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Best Middle Schools in Utah County, UT

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Schools

29,368

Students

Districts

5-star schools

Top rankedMountain Ridge Junior High7^th of 217 Utah middle schools

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Biggest riser

Spring Canyon Middle up 13 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Shoreline Middle School 19 students per teacher

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Newly ranked this year

Mapleton Junior High and 5 more

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1 school without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				Utah Aspire Plus English Language Arts (2026)	Utah Aspire Plus Mathematics (2026)	Utah Aspire Plus Science (2026)	RISE English Language Arts (2026)			RISE Mathematics (2026)			RISE Science (2026)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Utah Aspire Plus English Language Arts 9th Grade	Utah Aspire Plus Mathematics 9th Grade	Utah Aspire Plus Science 9th Grade	RISE English Language Arts 6th Grade	RISE English Language Arts 7th Grade	RISE English Language Arts 8th Grade	RISE Mathematics 6th Grade	RISE Mathematics 7th Grade	RISE Mathematics 8th Grade	RISE Science 6th Grade	RISE Science 7th Grade	RISE Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
American Fork Junior High	Public	7-9	20 W 1120 N	American Fork	84003	Utah County	Alpine District	No	No	No	No	(801) 610-8750	1,827	68	27.0	18.4%	1,441 (78.9%)	12 (0.7%)	249 (13.6%)	18 (1.0%)	3 (0.2%)	17 (0.9%)	87 (4.8%)	57.4	87^th of 217 public middle schools	59.9%		69.8	54^th of 182 public middle schools	70.3%	33	46.4	45.4	51.0		45.7	43.4		57.7	39.9		51.2	50.0	$7,084	$352	$6,732
Lakeridge Junior High	Public	7-9	951 S 400 W	Orem	84058	Utah County	Alpine District	No	No	No	No	(801) 610-8134	1,344	55	24.3	32.5%	784 (58.3%)	12 (0.9%)	429 (31.9%)	17 (1.3%)	7 (0.5%)	43 (3.2%)	52 (3.9%)	63.2	72^nd of 217 public middle schools	66.8%		58.2	79^th of 182 public middle schools	56.6%	7	51.7	44.0	55.8		49.7	52.7		47.7	42.0		58.1	48.9	$7,862	$422	$7,440
Lehi Junior High	Public	7-9	700 E Cedar Hollow Rd	Lehi	84043	Utah County	Alpine District	No	No	No	No	(801) 610-8754	1,376	52	26.5	11.9%	1,167 (84.8%)	8 (0.6%)	114 (8.3%)	10 (0.7%)	2 (0.1%)	15 (1.1%)	60 (4.4%)	77.5	40^th of 217 public middle schools	81.6%		82.2	29^th of 182 public middle schools	84.1%	11	53.7	56.1	68.0		55.1	48.0		64.7	42.2		66.3	68.2	$7,285	$373	$6,913
Orem Junior High	Public	7-9	650 West Jaguar Ave	Orem	84057	Utah County	Alpine District	No	No	No	Yes	(801) 610-8142	969	41	23.6	39.0%	507 (52.3%)	6 (0.6%)	376 (38.8%)	11 (1.1%)	4 (0.4%)	31 (3.2%)	34 (3.5%)	15.9	182^nd of 217 public middle schools	16.1%		20.2	150^th of 182 public middle schools	17.6%	32	42.1	27.1	45.0		31.0	33.7		31.2	12.9		34.4	33.8	$8,240	$1,003	$7,237
Pleasant Grove Junior High	Public	7-9	810 N 100 E	Pleasant Grove	84062	Utah County	Alpine District	No	No	No	No	(801) 610-8146	1,181	50	23.4	25.1%	877 (74.3%)	10 (0.8%)	224 (19.0%)	4 (0.3%)	2 (0.2%)	7 (0.6%)	57 (4.8%)	62.1	79^th of 217 public middle schools	63.6%		64.4	67^th of 182 public middle schools	63.2%	12	49.5	55.6	51.7		46.7	45.7		54.4	49.0		47.6	55.1	$7,470	$411	$7,059
Mountain Ridge Junior High	Public	7-9	5525 W 10400 N	Highland	84003	Utah County	Alpine District	No	No	No	No	(801) 610-8758	958	42	22.5	11.5%	831 (86.7%)	2 (0.2%)	67 (7.0%)	8 (0.8%)	2 (0.2%)	12 (1.3%)	36 (3.8%)	90.4	7^th of 217 public middle schools	96.8%		92.8	2^nd of 182 public middle schools	98.9%	5	63.9	55.4	68.5		60.6	61.3		68.2	51.9		71.0	77.1	$7,641	$300	$7,342
