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Enrollment
1,000
Middle
DISTRICT 781 · STATE 831
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEBER DISTRICT·NCES 490120000967
Orion Jr High
370 W 2000 N, HARRISVILLE, UT 84414 · (801) 452-4700 · Weber County
GRADES 07–09MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,000 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 39% of Utah public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
22.8:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.8:1 · STATE 21.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
254 students
DISTRICT 33% · 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 | 327 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 352 | 35% |
| Grade 9 | 321 | 32% |
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 37% · 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
36.4%
UT avg 41.4% . -3.5pp since 2023
Math
32.7%
UT avg 41.8% . -7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.4% | 32.7% |
| 2023-24 | 39.9% | 39.7% |
% 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
42.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.4%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Orion Jr High
Orion Jr High's state test result (42.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orion Jr High this school | 1,000 | 25.4% | 42.2% |
| Sunset Jr High SUNSET | 926 | 26.9% | 36.1% |
| South Davis Jr High BOUNTIFUL | 953 | 22.4% | 34.5% |
| North Ogden Jr High OGDEN | 862 | 23.8% | 42.8% |
| Spring Creek Middle School PROVIDENCE | 869 | 21.6% | 62.9% |
| Spanish Fork Jr High SPANISH FORK | 1,070 | 23.7% | 42.6% |
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 Orion Jr High ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Weber County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.2% | #80 of 136 | #4 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.7% | #95 of 140 ▼ 23 | #6 of 13 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.4% | #90 of 140 ▼ 11 | #4 of 13 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,000 | #48 of 144 | #2 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.8:1 | #78 of 137 | #8 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.1% | #87 of 137 | #9 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.4% | #80 of 141 | #8 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.8% | #52 of 77 | #7 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
1,000
-70 (-7%) vs 2020
+11% since 2010-11, when it was 903
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 | 1,000 | 43.9 | 22.8:1 | 25% (254) |
| 2023-24 | 1,006 | 48.6 | 20.7:1 | 24% (242) |
| 2022-23 | 1,063 | 46.2 | 23.0:1 | 19% (200) |
| 2020-21 | 1,070 | N/A | N/A | 21% (223) |
| 2017-18 | 1,085 | N/A | N/A | 25% (267) |
| 2015-16 | 957 | N/A | N/A | 25% (239) |
| 2010-11 | 903 | 36 | 25.1:1 | 27% (244) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Orion Jr High.
About Orion Jr High
Orion Jr High is a public middle school run by Weber District in HARRISVILLE, Utah. The school counted 1,000 students in 2024-25, covering grades 7 through 9. That is 20% bigger than the average of about 831 students for middle schools in Utah.
Weber District has 52 schools; together they serve 32,054 students.
The share of White students at Orion Jr High is 79%, a majority. It is also 17% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. Census estimates put Weber County at about 83% White, close to the school's figure. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 35%.
Orion Jr High has 43.9 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.8:1. The gap from the 21.7:1 average for middle schools in Utah is 1.1 students per teacher. At Orion Jr High, 25% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Compared with the 35% average for public schools in Weber County, the school's rate is lower.
Orion Jr High holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 39% of Utah public middle schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 42.2%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 47.4%.
In the surrounding county, Weber County, the median household earns about $90,005 a year, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Weber County has 95 public schools with about 49,670 students, including Orion Jr High.
Majestic School is the nearest public school to Orion Jr High, about 0.5 miles away. Orion Jr High is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 38.0% proficiency; Orion Jr High posts 42.2%.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
From 1,070 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 1,000 by 2024-25.
Orion Jr High has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Weber District
- Weber HighHigh · 2,002 students
- Roy HighHigh · 1,661 students
- Fremont HighHigh · 1,448 students
- Bonneville HighHigh · 1,373 students
- West Field High SchoolHigh · 1,257 students
- Wahlquist Jr HighMiddle · 1,033 students
Nearby schools
- Majestic School0.5 mi · 726
- Maria Montessori Academy0.8 mi · 402
- Green Acres School1.4 mi · 496
- North Ogden School1.4 mi · 537
- Lincoln School1.5 mi · 488
- Greenwood Charter School1.6 mi · 354
Frequently asked questions
About Orion Jr HighHow many students attend Orion Jr High?
Orion Jr High enrolls approximately 1,000 students in grades 07-09.
What grades does Orion Jr High serve?
Orion Jr High serves grades 07-09.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Orion Jr High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Orion Jr High is approximately 22.8:1 (44 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Orion Jr High?
At Orion Jr High, the student body is approximately 79% White, 17% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Orion Jr High public or private?
Orion Jr High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Weber District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.