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Enrollment
1,070
Middle
DISTRICT 1,087 · STATE 831
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEBO DISTRICT·NCES 490063000482
Spanish Fork Jr High
600 S 820 E, SPANISH FORK, UT 84660 · (801) 798-4075 · Utah County
GRADES 07–09MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,070 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 38% of Utah public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
21.2:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.7:1 · STATE 21.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
254 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 | 2 | 0% |
| Grade 8 | 566 | 53% |
| Grade 9 | 502 | 47% |
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · 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
40.2%
UT avg 41.4% . -6.2pp since 2023
Math
33.0%
UT avg 41.8% . -1.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 6 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 | 40.2% | 33.0% |
| 2023-24 | 46.4% | 34.7% |
% 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
42.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.2%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Spanish Fork Jr High
Spanish Fork Jr High's state test result (42.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spanish Fork Jr High this school | 1,070 | 23.7% | 42.6% |
| Salem Junior High SALEM | 950 | 22.6% | 39.9% |
| Pleasant Grove Jr High PLEASANT GROVE | 1,181 | 25.1% | 49.1% |
| Hidden Valley Middle BLUFFDALE | 935 | 19.6% | 45.2% |
| Valley View Middle SALEM | 963 | 24.0% | 46.3% |
| Mountain View Jr High WEST HAVEN | 797 | 25.1% | 37.4% |
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 Spanish Fork Jr High ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Utah County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.6% | #78 of 136 | #18 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #94 of 140 ▼ 2 | #19 of 23 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.2% | #74 of 140 ▼ 17 | #17 of 23 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,070 | #37 of 144 | #16 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.2:1 | #51 of 137 | #4 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.0% | #88 of 137 | #16 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.7% | #89 of 141 | #13 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.4% | #29 of 77 | #3 of 10 |
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
1,070
-195 (-15%) vs 2020
-4% since 2000-01, when it was 1,118
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 | 1,070 | 50.6 | 21.2:1 | 24% (254) |
| 2023-24 | 1,057 | 49.3 | 21.4:1 | 25% (261) |
| 2022-23 | 1,103 | 48.8 | 22.6:1 | 23% (257) |
| 2020-21 | 1,265 | N/A | N/A | 16% (198) |
| 2017-18 | 1,250 | N/A | N/A | 17% (209) |
| 2015-16 | 1,159 | N/A | N/A | 26% (300) |
| 2010-11 | 1,177 | 45 | 26.2:1 | 27% (323) |
| 2000-01 | 1,118 | 42 | 26.6:1 | 21% (234) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Spanish Fork Jr High.
About Spanish Fork Jr High
Spanish Fork Jr High is a mid-sized middle school based in SPANISH FORK, Utah. There are 1,070 students enrolled, covering grades 7 through 9. The school is 29% larger than the average for middle schools in Utah.
Spanish Fork Jr High is part of Nebo District, where 49 schools serve 43,696 students.
At Spanish Fork Jr High, 79% of students are White. After that, the student body is 15% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Census estimates put Utah County at about 81% White, close to the school's figure. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Spanish Fork Jr High scores 35%.
Spanish Fork Jr High has 50.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 21.2:1. That is in line with the 21.7:1 average for middle schools in Utah. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 24% at Spanish Fork Jr High. The figure for public schools in Utah County is close, at 22%.
Spanish Fork Jr High earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 38% of Utah public middle schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Spanish Fork Jr High is 5.6 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 42.6% actual, 48.2% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Utah.
Utah County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $100,671 a year, roughly 44% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Spanish Fork Jr High shares Utah County with 201 other public schools.
Of the public schools around it, Spanish Fork Jr High is closest to Larsen School, about 0.5 miles away. Spanish Fork Jr High has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Spanish Fork Jr High's average proficiency of 42.6% compares with 46.4% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Spanish Fork Jr High has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
Enrollment fell 15% over 4 years, reaching 1,070 in 2024-25.
Spanish Fork Jr High has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Utah County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
705,400
Census ACS
Median income
$100,671
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
44%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
202
164,467 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Nebo District
- Nebo Online SchoolCombined · 7,791 students
- Maple Mountain HighHigh · 1,902 students
- Springville HighHigh · 1,665 students
- Payson HighHigh · 1,648 students
- Spanish Fork HighHigh · 1,640 students
- Salem Hills HighHigh · 1,593 students
Other schools in SPANISH FORK
- Maple Mountain HighHigh · 1,902 students
- Spanish Fork HighHigh · 1,640 students
- American Leadership AcademyCombined · 1,597 students
- Diamond Fork MiddleMiddle · 1,074 students
- Riverview SchoolElementary · 738 students
- Rees SchoolElementary · 728 students
Nearby schools
- Larsen School0.5 mi · 431
- Park School0.6 mi · 469
- Diamond Fork Middle0.6 mi · 1,074
- Landmark High0.9 mi · 323
- Canyon School0.9 mi · 457
- Sierra Bonita Elementary1.1 mi · 568
Frequently asked questions
About Spanish Fork Jr HighWhat is the total enrollment at Spanish Fork Jr High?
Spanish Fork Jr High enrolls approximately 1,070 students in grades 07-09.
What grades does Spanish Fork Jr High serve?
Spanish Fork Jr High serves grades 07-09.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Spanish Fork Jr High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Spanish Fork Jr High is approximately 21.2:1 (51 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Spanish Fork Jr High?
At Spanish Fork Jr High, the student body is approximately 79% White, 15% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Spanish Fork Jr High in?
Spanish Fork Jr High is part of Nebo District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.