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Enrollment
546
Middle
DISTRICT 777 · STATE 831
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRANITE DISTRICT·NCES 490036000267
Valley Jr High
4195 S 3200 W, WEST VALLEY CITY, UT 84119 · (385) 646-5234 · Salt Lake County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL546 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 8% of Utah public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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
22.3:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.3:1 · STATE 21.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
345 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 | 264 | 48% |
| Grade 8 | 282 | 52% |
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
18.9%
UT avg 41.4% . -1.2pp since 2023
Math
17.7%
UT avg 41.8% . -0.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 18.9% | 17.7% |
| 2023-24 | 20.1% | 18.4% |
% 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
20.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.9%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 Valley Jr High
Valley Jr High's state test result (20.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valley Jr High this school | 546 | 63.2% | 20.1% |
| John F. Kennedy Jr High WEST VALLEY CITY | 772 | 64.2% | 17.5% |
| Salt Lake Center for Science Education Bryant SALT LAKE CITY | 348 | 69.8% | 29.1% |
| West Lake Jr High WEST VALLEY CITY | 724 | 64.2% | 23.4% |
| Midvale Middle SANDY | 802 | 56.6% | 26.7% |
| Kearns Jr High KEARNS | 732 | 69.0% | 18.8% |
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 Valley Jr High ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Salt Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.1% | #130 of 136 | #38 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.7% | #133 of 140 no change | #38 of 44 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.9% | #134 of 140 no change | #39 of 44 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 546 | #115 of 144 | #37 of 44 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.3:1 | #63 of 137 | #18 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.0% | #6 of 137 | #6 of 44 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.2% | #10 of 141 | #8 of 44 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.9% | #36 of 77 | #16 of 25 |
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
546
-214 (-28%) vs 2020
-51% since 1990-91, when it was 1,121
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 | 546 | 24.5 | 22.3:1 | 63% (345) |
| 2023-24 | 568 | 27.9 | 20.4:1 | 65% (370) |
| 2022-23 | 639 | 29.5 | 21.6:1 | 66% (420) |
| 2020-21 | 760 | N/A | N/A | 75% (569) |
| 2017-18 | 627 | N/A | N/A | 76% (476) |
| 2015-16 | 616 | N/A | N/A | 82% (505) |
| 2010-11 | 898 | 39 | 23.0:1 | 65% (586) |
| 2000-01 | 869 | 41 | 21.2:1 | 31% (268) |
| 1990-91 | 1,121 | 42 | 26.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Valley Jr High.
About Valley Jr High
Valley Jr High is a public middle school in WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah. Enrolled students number 546 students, in grades 7 through 8. Enrollment is 34% lower than the average for middle schools in Utah, which is about 831.
Valley Jr High is in Granite District, a district with 59,404 students across 85 schools.
By race and ethnicity, Valley Jr High is 55% Hispanic. It is also 23% White, 9% Pacific Islander, 6% Black, and 3% Asian. For comparison, the population of Salt Lake County is roughly 21% Hispanic. Valley Jr High has a diversity index of 63%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal data list 24.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at Valley Jr High in 2024-25, for a ratio of 22.3:1. Across middle schools in Utah, the average ratio is about 21.7:1. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 63%. On average, public schools in Salt Lake County report 34%.
allk12 grades Valley Jr High a D. The grade compares the school only with Utah public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 28.9% at Valley Jr High; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 20.1%.
County data help place the school in context: in Salt Lake County, median household income is about $97,494, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Valley Jr High is among the 325 public schools in Salt Lake County.
Rolling Meadows School is located about 0.4 miles from Valley Jr High. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Valley Jr High ranks 7th on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 28%, from 760 to 546.
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Salt Lake County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,196,523
Census ACS
Median income
$97,494
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
325
209,757 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Granite District
- Granger HighHigh · 3,267 students
- Cyprus HighHigh · 2,762 students
- Taylorsville HighHigh · 2,685 students
- Hunter HighHigh · 2,480 students
- Kearns HighHigh · 2,313 students
- Skyline HighHigh · 2,186 students
Other schools in WEST VALLEY CITY
- Granger HighHigh · 3,267 students
- Hunter HighHigh · 2,480 students
- American Preparatory Academy - Accelerated SchoolCombined · 1,556 students
- Wallace Stegner Academy Kearns K-12Combined · 777 students
- John F. Kennedy Jr HighMiddle · 772 students
- West Valley SchoolElementary · 764 students
Other Valley Junior High schools
One other US public school is named Valley Junior High. Valley Jr High is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Valley Junior High SchoolJasper, AL · 602 students
Nearby schools
- Rolling Meadows School0.4 mi · 456
- Robert Frost School0.5 mi · 304
- Pioneer School0.6 mi · 438
- Harry S. Truman School0.7 mi · 317
- Taylorsville School1.2 mi · 404
- Arcadia School1.2 mi · 433
Frequently asked questions
About Valley Jr HighHow many students attend Valley Jr High?
Valley Jr High enrolls approximately 546 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Valley Jr High serve?
Valley Jr High serves grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Valley Jr High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Valley Jr High is approximately 22.3:1 (24 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Valley Jr High?
Valley Jr High reports a student body of 23% White, 55% Hispanic, 6% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Valley Jr High?
Valley Jr High is overseen by Granite District in Salt Lake County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.