Best Middle Schools in Utah

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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 10, 2025.

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2025 vs 2024)					ID
Rank (of 182)	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	Average Standard Score (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Rank (2024)	Rank Change from 2024	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	ID
51	Eastmont Middle	Public	6-8	10100 S 1300 E	Sandy	84094	Salt Lake County	Canyons District	No	No	No	No	(801) 826-7000	515	28	18.7	29.3%	384 (74.6%)	9 (1.7%)	77 (15.0%)	5 (1.0%)	5 (1.0%)	14 (2.7%)	21 (4.1%)	$9,306			$854			$8,452	70.6	80.5	28	23		490014200302
52	Morgan Middle	Public	5-8	115 E Young St	Morgan	84050	Morgan County	Morgan District	No	No	No	No	(801) 829-3467	493	28	17.4	11.8%	461 (93.5%)	4 (0.8%)	10 (2.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	15 (3.0%)	$6,456			$211			$6,244	70.3	70.7	56	4		490057000364
53	Ascent Academies of Utah Lehi	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-9	2199 W 900 N	Lehi	84043	Utah County	Ascent Academies of Utah	Yes	No	No	No	(385) 374-9641	646	34	19.1	15.8%	446 (69.0%)	2 (0.3%)	118 (18.3%)	19 (2.9%)	4 (0.6%)	13 (2.0%)	44 (6.8%)	$6,833			$387			$6,446	70.1	72.2	53			490017401490
54	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	18.4%	1,441 (78.9%)	12 (0.7%)	249 (13.6%)	18 (1.0%)	3 (0.2%)	17 (0.9%)	87 (4.8%)	$7,084			$352			$6,732	69.8	69.4	58	4		490003000003
55	South Sevier Middle	Public	6-8	300 E Center	Monroe	84754	Sevier County	Sevier District	No	No	No	No	(435) 527-4607	288	13	22.8	45.5%	263 (91.3%)	5 (1.7%)	13 (4.5%)	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.4%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	$8,968			$529			$8,440	69.6	77	38	17		490093000783
56	Salt Lake Arts Academy	Public, Magnet, Charter	5-8	844 S 200 E	Salt Lake City	84111	Salt Lake County	Salt Lake Arts Academy	Yes	Yes	No	No	(801) 531-1173	415	22	18.5	15.4%	313 (75.4%)	6 (1.4%)	55 (13.3%)	9 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (7.5%)	$7,589			$154			$7,435	69.6	76.6	39	17		490001800905
57	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	14.4%	1,175 (79.9%)	10 (0.7%)	161 (10.9%)	6 (0.4%)	4 (0.3%)	18 (1.2%)	97 (6.6%)								69.2	67.9	62	5		490003001575
58	Lakeview Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-9	527 W 400 N	Saratoga Springs	84045	Utah County	Lakeview Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(801) 331-6788	1,061	52	20.5	12.4%	830 (78.2%)	7 (0.7%)	150 (14.1%)	9 (0.8%)	3 (0.3%)	14 (1.3%)	48 (4.5%)	$6,029			$256			$5,772	67.4	58.3	88	30		490004301144
59	American Preparatory Academy - Salem	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-10	1195 S Elk Ridge Drive	Salem	84653	Utah County	American Preparatory Academy	Yes	No	No	No	(801) 465-4434	570	26	22.1	21.2%	432 (75.8%)	4 (0.7%)	106 (18.6%)	7 (1.2%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.5%)	17 (3.0%)	$7,288			$203			$7,084	67.2	77.7	35	24		490000501520
60	Summit Academy - Independence	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	15327 S. Noell Nelson Drive	Bluffdale	84065	Salt Lake County	Summit Academy	Yes	No	No	No	(801) 987-8755	830	45	18.2	18.0%	581 (70.0%)	11 (1.3%)	143 (17.2%)	36 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	56 (6.7%)	$7,556			$184			$7,372	67.1	73.5	45	15		490006601469

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on RISE Mathematics, RISE Science test scores released by the Utah State Board of Education.
These rankings were last updated on September 10, 2025, 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.