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Which teacher or staff member at South Jordan Middle deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
1,182
Middle
DISTRICT 1,021 · STATE 831
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JORDAN DISTRICT·NCES 490042000896
South Jordan Middle
10245 S 2700 W, SOUTH JORDAN, UT 84095 · (801) 412-2900 · Salt Lake County
GRADES 07–09MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,182 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 70% of Utah public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
23.4:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.3:1 · STATE 21.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
143 students
DISTRICT 28% · 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 | 390 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 388 | 33% |
| Grade 9 | 404 | 34% |
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
49.3%
UT avg 41.4% . +2.1pp since 2023
Math
48.4%
UT avg 41.8% . -2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Utah schools, those numbers are about 41 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up 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 | 49.3% | 48.4% |
| 2023-24 | 47.2% | 50.4% |
% 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
52.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.9%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 South Jordan Middle
South Jordan Middle's state test result (52.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Jordan Middle this school | 1,182 | 12.1% | 52.7% |
| Indian Hills Middle SANDY | 1,072 | 14.9% | 56.9% |
| Butler Middle Salt Lake City | 913 | 16.8% | 63.6% |
| Viewpoint Middle LEHI | 1,667 | 12.4% | 49.3% |
| Willowcreek Middle Lehi | 1,591 | 13.3% | 49.6% |
| Mountain Creek Middle School South Jordan | 1,313 | 14.1% | 53.2% |
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 South Jordan Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Salt Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.7% | #34 of 136 | #14 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.4% | #44 of 140 ▼ 4 | #14 of 44 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.3% | #40 of 140 ▲ 15 | #16 of 44 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,182 | #21 of 144 | #6 of 44 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.4:1 | #92 of 137 | #31 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.9% | #78 of 137 | #37 of 44 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.1% | #127 of 141 | #40 of 44 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.6% | #43 of 77 | #19 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
1,182
-173 (-13%) vs 2020
+6% since 1990-91, when it was 1,115
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 | 1,182 | 50.6 | 23.4:1 | 12% (143) |
| 2023-24 | 1,208 | 51.1 | 23.6:1 | 11% (127) |
| 2022-23 | 1,249 | 52.4 | 23.8:1 | 8% (106) |
| 2020-21 | 1,355 | N/A | N/A | 8% (112) |
| 2017-18 | 1,322 | N/A | N/A | 11% (148) |
| 2015-16 | 1,411 | N/A | N/A | 12% (171) |
| 2010-11 | 1,582 | 54 | 29.3:1 | 14% (218) |
| 2000-01 | 1,378 | 57 | 24.2:1 | 7% (102) |
| 1990-91 | 1,115 | 44 | 25.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for South Jordan Middle.
About South Jordan Middle
South Jordan Middle is a medium-sized middle school in SOUTH JORDAN, Utah, under Jordan District. The school had 1,182 students in grades 7 through 9 in 2024-25. Average enrollment for middle schools in Utah is about 831, so this school runs 42% above that.
South Jordan Middle is one school in Jordan District, a system of 67 schools with 58,788 students.
At 79%, White students outnumber all other groups at South Jordan Middle combined. The remaining students are 11% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Asian, and 2% Pacific Islander. Among people living in Salt Lake County, the White share is about 70%. By the diversity index, South Jordan Middle comes in at 36%.
Teacher staffing is 50.6 full-time equivalents, or about 23.4 students per teacher. The 21.7:1 average for middle schools in Utah is lower than this school's figure. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 12%. Public schools in Salt Lake County average 34%.
South Jordan Middle is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 70% of Utah public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The model predicts 53.9% for a school in Utah with South Jordan Middle's free or reduced-price lunch share. South Jordan Middle posts 52.7%.
Salt Lake County has these Census figures: median household income is about $97,494, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. The public schools of Salt Lake County number 325 and enroll about 209,757.
Nearest public school: Bingham High, about 0.5 miles away. The five-mile area around South Jordan Middle holds at least 8 other public schools. South Jordan Middle ranks 6th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 52.7% against a local average of 47.7%.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
South Jordan Middle had 1,355 students in 2020-21 and 1,182 in 2024-25, a 13% decrease.
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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 Jordan District
- Copper Hills HighHigh · 2,837 students
- Mountain Ridge HighHigh · 2,738 students
- Herriman HighHigh · 2,522 students
- Bingham HighHigh · 2,461 students
- Riverton HighHigh · 2,295 students
- PreschoolElementary · 1,773 students
Other schools in SOUTH JORDAN
- Bingham HighHigh · 2,461 students
- Mountain Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,313 students
- Elk Ridge MiddleMiddle · 1,151 students
- Early Light Academy at DaybreakCombined · 1,022 students
- Aspen ElementaryElementary · 901 students
- South Jordan SchoolElementary · 863 students
Nearby schools
- Bingham High0.5 mi · 2,461
- Jordan Ridge School0.6 mi · 637
- Elk Meadows School1.1 mi · 580
- Monte Vista School1.1 mi · 783
- Elk Ridge Middle1.3 mi · 1,151
- Hawthorn Academy West Jordan1.5 mi · 743
Frequently asked questions
About South Jordan MiddleHow large is South Jordan Middle?
South Jordan Middle enrolls approximately 1,182 students in grades 07-09.
What grades does South Jordan Middle serve?
South Jordan Middle serves grades 07-09.
What is the student-teacher ratio at South Jordan Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at South Jordan Middle is approximately 23.4:1 (51 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at South Jordan Middle?
Student demographics at South Jordan Middle are roughly 79% White, 11% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is South Jordan Middle public or private?
South Jordan Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Jordan District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.