Canyon View Junior High	Public	7-9	655 E 950 N	Orem	84097	Utah County	Alpine District	No	No	No	No	(801) 610-8130	1,066	43	24.6	29.2%	665 (62.4%)	4 (0.4%)	314 (29.5%)	16 (1.5%)	1 (0.1%)	17 (1.6%)	49 (4.6%)	71.3	53^rd of 217 public middle schools	75.6%		75.8	40^th of 182 public middle schools	78.0%	13	49.6	50.4	59.6		46.8	52.9		47.3	58.3		55.7	61.9	$7,636	$354	$7,282
Timberline Middle	Public	7-9	500 W Canyon Crest Rd	Alpine	84004	Utah County	Alpine District	No	No	No	No	(801) 610-8765	1,322	49	26.8	5.7%	1,151 (87.1%)	7 (0.5%)	79 (6.0%)	17 (1.3%)	1 (0.1%)	4 (0.3%)	63 (4.8%)	85.9	19^th of 217 public middle schools	91.2%		89.3	6^th of 182 public middle schools	96.7%	13	60.5	57.1	64.5		53.8	57.5		68.4	61.6		58.4	70.3	$7,338	$365	$6,974
Willowcreek Middle	Public	7-9	2275 W 300 N	Lehi	84043	Utah County	Alpine District	No	No	No	No	(801) 766-5273	1,591	57	27.9	13.3%	1,264 (79.4%)	14 (0.9%)	191 (12.0%)	21 (1.3%)	6 (0.4%)	24 (1.5%)	70 (4.4%)	66.4	62^nd of 217 public middle schools	71.4%		71.2	48^th of 182 public middle schools	73.6%	14	53.8	54.4	63.0		50.4	42.1		61.3	41.7		57.9	57.4	$6,961	$336	$6,625
Frontier Middle School	Public	7-9	1427 East Mid Valley Road	Eagle Mountain	84005	Utah County	Alpine District	No	No	No	No	(801) 610-8777	1,781	66	27.0	21.4%	1,361 (76.4%)	15 (0.8%)	296 (16.6%)	13 (0.7%)	5 (0.3%)	23 (1.3%)	68 (3.8%)	23.5	170^th of 217 public middle schools	21.7%		57.6	80^th of 182 public middle schools	56.0%	90	46.5	37.2	43.8		31.8	35.7		29.7	32.9		34.6	40.2	$6,763	$312	$6,451
Lake Mountain Middle	Public	7-9	1058 South Old Farm Road	Saratoga Springs	84045	Utah County	Alpine District	No	No	No	No	(801) 610-8400	1,471	56	26.0	14.4%	1,175 (79.9%)	10 (0.7%)	161 (10.9%)	6 (0.4%)	4 (0.3%)	18 (1.2%)	97 (6.6%)	70.8	54^th of 217 public middle schools	75.1%		69.2	57^th of 182 public middle schools	68.7%	3	52.4	57.5	62.0		55.9	46.3		63.5	46.1		60.8	50.4
Viewpoint Middle	Public	7-9	211 West Traverse Terrance Drive	Eagle Mountain	84048	Utah County	Alpine District	No	No	No	No	(801) 610-8400	1,667	62	26.8	12.4%	1,282 (76.9%)	15 (0.9%)	221 (13.3%)	27 (1.6%)	2 (0.1%)	39 (2.3%)	81 (4.9%)	58.8	84^th of 217 public middle schools	61.3%		61.5	71^st of 182 public middle schools	61.0%	13	51.3	40.5	62.4		50.1	42.5		48.9	37.0		56.0	55.4
Sage Canyon Middle	Public	7-9	1300 East Harmony Way	Eagle Mountain	84005	Utah County	Alpine District	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(801) 610-8400				—															(n/a)	47.8	49.1	51.0		49.8	54.1		51.5	39.0		54.4	52.3
Payson Junior High	Public	7-9	1025 S Highway 198	Payson	84651	Utah County	Nebo District	No	No	No	No	(801) 465-6015	1,143	48	23.6	29.8%	864 (75.6%)	1 (0.1%)	237 (20.7%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.3%)	36 (3.1%)	13	187^th of 217 public middle schools	13.8%					(n/a)	32.8	28.5	41.0			32.3			16.1			34.9	$7,680	$523	$7,157
Springville Junior High	Public	7-9	189 S 1470 East	Springville	84663	Utah County	Nebo District	No	No	No	No	(801) 489-2880	1,086	48	22.7	28.5%	760 (70.0%)	6 (0.6%)	246 (22.7%)	4 (0.4%)	5 (0.5%)	15 (1.4%)	50 (4.6%)	39.2	131^st of 217 public middle schools	39.6%					(n/a)	44.1	44.7	55.9			40.7			31.3			50.5	$7,952	$556	$7,397
