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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Red Hills Middle administration to hear?
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Enrollment
503
Middle
DISTRICT 329 · STATE 831
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SEVIER DISTRICT·NCES 490093000839
Red Hills Middle
400 S 600 W, RICHFIELD, UT 84701 · (435) 896-6421 · Sevier County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL503 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 62% of Utah public middle schools
- B-Test 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
20.8:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.1:1 · STATE 21.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
215 students
DISTRICT 48% · 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 6 | 163 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 163 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 177 | 35% |
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · 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
44.7%
UT avg 41.4% . -5.4pp since 2023
Math
32.4%
UT avg 41.8% . -0.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.7% | 32.4% |
| 2023-24 | 50.1% | 33.0% |
% 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
44.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.9%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Red Hills Middle
Red Hills Middle's state test result (44.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hills Middle this school | 503 | 42.7% | 44.4% |
| Ephraim Middle EPHRAIM | 495 | 47.3% | 52.5% |
| Mont Harmon Middle PRICE | 614 | 49.7% | 43.5% |
| Uintah Middle School VERNAL | 579 | 36.1% | 36.7% |
| Delta Middle DELTA | 613 | 38.7% | 52.1% |
| Vernal Middle VERNAL | 842 | 36.9% | 44.5% |
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 Red Hills Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Utah |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.4% | #70 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.4% | #96 of 140 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.7% | #57 of 140 ▼ 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 503 | #120 of 144 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.8:1 | #44 of 137 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.1% | #128 of 137 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.7% | #36 of 141 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.1% | #70 of 77 |
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
503
-29 (-5%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 562
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 | 503 | 24.2 | 20.8:1 | 43% (215) |
| 2023-24 | 542 | 24.4 | 22.2:1 | 46% (247) |
| 2022-23 | 561 | 24.5 | 22.9:1 | 38% (213) |
| 2020-21 | 532 | N/A | N/A | 46% (245) |
| 2017-18 | 519 | N/A | N/A | 53% (276) |
| 2015-16 | 484 | N/A | N/A | 47% (228) |
| 2010-11 | 479 | 21 | 22.8:1 | 52% (250) |
| 2000-01 | 469 | 23 | 20.4:1 | 35% (165) |
| 1990-91 | 562 | 23 | 24.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Red Hills Middle.
About Red Hills Middle
Red Hills Middle is a small middle-grades school. Its address is in RICHFIELD, Utah. It reported 503 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. Middle schools in Utah average about 831 students, which makes this school 39% below average.
Enrollment across the 13 schools in Sevier District totals 4,658 students.
White students account for 90% of the school's enrollment. Other students are 6% Hispanic and 3% Native American. Sevier County residents are about 92% White, a similar share. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 18%.
Red Hills Middle reports a ratio of 20.8 students per teacher, from 24.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across middle schools in Utah, the average ratio is 21.7:1. Lunch program data show 43% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Red Hills Middle earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 62% of Utah public middle schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Red Hills Middle, the prediction is 38.9% and the result is 44.4%.
The school's county is Sevier County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $74,884, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. There are 14 public schools in the county, enrolling about 4,658, Red Hills Middle among them.
Red Hills Middle is about 0.3 miles from Richfield High, its nearest public school. Around the school, 5 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Red Hills Middle is behind the 47.9% nearby average, ranking 4th of 6.
Red Hills Middle has an NCES locale of Town: Remote.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 5%, from 532 to 503.
People who know Red Hills Middle can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Sevier County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
22,085
Census ACS
Median income
$74,884
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
4,658 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sevier District
- Richfield HighHigh · 789 students
- Monroe SchoolElementary · 537 students
- Pahvant SchoolElementary · 520 students
- Ashman SchoolElementary · 466 students
- Salina SchoolElementary · 435 students
- South Sevier HighHigh · 426 students
Other schools in RICHFIELD
- Richfield HighHigh · 789 students
- Pahvant SchoolElementary · 520 students
- Ashman SchoolElementary · 466 students
- Richfield PreschoolElementary · 145 students
- Cedar Ridge HighHigh · 57 students
- Sevier Career and Technical Education CenterHigh
Nearby schools
- Richfield High0.3 mi · 789
- Cedar Ridge High0.5 mi · 57
- Ashman School0.6 mi · 466
- Richfield Preschool0.7 mi · 145
- Pahvant School1.0 mi · 520
- Monroe School9.1 mi · 537
Frequently asked questions
About Red Hills MiddleHow many students attend Red Hills Middle?
Red Hills Middle enrolls approximately 503 students in grades 06-08.
Is Red Hills Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Red Hills Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Red Hills Middle have?
Red Hills Middle employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Red Hills Middle?
Student demographics at Red Hills Middle are roughly 90% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian.
Is Red Hills Middle public or private?
Red Hills Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Sevier District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.