake Mountain Middle is one campus in the mix.
Saratoga Shores School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lake Mountain Middle. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lake Mountain Middle ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 50.4%.
Lake Mountain Middle operates from a countryside location.
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