Summary:
Roy, Utah, has two middle schools—Roy Junior High and Sand Ridge Junior High—serving grades 7–9 within Weber District. Both schools have similar rates of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, and both received one-star ratings in the latest ranking data. Their overall test results are below district and state averages, so families should view academic support, attendance, and individual student needs as important considerations.
Roy Junior High has the stronger current results. It ranks 186th of 217 schools, compared with 191st for Sand Ridge Junior High, and averages 28.6% proficiency across the reported assessments versus 28.0% at Sand Ridge. Roy performs better in seven of nine subject-and-grade comparisons, including grades 7 and 8 math and all three ELA assessments. Its strongest result is 9th-grade science at 37.0%. Roy also has a notable attendance advantage: chronic absenteeism is 19.0%, compared with 23.9% at Sand Ridge. However, Roy is the larger school and has a higher student-teacher ratio, 22.9 compared with 19.6.
Sand Ridge Junior High has shown more recent improvement, increasing in five of seven comparable assessments. Its biggest gains were in 9th-grade science, 7th-grade math, and 9th-grade ELA. Sand Ridge also leads Roy in 7th-grade science, 33.5% to 27.1%, and has the lower student-teacher ratio. For both schools, math is the clearest area of concern, especially 8th-grade math, where proficiency is 17.3% at Roy and 15.5% at Sand Ridge. Grade 9 science is a relative strength at both schools, but neither school currently approaches district or state proficiency levels overall.
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