Timberline Middle

As a roomy junior high in Alpine, Utah, Timberline Middle educates 1,322 students from grades 7 through 9, one of the schools within Alpine District. By comparison, Utah's public schools average about 831 students each, so Timberline Middle sits 59% bigger than that benchmark.

Alpine District comprises 89 schools with combined enrollment of 86,645 students; Timberline Middle is among them.

On the student-mix side, Timberline Middle logs that 87% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest consists of 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Timberline Middle has 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 26.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 21.7:1 average. Roughly 6% of students at Timberline Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Utah County runs at roughly 22%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Timberline Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 57.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 58.6%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Utah County indicate median household earnings sit near $100,671, about 44% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Utah County's 202 public schools (combined enrollment of about 164,467 students), Timberline Middle is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Westfield School, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Timberline Middle ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 66.2%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. Timberline Middle's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 1,349 (now 1,322).

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.