Highland Junior High

Public middle school, grades 7 to 9 · Ogden, Utah

Highland Junior High in Ogden, Utah enrolled 649 students in 2024-25 with 35.4 full-time teachers, 18.3 students per teacher against the Utah middle-school median of 22.3. It ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22; every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision (2024-25). On the state tests, 7% of its students tested were proficient in math in 2022-23 (Utah: 40.2%).

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method

Enrollment fell 9% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers held steady

715 students in 2022-23, 665 students in 2023-24, 649 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 35.6 to 35.4.

Students enrolled at Highland Junior High by school year2022-23: 715, 2023-24: 665, 2024-25: 64902004006008002022-237152023-246652024-25649
Students enrolled at Highland Junior High by school year2022-23: 715, 2023-24: 665, 2024-25: 64902004006008002022-237152023-246652024-25649
Students enrolled at Highland Junior High by school year2022-23: 715, 2023-24: 665, 2024-25: 64902004006008002022-237152023-246652024-25649
Students enrolled at Highland Junior High by school year2022-23: 715, 2023-24: 665, 2024-25: 64902004006008002022-237152023-246652024-25649
The numbers as a table
School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-2371535.620.1
2023-2466537.317.8
2024-2564935.418.3

18.3 students per teacher, a lower ratio than 84 of every 100 Utah middle schools

Among the 142 Utah middle schools that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 22.3; the national median for middle schools is 14.6. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.

Students per teacher, Utah middle schools, 2024-25142 values from 12.4 to 28.8; Highland Junior High 18.3; state median 22.3.102030students per full-time teacherHighland Junior High 18.3state median 22.3U.S. 14.6
Students per teacher, Utah middle schools, 2024-25142 values from 12.4 to 28.8; Highland Junior High 18.3; state median 22.3.102030students per full-time teacherHighland Junior High 18.3state median 22.3U.S. 14.6
Students per teacher, Utah middle schools, 2024-25142 values from 12.4 to 28.8; Highland Junior High 18.3; state median 22.3.102030students per full-time teacherHighland Junior High 18.3state median 22.3U.S. 14.6
Students per teacher, Utah middle schools, 2024-25142 values from 12.4 to 28.8; Highland Junior High 18.3; state median 22.3.102030students per full-time teacherHighland Junior High 18.3state median 22.3U.S. 14.6

Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).

1 AP courses and one counselor per 258 students in 2021-22

In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Highland Junior High enrolled 774 students and had 3.0 counselors (full-time equivalent); it reported 251 out-of-school suspensions that year.

  • Advanced Placement courses1
  • Gifted and talented programNo
  • Counselors (FTE)3.0, one per 258 of the 774 students enrolled in 2021-22
  • Out-of-school suspensions251
  • Chronically absent42.1% (2022-23)

Who attends

62.4% of students were Hispanic, 29.7% White, 3.9% of two or more races in 2024-25.

  1. Hispanic62.4%
  2. White29.7%
  3. Two or more races3.9%
  4. Black2.5%
  5. American Indian0.6%
  6. Pacific Islander0.6%
  7. Asian0.3%

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.

State test results, 2022-23

In 2022-23, the students tested at Highland Junior High scored proficient or above: 7% in math, against 40.2% in math across Utah. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within Utah, not across states. No whole-school reading result is shown: ED's files give none for this school for 2021-22 or 2022-23.

Students proficient or above, 2022-23
SubjectThis schoolIts districtUtah
Math7%not published40.2%

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express; for 2022-23 ED published math by school and reading only by state: ED shows school and district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.

Middle schools in Ogden

6 public middle schools in Ogden report 2024-25 enrollment; Highland Junior High is number 4 by size.

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunch
North Ogden Jr High86222.817.3%
Mount Ogden Junior High80322.234.2%
South Ogden Jr High79921.429.5%
Highland Junior High64918.365.9%
T.H. Bell Jr High60719.641.2%
Mound Fort Junior High56117.071.1%

All public schools in Ogden →

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.

What to look at next about Highland Junior High

  1. Mound Fort Junior HighThe nearest public middle school, 1.1 miles away: 561 students, 17.0 per teacher (2024-25).1.1 mi
  2. Orion Jr HighThe next nearest public middle school, 3.1 miles away: 1,000 students, 22.8 per teacher (2024-25).3.1 mi
  3. Compare Highland Junior High with Mound Fort Junior HighStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
  4. How much Ogden School District spends per student$12,734 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$12,734
  5. The largest public schools in UtahHighland Junior High is the number 101 by size of 142 Utah middle schools open in 2024-25.#101 of 142
  6. Utah schools by students per teacher18.3 students per teacher here against the Utah median of 22.3 for middle schools.18.3:1
  7. Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.

Questions about Highland Junior High

  1. How many students attend Highland Junior High?
    649 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 715 in 2022-23. It is a middle school in Ogden, UT.
  2. What is the student-teacher ratio at Highland Junior High?
    18.3 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the Utah median for middle schools is 22.3. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
  3. Is Highland Junior High a Title I school?
    Highland Junior High ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.
  4. How do students at Highland Junior High do on state tests?
    In 2022-23, the students tested at Highland Junior High scored proficient or above: 7% in math, against 40.2% in math across Utah. Utah's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2022-23; ED publishes school results as ranges to protect small groups.
  5. What district is Highland Junior High in?
    Ogden School District, NCES district ID 4900720. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 490072001294 are the district's.

Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.

Sources

Every federal file behind this record
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
  • Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
  • EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
  • EDFacts state assessment results, 2022-23: reading and math proficiency for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22

District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.

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