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
11	Mountain Green Middle	Public	5-8	6200 N 5000 W	Morgan	84050	Morgan County	Morgan District	No	No	No	No	(801) 829-3411	496	29	16.9	5.6%	463 (93.3%)	2 (0.4%)	19 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.4%)								88.5	84.9	21	10		490057001554
12	North Cache Middle School	Public	7-8	157 W 600 S	Richmond	84333	Cache County	Cache District	No	No	No	No	(435) 258-2452	1,194	50	23.9	30.7%	1,052 (88.1%)	3 (0.3%)	95 (8.0%)	7 (0.6%)	4 (0.3%)	5 (0.4%)	28 (2.3%)	$7,817			$442			$7,375	88.1	87.8	13	1		490012000078
13	George Washington Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	2277 S 3000 E	St George	84790	Washington County	George Washington Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(435) 673-2232	1,013	44	23	19.0%	759 (74.9%)	6 (0.6%)	152 (15.0%)	23 (2.3%)	2 (0.2%)	7 (0.7%)	64 (6.3%)	$5,339			$247			$5,093	87.3	75.5	41	28		490004601147
14	Oak Canyon Junior High	Public, Alternative	7-10	111 S 725 E	Lindon	84042	Utah County	Alpine District	No	No	No	No	(801) 610-8138	1,295	55	23.3	14.4%	1,057 (81.6%)	6 (0.5%)	163 (12.6%)	10 (0.8%)	2 (0.2%)	11 (0.8%)	46 (3.6%)	$7,336			$373			$6,963	86.8	77.6	36	22		490003000075
15	American Preparatory Academy - Draper #3	Public, Charter	7-12	431 W 11915 S	Draper	84020	Salt Lake County	American Preparatory Academy	Yes	No	No	No	(801) 810-3590	719	34	21.4	15.9%	345 (48.0%)	13 (1.8%)	208 (28.9%)	133 (18.5%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	17 (2.4%)	$7,510			$84			$7,426	86.1	92.3	4	11		490000501471
16	Hillside Middle	Public	7-8	1825 S Nevada	Salt Lake City	84108	Salt Lake County	Salt Lake District	No	No	No	No	(801) 481-4828	485	23	20.8	25.8%	318 (65.6%)	18 (3.7%)	86 (17.7%)	16 (3.3%)	7 (1.4%)	5 (1.0%)	34 (7.0%)	$10,195			$810			$9,385	86	76.4	40	24		490087000498
17	Olympus Junior High	Public	5-9	2217 E 4800 S	Salt Lake City	84117	Salt Lake County	Granite District	No	No	No	No	(385) 646-5224	807	31	26.1	12.5%	707 (87.6%)	4 (0.5%)	55 (6.8%)	9 (1.1%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	30 (3.7%)	$8,300			$544			$7,756	85.9	84.9	22	5		490036000249
18	South Cache Middle School	Public	7-8	10 S 480 W	Hyrum	84319	Cache County	Cache District	No	No	No	No	(435) 245-6433	1,143	49	23.1	31.1%	918 (80.3%)	5 (0.4%)	168 (14.7%)	5 (0.4%)	15 (1.3%)	10 (0.9%)	22 (1.9%)	$7,853			$386			$7,467	85.4	79.2	33	15		490012000084
19	Elk Ridge Middle	Public	7-9	3659 W 9800 S	South Jordan	84009	Salt Lake County	Jordan District	No	No	No	No	(801) 412-2800	1,151	49	23.2	18.2%	837 (72.7%)	11 (1.0%)	161 (14.0%)	51 (4.4%)	1 (0.1%)	33 (2.9%)	57 (5.0%)	$7,517			$415			$7,102	85.2	79.3	32	13		490042000195
20	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	623	30	21	68.7%	614 (98.6%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$7,134			$804			$6,330	85.2	69.6	57	37		490018301475

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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.