Hillside Middle
Public middle school, grades 7 to 8 · Salt Lake City, Utah
Hillside Middle in Salt Lake City, Utah enrolled 485 students in 2024-25 with 23.3 full-time teachers, 20.9 students per teacher against the Utah middle-school median of 22.3. It was not a Title I school in 2021-22; it takes part in the National School Lunch Program (2024-25). On the state tests, 46% 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 13% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers fell 2%
555 students in 2022-23, 516 students in 2023-24, 485 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 23.8 to 23.3.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 555 | 23.8 | 23.3 |
| 2023-24 | 516 | 25.7 | 20.1 |
| 2024-25 | 485 | 23.3 | 20.9 |
20.9 students per teacher, a lower ratio than 64 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.
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).
One counselor per 284 students in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Hillside Middle enrolled 568 students and had 2.0 counselors (full-time equivalent); it reported 2 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement coursesNone
- Gifted and talented programYes
- Counselors (FTE)2.0, one per 284 of the 568 students enrolled in 2021-22
- Out-of-school suspensions2
- Chronically absent30.1% (2022-23)
Who attends
65.7% of students were White, 17.8% Hispanic, 7.0% of two or more races in 2024-25.
- White65.7%
- Hispanic17.8%
- Two or more races7.0%
- Black3.7%
- Asian3.3%
- American Indian1.4%
- Pacific Islander1.0%
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 Hillside Middle scored proficient or above: 46% 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.
| Subject | This school | Its district | Utah |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math | 46% | not published | 40.2% |
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 Salt Lake City
12 public middle schools in Salt Lake City report 2024-25 enrollment.
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wasatch Jr High | 829 | 25.6 | 8.9% |
| Olympus Jr High | 807 | 26.2 | 10.2% |
| Granite Park Jr High | 800 | 21.0 | 64.4% |
| Glendale Middle | 678 | 17.5 | 96.8% |
| Bonneville Jr High | 636 | 25.1 | 35.1% |
| Evergreen Jr High | 600 | 24.0 | 23.5% |
| Clayton Middle | 567 | 18.9 | 26.1% |
| Northwest Middle | 542 | 15.2 | 73.6% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.
What to look at next about Hillside Middle
- Clayton MiddleThe nearest public middle school, 0.9 miles away: 567 students, 18.9 per teacher (2024-25).0.9 mi
- Evergreen Jr HighThe next nearest public middle school, 2.4 miles away: 600 students, 24.0 per teacher (2024-25).2.4 mi
- Compare Hillside Middle with Clayton MiddleStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much Salt Lake District spends per student$13,808 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$13,808
- The largest public schools in UtahHillside Middle is the number 122 by size of 142 Utah middle schools open in 2024-25.#122 of 142
- Utah schools by students per teacher20.9 students per teacher here against the Utah median of 22.3 for middle schools.20.9:1
- 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 Hillside Middle
How many students attend Hillside Middle?
485 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 555 in 2022-23. It is a middle school in Salt Lake City, UT.What is the student-teacher ratio at Hillside Middle?
20.9 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.Is Hillside Middle a Title I school?
Hillside Middle was not a Title I school in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.How do students at Hillside Middle do on state tests?
In 2022-23, the students tested at Hillside Middle scored proficient or above: 46% 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.What district is Hillside Middle in?
Salt Lake District, NCES district ID 4900870. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 490087000498 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.