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Enrollment
579
Middle
DISTRICT 711 · STATE 831
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UINTAH DISTRICT·NCES 490108000588
Uintah Middle School
161 N 1000 W, VERNAL, UT 84078 · (435) 781-3130 · Uintah County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE33-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL579 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 29% of Utah public middle schools
- CTest 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
20.5:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.4:1 · STATE 21.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
209 students
DISTRICT 42% · 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 6 | 195 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 195 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 189 | 33% |
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 38% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Uintah Middle School→Uintah High
Based on grade levels within Uintah District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
RISE / Utah Aspire+ 2024-25 . % Proficient + Highly ProficientEnglish Language Arts
35.8%
UT avg 41.4% . -0.4pp since 2023
Math
29.4%
UT avg 41.8% . +0.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 have held steady.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.8% | 29.4% |
| 2023-24 | 36.2% | 28.7% |
% 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
36.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.1%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 Uintah Middle School
Uintah Middle School's state test result (36.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uintah Middle School this school | 579 | 36.1% | 36.7% |
| Roosevelt Jr High ROOSEVELT | 787 | 35.5% | 32.2% |
| Vernal Middle VERNAL | 842 | 36.9% | 44.5% |
| Delta Middle DELTA | 613 | 38.7% | 52.1% |
| South Ogden Jr High OGDEN | 799 | 36.7% | 34.7% |
| Harris Intermediate TREMONTON | 862 | 34.8% | 38.4% |
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 Uintah Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Utah |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.7% | #98 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.4% | #103 of 140 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.8% | #96 of 140 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 579 | #111 of 144 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.5:1 | #40 of 137 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.4% | #68 of 137 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.1% | #52 of 141 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.5% | #14 of 77 |
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
579
-44 (-7%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 812
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 | 579 | 28.2 | 20.5:1 | 36% (209) |
| 2023-24 | 595 | 29.3 | 20.3:1 | 40% (237) |
| 2022-23 | 669 | 29.2 | 22.9:1 | 41% (271) |
| 2020-21 | 623 | N/A | N/A | 39% (240) |
| 2017-18 | 719 | N/A | N/A | 49% (352) |
| 2015-16 | 692 | N/A | N/A | 47% (327) |
| 2010-11 | 810 | 29 | 27.9:1 | 46% (374) |
| 2000-01 | 860 | 41 | 21.0:1 | 36% (308) |
| 1990-91 | 812 | 33 | 24.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Uintah Middle School.
About Uintah Middle School
Uintah Middle School is a middle-grades school with a street address in VERNAL, Utah. It educates 579 students in grades 6 through 8. The school's enrollment is 30% smaller than the 831 average for middle schools in Utah.
Uintah District, which runs Uintah Middle School, has 13 schools and 6,687 students.
White students make up a majority at Uintah Middle School, at 77%. The remaining shares are 11% Hispanic, 9% Native American, and 2% multiracial. Uintah Middle School's diversity index is 39%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school employs the equivalent of 28.2 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 20.5:1. That is lower than the 21.7:1 average for middle schools in Utah. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 36%. For comparison, public schools in Uintah County average 36%.
allk12 grades Uintah Middle School a C. The grade compares the school only with Utah public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Uintah Middle School falls in the middle 80% of Utah schools: 36.7% actual against 42.1% predicted.
Uintah County has these Census figures: the median household income is $73,746, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 17% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Uintah County is home to 16 public schools and about 7,403 public school students.
The nearest other public school, Ashley School, is about 0.2 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. By average proficiency, Uintah Middle School is 6th among 6 schools close by.
In the federal locale system, Uintah Middle School is coded Town: Remote, for schools in a town far from an urbanized area.
Over 4 years, Uintah Middle School's enrollment dropped 7%, to 579.
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Uintah County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
37,056
Census ACS
Median income
$73,746
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
7,403 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Uintah District
- Uintah HighHigh · 1,843 students
- Vernal MiddleMiddle · 842 students
- Discovery SchoolElementary · 656 students
- Maeser SchoolElementary · 473 students
- Naples SchoolElementary · 456 students
- Ashley SchoolElementary · 442 students
Other schools in VERNAL
- Uintah HighHigh · 1,843 students
- Vernal MiddleMiddle · 842 students
- Discovery SchoolElementary · 656 students
- Terra AcademyCombined · 595 students
- Maeser SchoolElementary · 473 students
- Naples SchoolElementary · 456 students
Nearby schools
- Ashley School0.2 mi · 442
- Vernal Middle0.4 mi · 842
- Ashley Valley Educ. Ctr.0.9 mi · 287
- Uintah Online School0.9 mi · 37
- Uintah Specialized Preschool1.0 mi · 205
- Terra Academy1.0 mi · 595
Frequently asked questions
About Uintah Middle SchoolHow large is Uintah Middle School?
Uintah Middle School enrolls approximately 579 students in grades 06-08.
Is Uintah Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Uintah Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Uintah Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Uintah Middle School is approximately 20.5:1 (28 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Uintah Middle School?
Uintah Middle School reports a student body of 77% White, 11% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Two or more.
Is Uintah Middle School public or private?
Uintah Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Uintah District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.