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Enrollment
542
Middle
DISTRICT 524 · STATE 831
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SALT LAKE DISTRICT·NCES 490087000512
Northwest Middle
1730 W 1700 N, SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84116 · (801) 578-8547 · Salt Lake County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL542 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 22% of Utah public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
15.2:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.5:1 · STATE 21.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
472 students
DISTRICT 59% · 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 | 261 | 48% |
| Grade 8 | 281 | 52% |
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
16.6%
UT avg 41.4% . +2.1pp since 2023
Math
13.6%
UT avg 41.8% . +3.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 17 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 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 up about 3 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 16.6% | 13.6% |
| 2023-24 | 14.5% | 10.3% |
% 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
15.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
17.2%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 17% 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 Northwest Middle
Northwest Middle's state test result (15.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwest Middle this school | 542 | 87.1% | 15.7% |
| Glendale Middle SALT LAKE CITY | 678 | 97.2% | 23.2% |
| Salt Lake Center for Science Education Bryant SALT LAKE CITY | 348 | 69.8% | 29.1% |
| West Lake Jr High WEST VALLEY CITY | 724 | 64.2% | 23.4% |
| Kearns Jr High KEARNS | 732 | 69.0% | 18.8% |
| Valley Jr High WEST VALLEY CITY | 546 | 63.2% | 20.1% |
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 Northwest Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Salt Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.7% | #135 of 136 | #43 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.6% | #137 of 140 ▲ 1 | #42 of 44 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 16.6% | #138 of 140 no change | #43 of 44 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 542 | #117 of 144 | #39 of 44 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #2 of 137 | #1 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.9% | #51 of 137 | #29 of 44 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.1% | #2 of 141 | #2 of 44 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.8% | #6 of 77 | #3 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
542
-135 (-20%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 700
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 | 542 | 35.7 | 15.2:1 | 87% (472) |
| 2023-24 | 579 | 38.9 | 14.9:1 | 83% (481) |
| 2022-23 | 633 | 34.2 | 18.5:1 | 84% (533) |
| 2020-21 | 677 | N/A | N/A | 72% (485) |
| 2017-18 | 740 | N/A | N/A | 89% (662) |
| 2015-16 | 864 | N/A | N/A | 90% (774) |
| 2010-11 | 785 | 43 | 18.3:1 | 94% (735) |
| 2000-01 | 747 | 36 | 20.8:1 | 73% (542) |
| 1990-91 | 700 | 33 | 21.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Northwest Middle.
About Northwest Middle
In SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Northwest Middle is a low-enrollment middle-grades school. It enrolls 542 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 7 through 8. That is 35% below the average of about 831 students for middle schools in Utah.
Salt Lake District has a total of 39 schools and 20,086 students, Northwest Middle among them.
The largest group at Northwest Middle is Hispanic students, at 73%. Other groups make up 8% White, 6% Pacific Islander, 5% Black, and 4% Asian. County-wide, 21% of Salt Lake County residents are Hispanic. The diversity index for Northwest Middle is 46%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Based on 35.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, Northwest Middle has a ratio of 15.2:1. Compared with the 21.7:1 average for middle schools in Utah, this school's ratio is lower. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 87%. It compares with 34% for public schools in Salt Lake County.
Among Utah public middle schools, Northwest Middle outscored 22%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 15.7%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 17.2%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Salt Lake County show that median household income comes to about $97,494, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. The county's public schools total 325, with about 209,757 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, North Star School, is about 0.4 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, Northwest Middle ranks 7th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
Locale: City: Mid-size. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
From 677 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 542 by 2024-25.
This page collects posts and questions about Northwest Middle, such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Salt Lake District
- West HighHigh · 2,503 students
- Highland HighHigh · 1,973 students
- East HighHigh · 1,764 students
- Glendale MiddleMiddle · 678 students
- Mountain View SchoolElementary · 629 students
- Clayton MiddleMiddle · 567 students
Other schools in SALT LAKE CITY
- West HighHigh · 2,503 students
- Brighton HighHigh · 2,435 students
- Skyline HighHigh · 2,186 students
- Olympus HighHigh · 2,151 students
- Highland HighHigh · 1,973 students
- East HighHigh · 1,764 students
Other Northwest Middle schools
13 other US public schools in 11 states are named Northwest Middle. Northwest Middle is the 9th largest of the 14.
- Northwest Middle SchoolFlowood, MS · 1,352 students
- Northwest Middle SchoolCoralville, IA · 1,113 students
- Northwest Middle SchoolReading, PA · 821 students
- Northwest Middle SchoolKnoxville, TN · 798 students
- Northwest MiddleTravelers Rest, SC · 783 students
Nearby schools
- North Star School0.4 mi · 336
- Newman School0.8 mi · 405
- Guadalupe School0.9 mi · 390
- Pacific Heritage Academy0.9 mi · 327
- Salt Lake Center for Science Education1.0 mi · 368
- Escalante School1.2 mi · 352
Frequently asked questions
About Northwest MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Northwest Middle?
Northwest Middle enrolls approximately 542 students in grades 07-08.
Is Northwest Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Northwest Middle is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
How many teachers does Northwest Middle have?
Northwest Middle employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Northwest Middle?
At Northwest Middle, the student body is approximately 8% White, 73% Hispanic, 5% Black, 4% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Northwest Middle in?
Northwest Middle is part of Salt Lake District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.