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Enrollment
958
Middle
DISTRICT 1,379 · STATE 831
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALPINE DISTRICT·NCES 490003000074
Mountain Ridge Jr High
5525 W 10400 N, HIGHLAND, UT 84003 · (801) 610-8758 · Utah County
GRADES 07–09MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL958 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 89% of Utah public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
22.6:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.6:1 · STATE 21.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
110 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 | 283 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 337 | 35% |
| Grade 9 | 338 | 35% |
Student demographics
24%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
59.9%
UT avg 41.4% . +1.8pp since 2023
Math
63.6%
UT avg 41.8% . +0.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 have held steady.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.9% | 63.6% |
| 2023-24 | 58.1% | 62.7% |
% 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
61.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.2%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Mountain Ridge Jr High
Mountain Ridge Jr High's state test result (61.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain Ridge Jr High this school | 958 | 11.5% | 61.1% |
| Washington Fields Intermediate WASHINGTON | 913 | 11.6% | 68.4% |
| Albion Middle SANDY | 943 | 9.5% | 69.4% |
| Olympus Jr High SALT LAKE CITY | 807 | 12.5% | 60.7% |
| Kaysville Jr High KAYSVILLE | 858 | 12.4% | 54.8% |
| Oquirrh Hills Middle RIVERTON | 1,261 | 13.5% | 50.2% |
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 Mountain Ridge Jr High ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Utah County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.1% | #11 of 136 | #1 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.6% | #7 of 140 ▲ 2 | #2 of 23 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.9% | #6 of 140 ▲ 9 | #1 of 23 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 958 | #55 of 144 | #22 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.6:1 | #72 of 137 | #7 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.1% | #120 of 137 | #23 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.5% | #131 of 141 | #23 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.9% | #5 of 77 | #1 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
958
-200 (-17%) vs 2020
-43% since 2000-01, when it was 1,694
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 | 958 | 42.4 | 22.6:1 | 11% (110) |
| 2023-24 | 1,030 | 43 | 23.9:1 | 8% (87) |
| 2022-23 | 1,073 | 42.7 | 25.1:1 | 10% (112) |
| 2020-21 | 1,158 | N/A | N/A | 8% (88) |
| 2017-18 | 1,310 | N/A | N/A | 11% (139) |
| 2015-16 | 1,407 | N/A | N/A | 10% (144) |
| 2010-11 | 1,278 | 49 | 26.1:1 | 13% (161) |
| 2000-01 | 1,694 | 56 | 30.3:1 | 38% (646) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mountain Ridge Jr High.
About Mountain Ridge Jr High
At 5525 W 10400 N in HIGHLAND, Utah, Mountain Ridge Jr High operates as a mid-sized middle school. It has an enrollment of 958 students in grades 7 through 9.
Mountain Ridge Jr High sits within Alpine District, which has 89 schools and 86,645 students.
Of every 100 students at Mountain Ridge Jr High, about 87 are White. The remaining students are 7% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. A diversity index of 24% means there is a 24% chance two randomly chosen students at Mountain Ridge Jr High are from different groups.
There are 42.4 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 22.6:1. The average for middle schools in Utah, 21.7:1, is lower. Of all students at Mountain Ridge Jr High, 11% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 22% for public schools in Utah County.
Mountain Ridge Jr High earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 89% of Utah public middle schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 54.2% at Mountain Ridge Jr High; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 61.1%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Utah County show that the median household earns about $100,671 a year, about 44% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Utah County has 202 public schools with about 164,467 students, including Mountain Ridge Jr High.
A public school about 0.8 miles away, Lone Peak High, is the closest to Mountain Ridge Jr High. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On proficiency, Mountain Ridge Jr High is behind the 64.0% nearby average, ranking 7th of 9.
The NCES locale for Mountain Ridge Jr High is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 17%, from 1,158 to 958.
People who know Mountain Ridge Jr High can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 HIGHLAND
- Lone Peak HighHigh · 2,484 students
- Ridgeline SchoolElementary · 746 students
- Freedom SchoolElementary · 670 students
- Highland SchoolElementary · 585 students
Nearby schools
- Lone Peak High0.8 mi · 2,484
- Highland School0.9 mi · 585
- Legacy School1.2 mi · 819
- Cedar Ridge School1.3 mi · 682
- American Fork Jr High1.4 mi · 1,827
- Freedom School1.6 mi · 670
Frequently asked questions
About Mountain Ridge Jr HighWhat is the total enrollment at Mountain Ridge Jr High?
Mountain Ridge Jr High enrolls approximately 958 students in grades 07-09.
What grades does Mountain Ridge Jr High serve?
Mountain Ridge Jr High serves grades 07-09.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mountain Ridge Jr High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mountain Ridge Jr High is approximately 22.6:1 (42 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mountain Ridge Jr High?
At Mountain Ridge Jr High, the student body is approximately 87% White, 7% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Mountain Ridge Jr High public or private?
Mountain Ridge Jr High 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.