Scott M Matheson Jr High

Scott M Matheson Jr High is one of the mid-tier middle-grades schools in MAGNA, Utah, one of the schools within Granite District, with 1,051 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 26% larger than the state mean of about 831.

Across the 85 schools in Granite District (59,404 students total), Scott M Matheson Jr High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Scott M Matheson Jr High shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 49%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 41% White, 4% multiracial, 3% Pacific Islander, 3% Black. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 21%.

On the resource side, Scott M Matheson Jr High records 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 25.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.7:1, putting Scott M Matheson Jr High higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 52% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Salt Lake County runs at roughly 34%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Scott M Matheson Jr High sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 34.2%; actual is 17.4%, a gap of -16.8 points.

In the broader community, census data for Salt Lake County shows median household income runs about $97,494, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Salt Lake County runs 325 public schools (combined enrollment of about 209,757 students), of which Scott M Matheson Jr High is one.

Copper Hills School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Scott M Matheson Jr High. On composite proficiency, Scott M Matheson Jr High comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 22.0%.

Scott M Matheson Jr High operates from a commuter-belt location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Scott M Matheson Jr High has declined 5%, going from 1,105 students in 2018 to 1,051 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 56% to 41% over that span.

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