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Mapleton Junior High
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 8 | 661 | 50% |
| Grade 9 | 651 | 50% |
Test scores
RISE / Utah Aspire+ 2024-25 . % Proficient + Highly ProficientWhat 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 year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.4% | 35.2% |
| 2023-24 | 35.0% | 39.0% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat 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%.
Where Mapleton Junior High ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In 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 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,312 | 52.7 | 24.9:1 | 14% (189) |
| 2023-24 | 1,197 | 49.4 | 24.2:1 | 15% (177) |
| 2022-23 | 1,213 | 48.2 | 25.2:1 | 14% (166) |
| 2020-21 | 1,250 | N/A | N/A | 14% (170) |
| 2017-18 | 1,231 | N/A | N/A | 12% (153) |
| 2015-16 | 1,205 | N/A | N/A | 21% (256) |
| 2010-11 | 1,156 | 34 | 34.0:1 | 27% (307) |
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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