1
Enrollment
1,169
Middle
DISTRICT 1,021 · STATE 831
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JORDAN DISTRICT·NCES 490042000428
West Hills Middle
8270 SO 5290 W, WEST JORDAN, UT 84081 · (801) 412-2300 · Salt Lake County
GRADES 07–09MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,169 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 10% of Utah public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
22.6:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.3:1 · STATE 21.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
384 students
DISTRICT 28% · 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 | 364 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 411 | 35% |
| Grade 9 | 394 | 34% |
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
33.6%
UT avg 41.4% . +0.8pp since 2023
Math
22.8%
UT avg 41.8% . -4.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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 5 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.6% | 22.8% |
| 2023-24 | 32.8% | 27.7% |
% 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
30.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.7%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 West Hills Middle
West Hills Middle's state test result (30.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Hills Middle this school | 1,169 | 32.8% | 30.5% |
| Centennial Middle PROVO | 1,073 | 31.4% | 48.5% |
| North Layton Jr High LAYTON | 959 | 31.6% | 28.9% |
| Union Middle SANDY | 911 | 36.1% | 41.6% |
| Bennion Jr High TAYLORSVILLE | 1,022 | 37.8% | 38.8% |
| Copper Mountain Middle HERRIMAN | 1,093 | 28.9% | 43.9% |
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 West Hills Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Salt Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.5% | #114 of 136 | #28 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.8% | #122 of 140 ▼ 9 | #33 of 44 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.6% | #103 of 140 ▲ 6 | #27 of 44 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,169 | #24 of 144 | #8 of 44 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.6:1 | #73 of 137 | #22 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.6% | #21 of 137 | #18 of 44 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.8% | #60 of 141 | #22 of 44 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.8% | #26 of 46 | #11 of 16 |
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
1,169
-200 (-15%) vs 2020
-1% since 2000-01, when it was 1,182
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 | 1,169 | 51.7 | 22.6:1 | 33% (384) |
| 2023-24 | 1,187 | 53.4 | 22.2:1 | 31% (373) |
| 2022-23 | 1,247 | 54.3 | 23.0:1 | 23% (289) |
| 2020-21 | 1,369 | N/A | N/A | 24% (334) |
| 2017-18 | 1,105 | N/A | N/A | 33% (360) |
| 2015-16 | 1,174 | N/A | N/A | 33% (390) |
| 2010-11 | 1,143 | 42 | 27.2:1 | 33% (372) |
| 2000-01 | 1,182 | 46 | 25.7:1 | 26% (303) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for West Hills Middle.
About West Hills Middle
WEST JORDAN, Utah, is home to West Hills Middle, a medium-sized middle-grades school. The school had 1,169 students in grades 7 through 9 in 2024-25. Average enrollment for middle schools in Utah is about 831, so this school runs 41% bigger than that.
The district for West Hills Middle is Jordan District, with 67 schools and 58,788 students.
White students make up a majority at West Hills Middle, at 57%. The remaining shares are 30% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Pacific Islander, and 3% Asian. Census estimates put the White share of Salt Lake County's population at about 70%. Pick two students at random and there is a 58% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reports 51.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 22.6 students per teacher. That is 1.0 students per teacher above the 21.7:1 average for middle schools in Utah. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 33% of students. That tracks the 34% average for public schools in Salt Lake County.
Measured against Utah public middle schools, West Hills Middle receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
A school with West Hills Middle's lunch-eligibility share in Utah is predicted to score 43.7%. West Hills Middle scores 30.5%, 13.2 points below that line.
Census Bureau estimates for Salt Lake County show that the median household income is $97,494, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. West Hills Middle is one of 325 public schools in the county.
The nearest public school is Ascent Academies of Utah West Jordan, at about 0.3 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. West Hills Middle comes in 8th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school enrolled 1,169 students in 2024-25, 200 fewer than the 1,369 it had in 2020-21.
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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 Jordan District
- Copper Hills HighHigh · 2,837 students
- Mountain Ridge HighHigh · 2,738 students
- Herriman HighHigh · 2,522 students
- Bingham HighHigh · 2,461 students
- Riverton HighHigh · 2,295 students
- PreschoolElementary · 1,773 students
Other schools in WEST JORDAN
- Copper Hills HighHigh · 2,837 students
- West Jordan HighHigh · 1,761 students
- Sunset Ridge MiddleMiddle · 1,377 students
- West Jordan MiddleMiddle · 1,000 students
- Fox Hollow SchoolElementary · 872 students
- Mountain Heights AcademyHigh · 864 students
Nearby schools
- Ascent Academies of Utah West Jordan0.3 mi · 761
- Hayden Peak School0.5 mi · 723
- Copper Hills High0.5 mi · 2,837
- Fox Hollow School0.7 mi · 872
- Copper Canyon School0.7 mi · 497
- Jordan Hills School1.1 mi · 631
Frequently asked questions
About West Hills MiddleHow large is West Hills Middle?
West Hills Middle enrolls approximately 1,169 students in grades 07-09.
What age range does West Hills Middle serve?
West Hills Middle serves students from grade 07 through grade 09.
How many teachers does West Hills Middle have?
West Hills Middle employs 52 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.6:1.
What is the student diversity at West Hills Middle?
Student demographics at West Hills Middle are roughly 57% White, 30% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is West Hills Middle public or private?
West Hills Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Jordan District.
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