Summary:
ZIP code 84066, serving Roosevelt, Utah, has one listed middle school: Roosevelt Junior High, which serves grades 6–8 and enrolls 787 students in the Duchesne District.
Roosevelt Junior High has a mixed academic profile, with performance varying substantially by grade. Its standout result is 8th-grade mathematics: 54.3% of students were proficient, exceeding both the district rate of 48.1% and Utah’s rate of 39.3%. Sixth-grade science was another strength, with 60.3% proficiency, slightly above the statewide rate. In contrast, 6th-grade mathematics was the school’s weakest result at 22.5%, while 7th-grade science was particularly low at 29.3%. English language arts results were below the state in every grade, ranging from 28.0% in 7th grade to 36.9% in 6th grade. Overall, the school’s results are generally close to those of the Duchesne District, but they remain below statewide averages in most subjects.
There are some encouraging signs for families. The school’s ranking percentile improved from the 17th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 31st percentile in 2025–2026, although it remains below the statewide midpoint. Chronic absenteeism was 23.5%, nearly identical to Utah’s 23.8% and substantially better than the district’s 31.0%. The biggest improvement was in 8th-grade mathematics, which rose 25 percentage points from the prior year; however, 7th-grade mathematics and science both declined. The school reports an 18.2-to-1 student-teacher ratio, 35.45% free/reduced-price lunch participation, and $8,239 in per-student spending, though the spending figure is from 2018–2019. Parents may want to focus especially on the school’s literacy support, 7th-grade instruction, and whether the recent mathematics gains can be sustained.
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