Best Middle Schools in Utah for Low Socio Economic Status Students

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Every year, the Utah State Board of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Low Socio Economic Status students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Utah test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the RISE test scores by the Utah State Board of Education. The most recent update was on Wednesday, September 18, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (Low Socio Economic Status vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 141)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Statewide Rank Percentile (Low Socio Economic Status)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Low Socio Economic Status)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
490114001549	1	Crimson Cliffs Middle	Public, Alternative	8-9	4280 S Crimson Cliffs Way	Washington	84790	Washington County	Washington District	No	No	No	No	(435) 634-7010	924	38	24.3	11.7%	824 (89.2%)	9 (1.0%)	58 (6.3%)	3 (0.3%)	2 (0.2%)	6 (0.6%)	22 (2.4%)	$9,766			$541			$9,224	99.3%	99.0%	0.24%
490018301475	2	Vanguard Academy	Public, Charter	7-12	2650 South Decker Lake Lane	West Valley City	84119	Salt Lake County	Vanguard Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(801) 327-8724	568	31	18.4	51.8%	563 (99.1%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$7,134			$804			$6,330	98.6%	72.9%	25.72%
490018401609	3	Wallace Stegner Academy West Valley	Public, Charter	K-8	2671 S Stegnar Way	West Valley City	84128	Salt Lake County	Wallace Stegner Academy	Yes	No	No	No	(801) 456-9570	755	29	26.1	61.3%	167 (22.1%)	14 (1.9%)	477 (63.2%)	15 (2.0%)	5 (0.7%)	51 (6.8%)	26 (3.4%)								97.9%	79.5%	18.35%
490093000783	4	South Sevier Middle	Public	6-8	300 E Center	Monroe	84754	Sevier County	Sevier District	No	No	No	No	(435) 527-4607	262	15	17.8	43.1%	245 (93.5%)	3 (1.1%)	9 (3.4%)	1 (0.4%)	3 (1.1%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	$8,968			$529			$8,440	97.2%	81.9%	15.26%
490012000078	5	North Cache Middle School	Public	7-8	157 W 600 S	Richmond	84333	Cache County	Cache District	No	No	No	No	(435) 258-2452	1,150	49	23.4	27.4%	1,013 (88.1%)	5 (0.4%)	93 (8.1%)	4 (0.3%)	4 (0.3%)	7 (0.6%)	24 (2.1%)	$7,817			$442			$7,375	96.5%	93.8%	2.64%
490114001226	6	Desert Hills Middle	Public, Alternative	8-9	936 E Desert Hills Drive	Saint George	84790	Washington County	Washington District	No	No	No	No	(435) 628-0001	875	37	23.8	17.6%	747 (85.4%)	6 (0.7%)	68 (7.8%)	11 (1.3%)	4 (0.5%)	14 (1.6%)	25 (2.9%)	$7,403			$556			$6,847	95.7%	95.7%	0.03%
490054000798	7	Fillmore Middle	Public	5-8	435 S 500 W	Fillmore	84631	Millard County	Millard District	No	No	No	No	(435) 743-5660	325	17	19.3	53.5%	247 (76.0%)	2 (0.6%)	46 (14.2%)	8 (2.5%)	7 (2.2%)	2 (0.6%)	13 (4.0%)	$9,723			$455			$9,268	95.0%	79.0%	15.99%
490014200815	8	Albion Middle	Public	6-8	2755 E 8890 S	Sandy	84093	Salt Lake County	Canyons District	No	No	No	No	(801) 826-6700	945	39	24.2	11.4%	813 (86.0%)	8 (0.8%)	67 (7.1%)	4 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	4 (0.4%)	48 (5.1%)	$8,029			$485			$7,544	94.3%	98.6%	4.25%
490018401489	9	Wallace Stegner Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	980 S. Bending River Ct.	Salt Lake City	84104	Salt Lake County	Wallace Stegner Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(801) 456-9570	670	31	21.6	69.7%	115 (17.2%)	29 (4.3%)	417 (62.2%)	14 (2.1%)	3 (0.4%)	71 (10.6%)	21 (3.1%)	$7,605			$988			$6,617	93.6%	60.0%	33.62%
490014200293	10	Butler Middle	Public	6-8	7530 S 2700 E	Salt Lake City	84121	Salt Lake County	Canyons District	No	No	No	No	(801) 826-6800	904	40	22.8	20.8%	657 (72.7%)	9 (1.0%)	115 (12.7%)	22 (2.4%)	5 (0.6%)	10 (1.1%)	86 (9.5%)	$8,622			$484			$8,138	92.9%	97.1%	4.24%

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on RISE English Language Arts, RISE Mathematics, RISE Science test scores released by the Utah State Board of Education.
These rankings were last updated on September 18, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Utah State Board of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Utah State Board of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Utah State Board of Education.