Rich Middle School

Set in LAKETOWN, Utah, Rich Middle School is a minimally staffed junior high, run under Rich District. It enrolls 113 students across grades 6 through 8. That puts it 86% leaner than the typical public school in Utah, which averages around 831 students.

Rich District comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 507 students; Rich Middle School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Rich Middle School lists that nearly all students (95%) are White. Beyond that, the school lists 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Rich County as a whole.

On the resource side, Rich Middle School reports 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.7:1 average. An estimated 36% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Rich Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 42.1%, the actual is 50.3%, a residual of +8.2 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Rich County) reports that median household earnings sit near $79,009, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. In all, Rich County runs 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 507 students), of which Rich Middle School is one.

North Rich School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Rich Middle School at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 59.2%.

Rich Middle School operates from a countryside location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 10%: 126 students in 2018 compared to 113 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.