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Enrollment
561
Middle
DISTRICT 671 · STATE 831
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OGDEN CITY DISTRICT·NCES 490072001295
Mound Fort Junior High
1396 LIBERTY AVE, OGDEN, UT 84404 · (801) 737-7800 · Weber County
GRADES 07–09MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL561 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.2:1 · STATE 21.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
424 students
DISTRICT 57% · 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 | 196 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 191 | 34% |
| Grade 9 | 174 | 31% |
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
26.6%
UT avg 41.4% . +0.1pp since 2023
Math
18.2%
UT avg 41.8% . -1.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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 are down about 1 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.6% | 18.2% |
| 2023-24 | 26.5% | 19.6% |
% 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
23.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.8%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 Mound Fort Junior High
Mound Fort Junior High's state test result (23.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mound Fort Junior High this school | 561 | 75.6% | 23.4% |
| Highland Junior High OGDEN | 649 | 68.6% | 12.4% |
| Kearns Jr High KEARNS | 732 | 69.0% | 18.8% |
| West Lake Jr High WEST VALLEY CITY | 724 | 64.2% | 23.4% |
| John F. Kennedy Jr High WEST VALLEY CITY | 772 | 64.2% | 17.5% |
| Scott M Matheson Jr High MAGNA | 1,051 | 52.3% | 17.4% |
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 Mound Fort Junior High ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Weber County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.4% | #126 of 136 | #11 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.2% | #131 of 140 ▼ 2 | #12 of 13 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.6% | #124 of 140 ▼ 3 | #11 of 13 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 561 | #113 of 144 | #12 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.0:1 | #11 of 137 | #2 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.9% | #27 of 137 | #2 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.6% | #3 of 141 | #1 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.9% | #12 of 77 | #3 of 10 |
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
561
-20 (-3%) vs 2020
-26% since 2010-11, when it was 763
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 | 561 | 33 | 17.0:1 | 76% (424) |
| 2023-24 | 592 | 32.7 | 18.1:1 | 68% (402) |
| 2022-23 | 627 | 32.3 | 19.4:1 | 98% (612) |
| 2020-21 | 581 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 728 | N/A | N/A | 100% (725) |
| 2015-16 | 733 | N/A | N/A | 98% (716) |
| 2010-11 | 763 | 27 | 28.3:1 | 96% (730) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mound Fort Junior High.
About Mound Fort Junior High
Mound Fort Junior High is a public small middle school in OGDEN, Utah. The school enrolls 561 students, from grades 7 through 9. An average school in this group (middle schools in Utah) has about 831 students.
Ogden City District has 18 schools; together they serve 10,244 students.
Mound Fort Junior High is 57% Hispanic by enrollment. Other students are 34% White and 5% multiracial. By comparison, Weber County residents are about 19% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 56% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
At Mound Fort Junior High, 33 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 17.0:1. That is lower than the 21.7:1 average for middle schools in Utah. Roughly 76% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 35% average for public schools in Weber County, the school's rate is higher.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Mound Fort Junior High would be expected to post about 22.8%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 23.4%.
County data help place the school in context: in Weber County, the median household income is $90,005, about 29% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. In all, Weber County has 95 public schools and roughly 49,670 students.
Canyon View School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles of Mound Fort Junior High, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Mound Fort Junior High is 2nd of 4 on proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Small. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Federal data show a 3% enrollment decrease, from 581 in 2020-21 to 561 in 2024-25.
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Weber County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
269,648
Census ACS
Median income
$90,005
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
95
49,670 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Ogden City District
- Ben Lomond HighHigh · 1,180 students
- Ogden HighHigh · 1,127 students
- Mount Ogden Junior HighMiddle · 803 students
- East Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 714 students
- New Bridge SchoolElementary · 665 students
- Highland Junior HighMiddle · 649 students
Other schools in OGDEN
- Weber HighHigh · 2,002 students
- Bonneville HighHigh · 1,373 students
- Davinci AcademyCombined · 1,271 students
- West Field High SchoolHigh · 1,257 students
- Ben Lomond HighHigh · 1,180 students
- Ogden HighHigh · 1,127 students
Nearby schools
- Canyon View School0.3 mi · 16
- Canyon View Preschool0.3 mi · 42
- Ogden Preschool0.7 mi · 86
- Ben Lomond High0.7 mi · 1,180
- East Ridge Elementary School0.9 mi · 714
- Bonneville School0.9 mi · 442
Frequently asked questions
About Mound Fort Junior HighHow many students attend Mound Fort Junior High?
Mound Fort Junior High enrolls approximately 561 students in grades 07-09.
What grades does Mound Fort Junior High serve?
Mound Fort Junior High serves grades 07-09.
How many teachers does Mound Fort Junior High have?
Mound Fort Junior High employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Mound Fort Junior High?
Student demographics at Mound Fort Junior High are roughly 34% White, 57% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Mound Fort Junior High in?
Mound Fort Junior High is part of Ogden City District.
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