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Springville Jr High
Test scores
RISE / Utah Aspire+ 2024-25 . % Proficient + Highly ProficientWhat this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Springville Jr High
Located at 189 S 1470 East, in SPRINGVILLE, Utah, Springville Jr High is a reasonably sized middle-grades school that educates 1,086 students (grades 7 through 9), overseen by Nebo District. Enrollment runs roughly 31% larger than the state mean of about 831.
Across the 49 schools in Nebo District (43,696 students total), Springville Jr High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Looking at the student body, Springville Jr High shows that White students make up the majority at 70%; the rest breaks down as 23% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 81%.
Looking at school resources, On paper, Springville Jr High has 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.7:1, putting Springville Jr High higher than the state norm the norm. About 29% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
After controlling for student poverty, Springville Jr High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.9%, the actual is 46.2%, a residual of +0.3 points.
In the broader community, Utah County reports that the typical household earns roughly $100,671 per year, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Utah County's 202 public schools (combined enrollment of about 164,467 students), Springville Jr High is one campus in the mix.
Springville High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Springville Jr High at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 45.7%.
The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Springville Jr High has declined 3%, going from 1,125 students in 2018 to 1,086 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 75% to 70% over that span.
On the community side, members of the Springville Jr High community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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