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What's something Pleasant Grove Jr High does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
1,181
Middle
DISTRICT 1,379 · STATE 831
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALPINE DISTRICT·NCES 490003000025
Pleasant Grove Jr High
810 N 100 E, PLEASANT GROVE, UT 84062 · (801) 610-8146 · Utah County
GRADES 07–09MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,181 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 68% of Utah public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
23.5:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.6:1 · STATE 21.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
296 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 | 362 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 407 | 34% |
| Grade 9 | 412 | 35% |
Student demographics
41%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
42.6%
UT avg 41.4% . -6.1pp since 2023
Math
56.2%
UT avg 41.8% . -4.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.6% | 56.2% |
| 2023-24 | 48.7% | 60.4% |
% 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
49.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.5%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Pleasant Grove Jr High
Pleasant Grove Jr High's state test result (49.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Grove Jr High this school | 1,181 | 25.1% | 49.1% |
| Spanish Fork Jr High SPANISH FORK | 1,070 | 23.7% | 42.6% |
| Springville Jr High SPRINGVILLE | 1,086 | 28.5% | 46.2% |
| Diamond Fork Middle SPANISH FORK | 1,074 | 29.4% | 41.0% |
| Spring Canyon Middle SPRINGVILLE | 1,038 | 28.4% | 46.6% |
| Salem Junior High SALEM | 950 | 22.6% | 39.9% |
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 Pleasant Grove Jr High ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Utah County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.1% | #52 of 136 | #8 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.2% | #26 of 140 ▼ 14 | #7 of 23 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.6% | #62 of 140 ▼ 15 | #15 of 23 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,181 | #22 of 144 | #11 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.5:1 | #95 of 137 | #11 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.0% | #65 of 137 | #8 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.1% | #83 of 141 | #11 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.2% | #20 of 77 | #2 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
1,181
-162 (-12%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 1,530
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 | 1,181 | 50.3 | 23.5:1 | 25% (296) |
| 2023-24 | 1,246 | 49 | 25.4:1 | 25% (312) |
| 2022-23 | 1,256 | 49.7 | 25.3:1 | 26% (322) |
| 2020-21 | 1,343 | N/A | N/A | 20% (275) |
| 2017-18 | 1,426 | N/A | N/A | 26% (375) |
| 2015-16 | 1,366 | N/A | N/A | 29% (393) |
| 2010-11 | 1,396 | 56 | 24.9:1 | 31% (434) |
| 2000-01 | 1,200 | 46 | 26.1:1 | 24% (285) |
| 1990-91 | 1,530 | 49 | 31.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pleasant Grove Jr High.
About Pleasant Grove Jr High
Pleasant Grove Jr High is a public medium-sized middle-grades school in PLEASANT GROVE, Utah. The school's 1,181 students are in grades 7 through 9. Enrollment is 42% higher than the average for middle schools in Utah, which is about 831.
Alpine District counts 86,645 students in its 89 schools, and Pleasant Grove Jr High is one of them.
At Pleasant Grove Jr High, White students make up 74% of the student body. It is also 19% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. Pleasant Grove Jr High's diversity index is 41%, against a US figure of 70%.
Its teaching staff equals 50.3 full-time positions, a ratio of 23.5:1. That is higher than the 21.7:1 average for middle schools in Utah. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 25%.
The allk12 Grade for Pleasant Grove Jr High is B+. Compared with Utah public middle schools, the school scored higher than 68% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On BeatsExpectations, Pleasant Grove Jr High is 1.5 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Utah schools.
Federal survey data for Utah County show that the median household income is $100,671, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 44% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Utah County is home to 202 public schools and about 164,467 public school students.
The next-closest public school is Grovecrest School, about 0.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Pleasant Grove Jr High is 3rd of 8 on proficiency.
Pleasant Grove Jr High falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 162 fewer students in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 PLEASANT GROVE
- Pleasant Grove HighHigh · 1,905 students
- Canyon Grove AcademyCombined · 1,052 students
- Lincoln AcademyCombined · 911 students
- Spectrum Academy - Pleasant GroveCombined · 696 students
- Grovecrest SchoolElementary · 684 students
- Mount Mahogany SchoolElementary · 631 students
Nearby schools
- Grovecrest School0.2 mi · 684
- John Hancock Charter School0.4 mi · 179
- Central School0.5 mi · 596
- Manila School0.9 mi · 588
- Pleasant Grove High1.0 mi · 1,905
- Mount Mahogany School1.1 mi · 631
Frequently asked questions
About Pleasant Grove Jr HighHow many students attend Pleasant Grove Jr High?
Pleasant Grove Jr High enrolls approximately 1,181 students in grades 07-09.
What grades does Pleasant Grove Jr High serve?
Pleasant Grove Jr High serves grades 07-09.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Pleasant Grove Jr High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Pleasant Grove Jr High is approximately 23.5:1 (50 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Pleasant Grove Jr High?
At Pleasant Grove Jr High, the student body is approximately 74% White, 19% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Pleasant Grove Jr High in?
Pleasant Grove Jr High is part of Alpine District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.