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What's the most underrated thing about Spring Creek Middle School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
869
Middle
DISTRICT 1,069 · STATE 831
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CACHE DISTRICT·NCES 490012000846
Spring Creek Middle School
350 W 100 N, PROVIDENCE, UT 84332 · (435) 753-6200 · Cache County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL869 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 98% 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.
- ABeats 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
23.5:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.5:1 · STATE 21.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
188 students
DISTRICT 29% · 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 | 427 | 49% |
| Grade 8 | 442 | 51% |
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · 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
54.9%
UT avg 41.4% . +0.3pp since 2023
Math
66.1%
UT avg 41.8% . -4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Utah schools, those numbers are about 41 and 42. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.9% | 66.1% |
| 2023-24 | 54.6% | 70.1% |
% 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
62.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.2%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Spring Creek Middle School
Spring Creek Middle School's state test result (62.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Creek Middle School this school | 869 | 21.6% | 62.9% |
| Rocky Mountain Jr High WEST HAVEN CITY | 795 | 21.8% | 37.0% |
| North Ogden Jr High OGDEN | 862 | 23.8% | 42.8% |
| Fairfield Jr High KAYSVILLE | 972 | 18.6% | 50.3% |
| Hidden Valley Middle BLUFFDALE | 935 | 19.6% | 45.2% |
| Salem Junior High SALEM | 950 | 22.6% | 39.9% |
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 Spring Creek Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Utah |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.9% | #6 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.1% | #3 of 140 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.9% | #18 of 140 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 869 | #70 of 144 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.5:1 | #94 of 137 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.8% | #102 of 137 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.6% | #93 of 141 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.6% | #13 of 46 |
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
869
+82 (+10%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 957
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 | 869 | 37 | 23.5:1 | 22% (188) |
| 2023-24 | 849 | 37 | 22.9:1 | 21% (176) |
| 2022-23 | 845 | 36.5 | 23.2:1 | 27% (230) |
| 2020-21 | 787 | N/A | N/A | 28% (221) |
| 2017-18 | 772 | N/A | N/A | 24% (187) |
| 2015-16 | 788 | N/A | N/A | 29% (225) |
| 2010-11 | 661 | 28 | 23.6:1 | 31% (202) |
| 2000-01 | 518 | 23 | 22.5:1 | 19% (97) |
| 1990-91 | 957 | 36 | 26.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Spring Creek Middle School.
About Spring Creek Middle School
Spring Creek Middle School is the name of a medium-sized middle-grades school in PROVIDENCE, Utah. It educates 869 students in grades 7 through 8.
Cache District has a total of 26 schools and 20,286 students, Spring Creek Middle School among them.
About 82% of the student body at Spring Creek Middle School is White. Other reported shares: 12% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. The White share in Cache County as a whole is similar, at about 84%. The school's diversity index is 31%, meaning two students picked at random have a 31% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal data list 37 full-time-equivalent teachers at Spring Creek Middle School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 23.5:1. That is 1.8 students per teacher above the 21.7:1 average for middle schools in Utah. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 22%. That is lower than the 31% average for public schools in Cache County.
allk12 grades Spring Creek Middle School an A+. The grade compares the school only with Utah public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Spring Creek Middle School falls in the middle 80% of Utah schools: 62.9% actual against 49.2% predicted.
Within Cache County, the median household income is $81,665, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Besides Spring Creek Middle School, Cache County has 43 other public schools.
The Center for Creativity Innovation and Discovery is located about 0.4 miles from Spring Creek Middle School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Spring Creek Middle School is ahead of the 47.6% nearby average, ranking 2nd of 8.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Mid-size.
Over 4 years, Spring Creek Middle School's enrollment grew 10%, to 869.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Cache County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
140,046
Census ACS
Median income
$81,665
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
44
28,291 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cache District
- Ridgeline High SchoolHigh · 1,894 students
- Green Canyon High SchoolHigh · 1,677 students
- Sky View HighHigh · 1,600 students
- Mountain Crest HighHigh · 1,547 students
- North Cache Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,194 students
- South Cache Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,143 students
Other schools in PROVIDENCE
- Providence SchoolElementary · 719 students
- The Center for Creativity Innovation and DiscoveryElementary · 332 students
Other Spring Creek Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Spring Creek Middle. Spring Creek Middle School is the largest of the 3.
- Spring Creek Middle SchoolSpring Creek, NV · 708 students
- Spring Creek MiddleSeven Springs, NC · 571 students
Nearby schools
- The Center for Creativity Innovation and Discovery0.4 mi · 332
- Providence School0.5 mi · 719
- River Heights School0.9 mi · 608
- Logan Early Childhood Center1.4 mi · 86
- Wilson School1.4 mi · 340
- Logan High1.5 mi · 1,465
Frequently asked questions
About Spring Creek Middle SchoolHow many students attend Spring Creek Middle School?
Spring Creek Middle School enrolls approximately 869 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Spring Creek Middle School serve?
Spring Creek Middle School serves grades 07-08.
How many students per teacher at Spring Creek Middle School?
Approximately 23.5:1 students per teacher at Spring Creek Middle School.
How diverse is Spring Creek Middle School?
Spring Creek Middle School reports a student body of 82% White, 12% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Spring Creek Middle School public or private?
Spring Creek Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Cache District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.