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How has Roy Jr High changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
960
Middle
DISTRICT 781 · STATE 831
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEBER DISTRICT·NCES 490120000635
Roy Jr High
5347 S 2100 W, ROY, UT 84067 · (801) 476-5260 · Weber County
GRADES 07–09MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL960 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
23.0:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.8:1 · STATE 21.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
408 students
DISTRICT 33% · 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 | 321 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 340 | 35% |
| Grade 9 | 299 | 31% |
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 37% · 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
28.7%
UT avg 41.4% . -1.3pp since 2023
Math
19.9%
UT avg 41.8% . -5.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.7% | 19.9% |
| 2023-24 | 30.0% | 25.2% |
% 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
28.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.0%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% 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 Roy Jr High
Roy Jr High's state test result (28.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roy Jr High this school | 960 | 42.5% | 28.5% |
| Sand Ridge Jr High ROY | 695 | 43.0% | 25.1% |
| Lava Ridge Intermediate SANTA CLARA | 699 | 42.5% | 49.8% |
| North Davis Jr High CLEARFIELD | 941 | 49.2% | 32.4% |
| Fossil Ridge Intermediate St. George | 727 | 48.1% | N/A |
| South Ogden Jr High OGDEN | 799 | 36.7% | 34.7% |
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 Roy Jr High ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Weber County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.5% | #118 of 136 | #9 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.9% | #128 of 140 ▼ 7 | #11 of 13 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.7% | #120 of 140 ▼ 4 | #10 of 13 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 960 | #53 of 144 | #3 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.0:1 | #83 of 137 | #10 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.6% | #47 of 137 | #6 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.5% | #37 of 141 | #5 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.2% | #30 of 46 | N/A |
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
960
-14 (-1%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 1,085
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 | 960 | 41.8 | 23.0:1 | 43% (408) |
| 2023-24 | 971 | 44.5 | 21.8:1 | 42% (404) |
| 2022-23 | 1,008 | 44.7 | 22.6:1 | 37% (371) |
| 2020-21 | 974 | N/A | N/A | 37% (361) |
| 2017-18 | 921 | N/A | N/A | 41% (380) |
| 2015-16 | 863 | N/A | N/A | 48% (414) |
| 2010-11 | 889 | 37 | 24.0:1 | 41% (367) |
| 2000-01 | 837 | 33 | 25.4:1 | 29% (246) |
| 1990-91 | 1,085 | 42 | 25.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Roy Jr High.
About Roy Jr High
Students in ROY, Utah, attend Roy Jr High, a medium-sized middle school. Enrolled students number 960 students, in grades 7 through 9.
Across its 52 schools, Weber District enrolls 32,054 students. Roy Jr High is one of those schools.
A majority of students at Roy Jr High, 68%, are White. Other reported shares: 26% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Weber County's residents are about 83% White, 15 points above the school's share. Roy Jr High has a diversity index of 48%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teacher staffing is 41.8 full-time equivalents, or about 23.0 students per teacher. Among middle schools in Utah, the typical ratio is 21.7:1. About 43% of students, or 408, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 28.5%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 39.0%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Weber County, median household income is about $90,005, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 29% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Roy Jr High is one of 95 public schools in Weber County, which together enroll about 49,670 students.
The shortest distance from Roy Jr High to another public school is about 0.5 miles, to Lakeview School. The five-mile area around Roy Jr High holds at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 28.3%, lower than Roy Jr High's 28.5%.
Roy Jr High is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Enrollment at Roy Jr High was 974 in 2020-21 and 960 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Weber County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
269,648
Census ACS
Median income
$90,005
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
95
49,670 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Weber District
- Weber HighHigh · 2,002 students
- Roy HighHigh · 1,661 students
- Fremont HighHigh · 1,448 students
- Bonneville HighHigh · 1,373 students
- West Field High SchoolHigh · 1,257 students
- Wahlquist Jr HighMiddle · 1,033 students
Other schools in ROY
- Roy HighHigh · 1,661 students
- Sand Ridge Jr HighMiddle · 695 students
- Midland SchoolElementary · 583 students
- Bridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 558 students
- North Park SchoolElementary · 523 students
- Roy SchoolElementary · 423 students
Nearby schools
- Lakeview School0.5 mi · 393
- Municipal School0.6 mi · 317
- Roy High0.7 mi · 1,661
- Roy School0.9 mi · 423
- Sand Ridge Jr High0.9 mi · 695
- Valley View School1.0 mi · 286
Frequently asked questions
About Roy Jr HighHow many students attend Roy Jr High?
Roy Jr High enrolls approximately 960 students in grades 07-09.
What age range does Roy Jr High serve?
Roy Jr High serves students from grade 07 through grade 09.
How many teachers does Roy Jr High have?
Roy Jr High employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.0:1.
How diverse is Roy Jr High?
Roy Jr High reports a student body of 68% White, 26% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Roy Jr High?
Roy Jr High is overseen by Weber District in Weber County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.