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What's something Riverview Jr High does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
614
Middle
DISTRICT 655 · STATE 831
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MURRAY DISTRICT·NCES 490060000376
Riverview Jr High
751 W TRIPP LANE, MURRAY, UT 84123 · (801) 264-7446 · Salt Lake County
GRADES 07–09MIDDLE13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL614 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.8:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.8:1 · STATE 21.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
156 students
DISTRICT 37% · 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 | 196 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 206 | 34% |
| Grade 9 | 212 | 35% |
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Riverview Jr High→Murray High
Based on grade levels within Murray District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
RISE / Utah Aspire+ 2024-25 . % Proficient + Highly ProficientEnglish Language Arts
39.2%
UT avg 41.4% . +2.7pp since 2023
Math
50.0%
UT avg 41.8% . +4.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Utah schools, those numbers are about 41 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.2% | 50.0% |
| 2023-24 | 36.5% | 45.5% |
% 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
45.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.4%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% 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 Riverview Jr High
Riverview Jr High's state test result (45.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverview Jr High this school | 614 | 25.4% | 45.8% |
| Bountiful Jr High BOUNTIFUL | 630 | 24.1% | 37.5% |
| Tooele Jr High TOOELE | 769 | 30.7% | 33.4% |
| Sunset Jr High SUNSET | 926 | 26.9% | 36.1% |
| Orion Jr High HARRISVILLE | 1,000 | 25.4% | 42.2% |
| Clayton Middle SALT LAKE CITY | 567 | 28.7% | 61.3% |
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 Riverview Jr High ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Salt Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.8% | #63 of 136 | #18 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #41 of 140 ▲ 14 | #13 of 44 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.2% | #80 of 140 ▲ 16 | #21 of 44 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 614 | #107 of 144 | #34 of 44 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.8:1 | #58 of 137 | #16 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.9% | #50 of 137 | #28 of 44 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.4% | #79 of 141 | #28 of 44 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.7% | #60 of 77 | #23 of 25 |
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
614
-51 (-8%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 700
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 | 614 | 28.2 | 21.8:1 | 25% (156) |
| 2023-24 | 613 | 29.4 | 20.8:1 | 27% (166) |
| 2022-23 | 618 | 28.9 | 21.4:1 | 21% (131) |
| 2020-21 | 665 | N/A | N/A | 21% (139) |
| 2017-18 | 651 | N/A | N/A | 27% (178) |
| 2015-16 | 677 | N/A | N/A | 25% (169) |
| 2010-11 | 724 | 35 | 20.7:1 | 24% (171) |
| 2000-01 | 733 | 37 | 19.8:1 | 13% (96) |
| 1990-91 | 700 | 31 | 22.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Riverview Jr High.
About Riverview Jr High
The public middle-grades school Riverview Jr High is located in MURRAY, Utah. A total of 614 students attend the school, which covers grades 7 through 9. The average for middle schools in Utah is about 831 students, so this school is 26% smaller than average.
Murray District (11 schools, 5,678 students) runs Riverview Jr High.
White students make up a majority at Riverview Jr High, at 71%. The remaining shares are 18% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 2% Asian. The White share in Salt Lake County as a whole is similar, at about 70%. Pick two students at random and there is a 46% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Staffing totals 28.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 21.8:1. That matches the 21.7:1 average for middle schools in Utah fairly closely. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Riverview Jr High is 25%. The gap from the 34% average for public schools in Salt Lake County is 9 points.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Riverview Jr High, the prediction is 47.4% and the result is 45.8%.
Census Bureau estimates for Salt Lake County show that the median household income is $97,494, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Riverview Jr High is one of 325 public schools in the county.
The shortest distance from Riverview Jr High to another public school is about 0.1 miles, to Viewmont School. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Riverview Jr High ranks 4th in a group of 7 nearby schools.
Riverview Jr High is coded as City: Small in federal locale data.
Enrollment declined 8% from its 2020-21 level of 665.
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Salt Lake County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,196,523
Census ACS
Median income
$97,494
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
325
209,757 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Murray District
- Murray HighHigh · 1,364 students
- Hillcrest Jr HighMiddle · 696 students
- Horizon SchoolElementary · 664 students
- Parkside SchoolElementary · 454 students
- Viewmont SchoolElementary · 433 students
- Mcmillan SchoolElementary · 417 students
Other schools in MURRAY
- Utah Virtual AcademyCombined · 1,890 students
- Murray HighHigh · 1,364 students
- Hillcrest Jr HighMiddle · 696 students
- Horizon SchoolElementary · 664 students
- Parkside SchoolElementary · 454 students
- Viewmont SchoolElementary · 433 students
Other Riverview Junior High schools
One other US public school is named Riverview Junior High. Riverview Jr High is the largest of the 2.
- RIVERVIEW JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLSEARCY, AR · 179 students
Nearby schools
- Viewmont School0.1 mi · 433
- Grant School0.5 mi · 322
- Liberty School0.9 mi · 244
- Horizon School0.9 mi · 664
- Early Childhood Center1.1 mi · 147
- Plymouth School1.3 mi · 535
Frequently asked questions
About Riverview Jr HighWhat is the total enrollment at Riverview Jr High?
Riverview Jr High enrolls approximately 614 students in grades 07-09.
What grades does Riverview Jr High serve?
Riverview Jr High serves grades 07-09.
How many teachers does Riverview Jr High have?
Riverview Jr High employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Riverview Jr High?
Student demographics at Riverview Jr High are roughly 71% White, 18% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Riverview Jr High in?
Riverview Jr High is part of Murray District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.