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Mapleton Junior High

362 E 1200 N, MAPLETON, UT 84664 · (801) 489-2892 · Utah County
GRADES 07–09MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,312 STUDENTS
Enrollment
1,312
Middle
DISTRICT 1,087 · STATE 831
Student : Teacher
24.9:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.7:1 · STATE 21.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
189 students
DISTRICT 28% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 866150%
Grade 965150%
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · STATE 47% · US 70%
White
1,08182%
DISTRICT 81% · STATE 69% · US 43%
Hispanic
14811%
DISTRICT 15% · STATE 21% · US 30%
Black
60%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 1% · US 15%
Asian
20%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 2% · US 6%
Two+
625%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 4% · US 5%
Native American
40%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 1% · US 1%
Pacific Islander
81%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 2% · US 0%
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
Male
69253%
Female
61947%

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Test scores

RISE / Utah Aspire+ 2024-25 . % Proficient + Highly Proficient
English Language Arts
37.4%
UT avg 41.4% . +2.4pp since 2023
Math
35.2%
UT avg 41.8% . -3.8pp since 2023

What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Utah schools, those numbers are about 41 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.

RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2537.4%35.2%
2023-2435.0%39.0%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
42.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.8%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.1pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 43% 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 →

Where Mapleton Junior High ranks

Among middle schools
MeasureThis schoolIn UtahIn Utah County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
42.7%#77 of 136#17 of 23
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
35.2%#88 of 140#18 of 23
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
37.4%#85 of 140#18 of 23
Enrollment
ranked largest first
1,312#13 of 144#9 of 24
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
24.9:1#115 of 137#17 of 24
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
30.5%#103 of 137#19 of 24
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
14.4%#116 of 141#18 of 24
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked fastest growth first
+6.6%#22 of 46#2 of 7
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.

4-year change

SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
1,312
+62 (+5%) vs 2020
+13% since 2010-11, when it was 1,156
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-251,31252.724.9:114% (189)
2023-241,19749.424.2:115% (177)
2022-231,21348.225.2:114% (166)
2020-211,250N/AN/A14% (170)
2017-181,231N/AN/A12% (153)
2015-161,205N/AN/A21% (256)
2010-111,1563434.0:127% (307)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mapleton Junior High.

About Mapleton Junior High

Located in MAPLETON, Utah, Mapleton Junior High is a large middle school. Enrollment totals 1,312 students across grades 7 through 9. That puts enrollment 58% larger than the 831-student average for middle schools in Utah.

Mapleton Junior High falls under Nebo District, which has 49 schools enrolling 43,696 students.

White students are 82% of those enrolled at Mapleton Junior High. The next largest groups are 11% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. That is in line with Utah County, where about 81% of residents are White. A diversity index of 31% means there is a 31% chance two randomly chosen students at Mapleton Junior High are from different groups.

Its staff includes 52.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 24.9 students per teacher. Across middle schools in Utah, the average ratio is 21.7:1. Mapleton Junior High has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 14%.

Mapleton Junior High is 10.1 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (42.7% versus 52.8%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Utah.

The school is in Utah County, where median household income comes to about $100,671, roughly 44% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Utah County counts 202 public schools with about 164,467 students.

Mapleton Junior High's closest public school neighbor is Hobble Creek School, about 0.6 miles away. Within five miles of Mapleton Junior High, there are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Mapleton Junior High is behind the 51.2% nearby average, ranking 7th of 9.

Mapleton Junior High is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.

Enrollment increased 5% over 4 years, reaching 1,312 in 2024-25.

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Utah County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
Mapleton Junior High
District
Nebo District
Address
362 E 1200 N, MAPLETON, UT 84664
Phone
(801) 489-2892
County
Utah County
Level
Middle
Grade range
07–09
Total enrollment
1,312
Teachers (FTE)
53
Student–teacher ratio
24.9:1
Free and reduced lunch
189 (14%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
490063001127
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Mapleton Junior High
How many students attend Mapleton Junior High?
Mapleton Junior High enrolls approximately 1,312 students in grades 07-09.
Is Mapleton Junior High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mapleton Junior High is a middle school covering grades 07-09.
How many students per teacher at Mapleton Junior High?
Approximately 24.9:1 students per teacher at Mapleton Junior High.
How diverse is Mapleton Junior High?
Mapleton Junior High reports a student body of 82% White, 11% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Mapleton Junior High?
Mapleton Junior High is overseen by Nebo District in Utah County.
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