Middle Schools in Duchesne District

Duchesne District has one listed middle school, Roosevelt Junior High, serving grades 6–8 in Roosevelt, Utah. The school enrolls 787 students and has a student-teacher ratio of 18.2 to 1. About 35.45% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and chronic absenteeism was 23.5% in 2024–2025. Because it is the district’s only listed middle school, there are no other local middle schools in this data set for direct comparison.

Academic results are mixed, with clear differences by subject and grade. In 2025–2026, English Language Arts was the main schoolwide challenge: proficiency averaged 33.4% across grades 6–8, compared with 44.5% statewide. Mathematics averaged 36.1%, close to the district average but below the state average of 41.0%. Eighth-grade math was a notable strength, with 54.3% of students proficient—15 percentage points above the state result. Science was the school’s strongest subject overall, averaging 45.9%, only 3 points below the state average. Sixth-grade science was above the state, at 60.3%. However, seventh grade was consistently the most challenging: proficiency was 28.0% in ELA, 31.6% in math, and 29.3% in science. Seventh-grade science was particularly low compared with the state’s 47.7%.

There are signs of recent improvement, especially in mathematics and science. The three-grade math average rose from 29.9% in 2024–2025 to 36.1% in 2025–2026, while science increased from 41.9% to 45.9%. These gains were uneven: eighth-grade math rose by 25 percentage points, and sixth- and eighth-grade science improved, but seventh-grade math and science declined. Roosevelt’s chronic absenteeism rate was 7.5 points lower than the district average and nearly equal to the state rate, although nearly one in four students was still chronically absent. The school’s reported ranking percentile improved from 17 in 2023–2024 to 31 in 2025–2026, but it remains in the lower portion of the comparison group. Parents may want to look closely at the school’s literacy supports, seventh-grade interventions, and the practices contributing to stronger eighth-grade math and sixth-grade science results.