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Enrollment
1,051
Middle
DISTRICT 777 · STATE 831
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRANITE DISTRICT·NCES 490036000763
Scott M Matheson Jr High
3650 S MONTCLAIR ST, MAGNA, UT 84044 · (385) 646-5290 · Salt Lake County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,051 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 0% of Utah public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
25.4:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.3:1 · STATE 21.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
550 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 | 526 | 50% |
| Grade 8 | 525 | 50% |
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
16.7%
UT avg 41.4% . -2.4pp since 2023
Math
15.6%
UT avg 41.8% . -1.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 17 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 16.7% | 15.6% |
| 2023-24 | 19.1% | 17.3% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of UT schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
17.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.2%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 34% typical for Utah schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Scott M Matheson Jr High
Scott M Matheson Jr High's state test result (17.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scott M Matheson Jr High this school | 1,051 | 52.3% | 17.4% |
| Thomas Jefferson Jr High KEARNS | 915 | 49.0% | 23.8% |
| Joel P. Jensen Middle WEST JORDAN | 760 | 49.9% | 24.6% |
| West Jordan Middle WEST JORDAN | 1,000 | 48.1% | 26.0% |
| Mount Logan Middle LOGAN | 1,114 | 47.8% | 35.9% |
| Mount Ogden Junior High OGDEN | 803 | 40.7% | 30.8% |
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 Scott M Matheson Jr High ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Salt Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.4% | #133 of 136 | #41 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.6% | #135 of 140 ▼ 1 | #40 of 44 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 16.7% | #137 of 140 no change | #42 of 44 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,051 | #39 of 144 | #12 of 44 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.4:1 | #119 of 137 | #41 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.5% | #12 of 137 | #11 of 44 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.3% | #16 of 141 | #12 of 44 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.9% | #62 of 77 | #24 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
1,051
-149 (-12%) vs 2020
-12% since 2010-11, when it was 1,189
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 | 1,051 | 41.3 | 25.4:1 | 52% (550) |
| 2023-24 | 1,063 | 41.3 | 25.8:1 | 58% (617) |
| 2022-23 | 1,081 | 45.5 | 23.8:1 | 51% (550) |
| 2020-21 | 1,200 | N/A | N/A | 56% (669) |
| 2017-18 | 1,105 | N/A | N/A | 59% (649) |
| 2015-16 | 1,166 | N/A | N/A | 63% (739) |
| 2010-11 | 1,189 | 48 | 24.8:1 | 55% (657) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Scott M Matheson Jr High.
About Scott M Matheson Jr High
Among the schools in MAGNA, Utah, is Scott M Matheson Jr High, a mid-sized middle-grades school. Students in grades 7 through 8 make up the school's enrollment of 1,051 students. Middle schools in Utah have about 831 students on average; enrollment here is 26% higher.
Enrollment across the 85 schools in Granite District totals 59,404 students.
Of every 100 students at Scott M Matheson Jr High, about 49 are Hispanic, the largest group. It is also 41% White, 4% multiracial, 3% Pacific Islander, and 3% Black. For comparison, the population of Salt Lake County is roughly 21% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 60%.
Scott M Matheson Jr High has a student-to-teacher ratio of 25.4:1, with 41.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in Utah, 21.7:1, is lower. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 52% at Scott M Matheson Jr High. The average for public schools in Salt Lake County is 34%.
Among Utah public middle schools, Scott M Matheson Jr High outscored 0%, which works out to an F on the allk12 Grade.
BeatsExpectations places Scott M Matheson Jr High in the bottom 10% of Utah schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 16.8 points below it (17.4% actual, 34.2% predicted).
The school's county is Salt Lake County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $97,494 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Public schools in Salt Lake County number 325, with about 209,757 students.
Copper Hills School is about 0.3 miles from Scott M Matheson Jr High, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The school's 17.4% average proficiency ranks 7th among 8 nearby schools.
Under the NCES locale system, Scott M Matheson Jr High is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 149 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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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 Granite District
- Granger HighHigh · 3,267 students
- Cyprus HighHigh · 2,762 students
- Taylorsville HighHigh · 2,685 students
- Hunter HighHigh · 2,480 students
- Kearns HighHigh · 2,313 students
- Skyline HighHigh · 2,186 students
Other schools in MAGNA
- Cyprus HighHigh · 2,762 students
- Elk Run ElementaryElementary · 714 students
- Magna SchoolElementary · 549 students
- Pleasant Green SchoolElementary · 482 students
- Entheos Academy MagnaCombined · 475 students
- Copper Hills SchoolElementary · 432 students
Nearby schools
- Copper Hills School0.3 mi · 432
- Lake Ridge School0.6 mi · 410
- Elk Run Elementary1.0 mi · 714
- Magna School1.2 mi · 549
- Pleasant Green School1.2 mi · 482
- Cyprus High1.3 mi · 2,762
Frequently asked questions
About Scott M Matheson Jr HighWhat is the total enrollment at Scott M Matheson Jr High?
Scott M Matheson Jr High enrolls approximately 1,051 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Scott M Matheson Jr High serve?
Scott M Matheson Jr High serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Scott M Matheson Jr High?
Approximately 25.4:1 students per teacher at Scott M Matheson Jr High.
What is the student diversity at Scott M Matheson Jr High?
Student demographics at Scott M Matheson Jr High are roughly 41% White, 49% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Scott M Matheson Jr High?
Scott M Matheson Jr High is overseen by Granite District in Salt Lake County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.