Spanish Fork Junior High	Public	7-9	600 S 820 E	Spanish Fork	84660	Utah County	Nebo District	No	No	No	No	(801) 798-4075	1,070	51	21.1	23.7%	846 (79.1%)	10 (0.9%)	164 (15.3%)	4 (0.4%)	3 (0.3%)	12 (1.1%)	31 (2.9%)	23.4	171^st of 217 public middle schools	21.2%					(n/a)	44.6	40.6	44.1			33.9			27.2			41.5	$7,339	$509	$6,830
Mapleton Junior High	Public	7-9	362 E 1200 N	Mapleton	84664	Utah County	Nebo District	No	No	No	No	(801) 489-2892	1,312	53	24.8	14.4%	1,081 (82.4%)	6 (0.5%)	148 (11.3%)	2 (0.2%)	4 (0.3%)	8 (0.6%)	62 (4.7%)	63.3	71^st of 217 public middle schools	67.3%					(n/a)	50.3	36.4	45.0			45.1			44.0			62.6	$7,265	$571	$6,694
Salem Junior High	Public	7-9	598 North Main	Salem	84653	Utah County	Nebo District	No	No	No	No	(801) 423-6558	950	42	22.8	22.6%	764 (80.4%)	8 (0.8%)	139 (14.6%)	3 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	33 (3.5%)	50.1	103^rd of 217 public middle schools	52.5%					(n/a)	35.3	28.7	40.2			48.5			28.8			56.3	$7,291	$570	$6,721
Spring Canyon Middle	Public	6-8	599 W 700 South	Springville	84663	Utah County	Nebo District	No	No	No	No	(801) 609-2400	1,038	48	21.7	28.4%	720 (69.4%)	6 (0.6%)	242 (23.3%)	6 (0.6%)	6 (0.6%)	12 (1.2%)	46 (4.4%)	59.5	82^nd of 217 public middle schools	62.2%		49.9	95^th of 182 public middle schools	47.8%	13				45.0	52.1		30.1	52.5		59.5	59.4
Maple Grove Middle	Public	6-8	1578 W 400 South	Mapleton	84664	Utah County	Nebo District	No	No	No	No	(801) 609-2395	1,195	51	23.5	13.1%	994 (83.2%)	8 (0.7%)	124 (10.4%)	5 (0.4%)	4 (0.3%)	4 (0.3%)	56 (4.7%)	65.9	65^th of 217 public middle schools	70.0%		70.9	50^th of 182 public middle schools	72.5%	15				49.8	49.4		36.6	53.7		74.3	52.3
Valley View Middle	Public	6-7	1044 E 340 S	Salem	84653	Utah County	Nebo District	No	No	No	No	(801) 609-2795	963	42	23.1	24.0%	803 (83.4%)	3 (0.3%)	117 (12.1%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.5%)	5 (0.5%)	30 (3.1%)	54	95^th of 217 public middle schools	56.2%		61.9	70^th of 182 public middle schools	61.5%	25				44.6	43.4		28.0	55.3		67.2	47.7
Mt. Nebo Middle	Public	6-7	851 W. 450 South	Payson	84651	Utah County	Nebo District	No	No	No	No	(801) 465-6040	1,034	49	20.9	33.7%	805 (77.9%)	5 (0.5%)	177 (17.1%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	9 (0.9%)	35 (3.4%)	30.7	158^th of 217 public middle schools	27.2%		30.6	128^th of 182 public middle schools	29.7%	30				33.9	34.5		20.8	38.3		56.4	43.8
Diamond Fork Middle	Public	6-8	50 N 900 East	Spanish Fork	84660	Utah County	Nebo District	No	No	No	No	(801) 798-4052	1,074	49	22.1	29.4%	844 (78.6%)	10 (0.9%)	176 (16.4%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.6%)	9 (0.8%)	29 (2.7%)	33.9	147^th of 217 public middle schools	32.3%		40.1	111^th of 182 public middle schools	39.0%	36				34.3	35.5		33.5	41.8		53.3	40.7
Centennial Middle	Public	7-8	305 E 2320 N	Provo	84604	Utah County	Provo District	No	No	No	No	(801) 370-4621	1,073	51	21.0	31.4%	645 (60.1%)	18 (1.7%)	291 (27.1%)	22 (2.1%)	8 (0.7%)	40 (3.7%)	49 (4.6%)	64.5	68^th of 217 public middle schools	68.7%		58.6	77^th of 182 public middle schools	57.7%	9					54.4	55.0		45.5	38.2		54.1	54.5	$7,737	$505	$7,232
Shoreline Middle School	Public	7-8	1201 West 890 South	Provo	84601	Utah County	Provo District	No	No	No	No	(801) 374-4980	877	46	19.0	46.5%	465 (53.0%)	6 (0.7%)	323 (36.8%)	9 (1.0%)	4 (0.5%)	39 (4.4%)	31 (3.5%)	32.5	151^st of 217 public middle schools	30.4%					(n/a)					37.6	36.0		39.7	30.6		45.2	39.7	$9,071	$522	$8,549

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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.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.