South Cache Middle School

South Cache Middle School is one of the average-sized middle-grades schools in HYRUM, Utah, part of Cache District, with 1,143 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 8. By comparison, Utah's public schools average about 831 students each, so South Cache Middle School sits 38% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 26 schools in Cache District (20,286 students total), South Cache Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, South Cache Middle School reports that nearly all students (80%) are White; the rest consists of 15% Hispanic. Compared to Cache County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, South Cache Middle School has 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 23.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 21.7:1 average. An estimated 31% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, South Cache Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.6%, the actual is 57.3%, a residual of +12.7 points.

Across the wider county, Cache County reports that median household income runs about $81,665, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Cache County runs 44 public schools (combined enrollment of about 28,291 students), of which South Cache Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Lincoln School, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around South Cache Middle School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), South Cache Middle School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 56.1%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 11%: 1,027 students in 2018 compared to 1,143 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 86% to 80%.

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