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What's the most underrated thing about Mt. Jordan Middle that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
757
Middle
DISTRICT 916 · STATE 831
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CANYONS DISTRICT·NCES 490014200316
Mt. Jordan Middle
9351 S. Mountaineer Ln., SANDY, UT 84070 · (801) 826-7400 · Salt Lake County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL757 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
20.3:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.8:1 · STATE 21.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
301 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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 282 | 37% |
| Grade 7 | 254 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 221 | 29% |
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
27.7%
UT avg 41.4% . -9.2pp since 2023
Math
21.4%
UT avg 41.8% . -2.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Utah schools, those numbers are about 41 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.7% | 21.4% |
| 2023-24 | 36.9% | 24.1% |
% 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
32.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.4%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Mt. Jordan Middle
Mt. Jordan Middle's state test result (32.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mt. Jordan Middle this school | 757 | 39.8% | 32.6% |
| Orem Jr High OREM | 969 | 39.0% | 35.1% |
| Mount Ogden Junior High OGDEN | 803 | 40.7% | 30.8% |
| Juniper HERRIMAN | 544 | 34.7% | N/A |
| Shoreline Middle School PROVO | 877 | 46.5% | N/A |
| West Jordan Middle WEST JORDAN | 1,000 | 48.1% | 26.0% |
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 Mt. Jordan Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Salt Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.6% | #109 of 136 | #27 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.4% | #124 of 140 ▼ 1 | #35 of 44 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.7% | #121 of 140 ▼ 26 | #31 of 44 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 757 | #89 of 144 | #27 of 44 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.3:1 | #36 of 137 | #10 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.5% | #22 of 137 | #19 of 44 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.8% | #43 of 141 | #18 of 44 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.3% | #16 of 77 | #6 of 25 |
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
757
-144 (-16%) vs 2020
+30% since 2010-11, when it was 581
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 | 757 | 37.2 | 20.3:1 | 40% (301) |
| 2023-24 | 749 | 38.9 | 19.3:1 | 47% (351) |
| 2022-23 | 776 | 38.6 | 20.1:1 | 44% (344) |
| 2020-21 | 901 | N/A | N/A | 44% (395) |
| 2017-18 | 938 | N/A | N/A | 52% (487) |
| 2015-16 | 891 | N/A | N/A | 50% (443) |
| 2010-11 | 581 | 27 | 21.5:1 | 52% (302) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mt. Jordan Middle.
About Mt. Jordan Middle
Mt. Jordan Middle, located in SANDY, Utah, is a medium-sized middle school. The school serves 757 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25.
The district, Canyons District, has 32,688 students enrolled across 47 schools.
At Mt. Jordan Middle, White students make up 53% of the student body. After that, the student body is 38% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Census figures show Salt Lake County is about 70% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 57% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reports 37.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 20.3 students per teacher. That is 1.3 students per teacher below the 21.7:1 average for middle schools in Utah. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 40% of students.
The model predicts 40.4% for a school in Utah with Mt. Jordan Middle's free or reduced-price lunch share. Mt. Jordan Middle posts 32.6%.
In Salt Lake County (population about 1,196,523), the median household income is $97,494, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Mt. Jordan Middle is one of 325 public schools in the county.
The closest public school, Special Ed Preschool, is about 0.1 miles from Mt. Jordan Middle. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Mt. Jordan Middle places 3rd out of 6 schools in its immediate area.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at Mt. Jordan Middle declined 16% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 901 to 757 students.
If you have questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Mt. Jordan Middle, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Salt Lake County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,196,523
Census ACS
Median income
$97,494
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
325
209,757 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Canyons District
- Corner Canyon HighHigh · 2,437 students
- Brighton HighHigh · 2,435 students
- Hillcrest HighHigh · 2,421 students
- Alta HighHigh · 2,278 students
- Jordan HighHigh · 1,820 students
- Draper Park MiddleMiddle · 1,411 students
Other schools in SANDY
- Alta HighHigh · 2,278 students
- Jordan HighHigh · 1,820 students
- Indian Hills MiddleMiddle · 1,072 students
- Albion MiddleMiddle · 943 students
- Union MiddleMiddle · 911 students
- Midvale MiddleMiddle · 802 students
Nearby schools
- Special Ed Preschool0.1 mi · 312
- Jordan High0.6 mi · 1,820
- Sandy School0.8 mi · 514
- Canyons Technical Education Center0.8 mi · 8
- Diamond Ridge High School0.9 mi · 184
- Copperview School1.3 mi · 328
Frequently asked questions
About Mt. Jordan MiddleHow many students attend Mt. Jordan Middle?
Mt. Jordan Middle enrolls approximately 757 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Mt. Jordan Middle serve?
Mt. Jordan Middle serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Mt. Jordan Middle?
Approximately 20.3:1 students per teacher at Mt. Jordan Middle.
How diverse is Mt. Jordan Middle?
Mt. Jordan Middle reports a student body of 53% White, 38% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Mt. Jordan Middle public or private?
Mt. Jordan Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Canyons District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.