Best Middle Schools in Utah for Special Education Students

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Every year, the Utah State Board of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Special Education students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Utah test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

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 6, 2023.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (Special Education vs All Students - 2023)
ID	Rank (of 38)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (Special Education)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Special Education)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
490012000078	1	North Cache Middle School	Public	7-8	157 W 600 S	Richmond	84333	Cache County	Cache District	No	No	No	No	(435) 258-2452	1,095	49	22.3	35.3%	953 (87.0%)	6 (0.5%)	92 (8.4%)	4 (0.4%)	12 (1.1%)	5 (0.5%)	23 (2.1%)	$7,817			$442			$7,375	97.4%	96.3%	1.07%
490114001300	2	Sunrise Ridge Intermediate	Public	6-7	3167 S 2350 E	Saint George	84790	Washington County	Washington District	No	No	No	No	(435) 652-4772	769	33	23.5	18.7%	670 (87.1%)	9 (1.2%)	56 (7.3%)	10 (1.3%)	1 (0.1%)	9 (1.2%)	14 (1.8%)	$6,739			$489			$6,250	94.7%	88.9%	5.85%
490003001619	3	Viewpoint Middle	Public	7-9	3950 N. Maple Hollow Blvd.	Lehi	84043	Utah County	Alpine District	No	No	No	No	(801) 610-8400	1,707	53	32.4	11.4%	1,393 (81.6%)	12 (0.7%)	169 (9.9%)	19 (1.1%)	3 (0.2%)	35 (2.1%)	76 (4.5%)								92.1%	75.9%	16.18%
490042000896	4	South Jordan Middle	Public	7-9	10245 S 2700 W	South Jordan	84095	Salt Lake County	Jordan District	No	No	No	No	(801) 412-2900	1,311	53	24.9	6.5%	1,059 (80.8%)	11 (0.8%)	134 (10.2%)	37 (2.8%)	2 (0.2%)	12 (0.9%)	56 (4.3%)	$7,710			$466			$7,244	89.5%	78.7%	10.77%
490012000084	5	South Cache Middle School	Public	7-8	10 S 480 W	Hyrum	84319	Cache County	Cache District	No	No	No	No	(435) 245-6433	1,049	46	22.6	37.9%	860 (82.0%)	5 (0.5%)	129 (12.3%)	8 (0.8%)	10 (1.0%)	9 (0.9%)	28 (2.7%)	$7,853			$386			$7,467	86.8%	82.9%	3.97%
490014200875	6	Draper Park Middle	Public	6-8	13133 South 1300 East	Draper	84020	Salt Lake County	Canyons District	No	No	No	No	(801) 826-6900	1,589	65	24.3	13.3%	1,294 (81.4%)	17 (1.1%)	156 (9.8%)	35 (2.2%)	2 (0.1%)	6 (0.4%)	79 (5.0%)	$7,542			$476			$7,065	84.2%	90.3%	6.07%
490014200719	7	Indian Hills Middle	Public	6-8	1180 E 11600 S	Sandy	84094	Salt Lake County	Canyons District	No	No	No	No	(801) 826-7100	1,127	47	23.9	16.0%	912 (80.9%)	15 (1.3%)	104 (9.2%)	20 (1.8%)	2 (0.2%)	10 (0.9%)	64 (5.7%)	$7,703			$282			$7,421	81.6%	80.6%	1.02%
490042000720	8	Oquirrh Hills Middle	Public	7-9	12949 S 2700 W	Riverton	84065	Salt Lake County	Jordan District	No	No	No	No	(801) 412-2350	1,328	57	23.3	8.0%	1,129 (85.0%)	9 (0.7%)	96 (7.2%)	11 (0.8%)	6 (0.5%)	11 (0.8%)	66 (5.0%)	$7,893			$421			$7,472	78.9%	54.2%	24.78%
490063001390	9	Salem Junior High	Public	7-9	598 North Main	Salem	84653	Utah County	Nebo District	No	No	No	No	(801) 423-6558	1,018	43	23.8	14.5%	870 (85.5%)	9 (0.9%)	109 (10.7%)	4 (0.4%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (2.4%)	$7,291			$570			$6,721	76.3%	46.8%	29.56%
490114000805	10	Dixie Middle	Public	8-9	825 S 100 E	St George	84770	Washington County	Washington District	No	No	No	No	(435) 628-0441	896	36	25.1	41.7%	615 (68.6%)	9 (1.0%)	200 (22.3%)	5 (0.6%)	13 (1.5%)	21 (2.3%)	33 (3.7%)	$7,717			$483			$7,234	73.7%	50.0%	23.68%

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on RISE English Language Arts, RISE Mathematics, RISE Science test scores released by the Utah State Board of Education.
These rankings were last updated on September 6, 2023, 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.

Educational resources:

Student-Teacher Ratios and their Impact on Class Sizes & School Selection

Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA): Transforming Education in America

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. School Attendance Areas provided by ATTOM.