Pleasant Grove Jr High

Pleasant Grove Jr High is a reasonably sized junior high in PLEASANT GROVE, Utah, one of the schools within Alpine District. The school works with 1,181 students in grades 7 through 9. Compared to the state average of about 831 students per school, that is 42% larger than typical.

Alpine District comprises 89 schools with combined enrollment of 86,645 students; Pleasant Grove Jr High is among them.

Demographically, Pleasant Grove Jr High lists that White students make up the majority at 74%. The remainder comes out to 19% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 21.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 25% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Pleasant Grove Jr High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 47.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 49.1%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Utah County indicate the typical household earns roughly $100,671 per year, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Utah County's 202 public schools (combined enrollment of about 164,467 students), Pleasant Grove Jr High is one campus in the mix.

Grovecrest School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Pleasant Grove Jr High at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 42.4%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Pleasant Grove Jr High has declined 17%, going from 1,426 students in 2018 to 1,181 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 83% to 74% across the same window.

On allk12, the feed for Pleasant Grove Jr High typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.