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Enrollment
695
Middle
DISTRICT 781 · STATE 831
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEBER DISTRICT·NCES 490120000637
Sand Ridge Jr High
2075 W 4600 S, ROY, UT 84067 · (801) 476-5320 · Weber County
GRADES 07–09MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL695 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.6:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.8:1 · STATE 21.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
299 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 | 214 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 252 | 36% |
| Grade 9 | 229 | 33% |
Student demographics
50%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
29.0%
UT avg 41.4% . +0.8pp since 2023
Math
20.2%
UT avg 41.8% . -1.2pp 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 have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.0% | 20.2% |
| 2023-24 | 28.2% | 21.4% |
% 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
25.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.8%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% 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 →
Where Sand Ridge Jr High ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Weber County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.1% | #123 of 136 | #10 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.2% | #127 of 140 | #10 of 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #118 of 140 | #9 of 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 695 | #95 of 144 | #9 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.6:1 | #31 of 137 | #5 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.9% | #42 of 137 | #5 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.0% | #35 of 141 | #4 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.3% | #13 of 77 | #4 of 10 |
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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
695
-179 (-20%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 943
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 | 695 | 35.4 | 19.6:1 | 43% (299) |
| 2023-24 | 814 | 41.2 | 19.8:1 | 44% (355) |
| 2022-23 | 857 | 42.7 | 20.1:1 | 40% (343) |
| 2020-21 | 874 | N/A | N/A | 35% (307) |
| 2017-18 | 883 | N/A | N/A | 45% (397) |
| 2015-16 | 800 | N/A | N/A | 50% (398) |
| 2010-11 | 820 | 32 | 25.6:1 | 45% (367) |
| 2000-01 | 686 | 29 | 23.7:1 | 27% (182) |
| 1990-91 | 943 | 35 | 26.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sand Ridge Jr High.
About Sand Ridge Jr High
Sand Ridge Jr High is a small middle school in ROY, Utah, one of the schools in Weber District. Its 695 students are spread across grades 7 through 9.
Weber District is the district for Sand Ridge Jr High. It has 52 schools and 32,054 students.
White students make up a majority at Sand Ridge Jr High, at 66%. The remaining shares are 25% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Weber County's population at about 83%. Sand Ridge Jr High's diversity index is 50%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teachers at the school number 35.4 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 19.6:1. On average, middle schools in Utah have 21.7:1, compared with 19.6:1 here. The school's lunch program data list 43% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Sand Ridge Jr High falls in the middle 80% of Utah schools: 25.1% actual against 38.8% predicted.
Census estimates describe Weber County this way: the median household income is $90,005, about 29% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. In all, Weber County has 95 public schools and roughly 49,670 students.
The next-closest public school is Roy High, about 0.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Sand Ridge Jr High is 8th of 9 on proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Sand Ridge Jr High in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Over 4 years, Sand Ridge Jr High's enrollment declined 20%, to 695.
The Sand Ridge Jr High community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
- Roy Jr HighMiddle · 960 students
- Midland SchoolElementary · 583 students
- Bridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 558 students
- North Park SchoolElementary · 523 students
- Roy SchoolElementary · 423 students
Nearby schools
- Roy High0.2 mi · 1,661
- Valley View School0.3 mi · 286
- Lakeview School0.5 mi · 393
- North Park School0.7 mi · 523
- Roy Jr High0.9 mi · 960
- Midland School1.1 mi · 583
Frequently asked questions
About Sand Ridge Jr HighWhat is the total enrollment at Sand Ridge Jr High?
Sand Ridge Jr High enrolls approximately 695 students in grades 07-09.
What age range does Sand Ridge Jr High serve?
Sand Ridge Jr High serves students from grade 07 through grade 09.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sand Ridge Jr High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sand Ridge Jr High is approximately 19.6:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sand Ridge Jr High?
At Sand Ridge Jr High, the student body is approximately 66% White, 25% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Sand Ridge Jr High in?
Sand Ridge Jr High is part of Weber District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.