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Enrollment
1,295
High
DISTRICT 1,808 · STATE 980
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALPINE DISTRICT·NCES 490003000075
Oak Canyon Jr High
111 S 725 E, LINDON, UT 84042 · (801) 610-8138 · Utah County
GRADES 07–10HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,295 STUDENTS
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Scored higher than 88% of Utah public high 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
23.3:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.8:1 · STATE 21.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
186 students
DISTRICT 22% · STATE 33%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 402 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 455 | 35% |
| Grade 9 | 438 | 34% |
Student demographics
32%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
58.6%
UT avg 41.4% . +7.7pp since 2023
Math
61.8%
UT avg 41.8% . +0.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.6% | 61.8% |
| 2023-24 | 50.9% | 60.9% |
% 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
53.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.8%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% 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%.
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 Oak Canyon Jr High
Oak Canyon Jr High's state test result (53.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Canyon Jr High this school | 1,295 | 14.4% | 53.6% |
| Grantsville High GRANTSVILLE | 1,094 | 13.2% | 33.6% |
| Salem Hills High SALEM | 1,593 | 16.7% | 41.0% |
| Desert Hills High SAINT GEORGE | 1,241 | 12.2% | 52.0% |
| Viewmont High BOUNTIFUL | 1,568 | 13.6% | 42.2% |
| Bountiful High BOUNTIFUL | 1,550 | 13.9% | 35.9% |
Matched among Utah high 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 Oak Canyon Jr High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Utah County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.6% | #17 of 149 | #3 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.8% | #6 of 42 ▲ 1 | #1 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.6% | #6 of 42 ▲ 3 | #2 of 6 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,295 | #67 of 189 | #18 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.3:1 | #79 of 145 | #8 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.6% | #101 of 145 | #20 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.4% | #140 of 169 | #20 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.1% | #32 of 51 | #4 of 8 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,295
-59 (-4%) vs 2020
-10% since 2000-01, when it was 1,432
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 | 1,295 | 55.5 | 23.3:1 | 14% (186) |
| 2023-24 | 1,351 | 51.5 | 26.2:1 | 17% (228) |
| 2022-23 | 1,334 | 51.6 | 25.9:1 | 17% (221) |
| 2020-21 | 1,354 | N/A | N/A | 13% (175) |
| 2017-18 | 1,409 | N/A | N/A | 20% (288) |
| 2015-16 | 1,348 | N/A | N/A | 21% (280) |
| 2010-11 | 1,130 | 44 | 25.7:1 | 23% (259) |
| 2000-01 | 1,432 | 52 | 27.5:1 | 13% (181) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oak Canyon Jr High.
About Oak Canyon Jr High
Oak Canyon Jr High is the name of a medium-sized high school in LINDON, Utah. The school's 1,295 students are in grades 7 through 10. Enrollment is 32% higher than the average for high schools in Utah, which is about 980.
The district for Oak Canyon Jr High is Alpine District, with 89 schools and 86,645 students.
White students make up 82% of enrollment at Oak Canyon Jr High. Smaller groups are 13% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. For comparison, Utah County is about 81% White. The school's diversity index is 32%, meaning two students picked at random have a 32% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal staffing data show 55.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at Oak Canyon Jr High and a ratio of 23.3:1. This ratio sits 2.3 above the 21.1:1 average for high schools in Utah. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 14% of students.
Measured against Utah public high schools, Oak Canyon Jr High receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Schools in Utah with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 52.8%. Oak Canyon Jr High scores 53.6%.
Oak Canyon Jr High is located in Utah County, where the median household income is $100,671, roughly 44% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Oak Canyon Jr High is one of 202 public schools in the county.
Rocky Mountain School is the public school closest to Oak Canyon Jr High, about 0.2 miles away. The five-mile area around Oak Canyon Jr High holds at least 8 other public schools. Oak Canyon Jr High is 5th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
NCES describes the area around Oak Canyon Jr High as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Oak Canyon Jr High's enrollment dropped from 1,354 in 2020-21 to 1,295 in 2024-25.
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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 LINDON
- Karl G. Maeser Preparatory AcademyHigh · 656 students
- Lindon SchoolElementary · 594 students
- Timpanogos AcademyElementary · 490 students
- Rocky Mountain SchoolElementary · 483 students
Nearby schools
- Rocky Mountain School0.2 mi · 483
- Northridge School0.6 mi · 397
- Timpanogos Academy0.8 mi · 490
- Lindon School0.9 mi · 594
- Timpanogos High1.0 mi · 1,471
- Windsor School1.0 mi · 598
Frequently asked questions
About Oak Canyon Jr HighHow large is Oak Canyon Jr High?
Oak Canyon Jr High enrolls approximately 1,295 students in grades 07-10.
What age range does Oak Canyon Jr High serve?
Oak Canyon Jr High serves students from grade 07 through grade 10.
How many students per teacher at Oak Canyon Jr High?
Approximately 23.3:1 students per teacher at Oak Canyon Jr High.
How diverse is Oak Canyon Jr High?
Oak Canyon Jr High reports a student body of 82% White, 13% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Oak Canyon Jr High in?
Oak Canyon Jr High is part of Alpine District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.