South Summit Middle

South Summit Middle is a modestly sized junior high in KAMAS, Utah, operated by South Summit District. The school caters to 475 students in grades 5 through 8. By comparison, Utah's public schools average about 831 students each, so South Summit Middle sits 43% below that benchmark.

South Summit District comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 1,616 students; South Summit Middle is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, South Summit Middle lists that nearly all students (84%) are White. Beyond that, the school lists 15% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Summit County as a whole.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.7:1 average. About 17% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, South Summit Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 51.6%; this one delivers 45.7%.

In the area at large, census data for Summit County shows the typical household earns roughly $138,114 per year, about 60% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. South Summit Middle is one of 24 public schools in Summit County (combined enrollment of about 7,485 students).

The closest other public school is South Summit School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around South Summit Middle. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts South Summit Middle at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 53.9%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at South Summit Middle has edged down 4%, going from 497 students in 2018 to 475 in 2025.

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