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Hillcrest Jr High School

Serves grades 7 - 9

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
178 E. 5300 S.
Murray, UT 84107
Phone
(801) 264-7442
District
MURRAY DISTRICT
County
SALT LAKE COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
816
Classroom Teachers
35

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Utah

3

(10 is best)

Better than 25.0% of all UT schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

5

(10 is best)

Hillcrest Jr High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 7

50 40 30 20 10 0
33%
42%
33%
41%
32%
43%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 8

50 40 30 20 10 0
27%
40%
29%
42%
25%
37%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 9

50 40 30 20 10 0
31%
40%
35%
40%
27%
39%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
23
22
22
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 7 258 31.6%
Grade 8 275 33.7%
Grade 9 283 34.7%
Total 816 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 59.4% 69.2% 74.7%
Black 6.1% 3.8% 1.4%
Hispanic 30.5% 22.5% 19.5%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 1.8% 2.0% 1.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 2.2% 2.4% 2.7%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 33.1% 28.0% 27.0%
Free lunch eligible 27.7% 23.5% 22.2%
Reduced lunch eligible 5.4% 4.5% 4.8%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 39,680 3,380,800
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 4,171.1 39
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.7% 7.3%
5-19 YEARS OLD 17.7% 24.4%
20-44 YEARS OLD 39.0% 37.0%
45-64 YEARS OLD 23.3% 19.9%
65 OR OLDER 14.3% 11.4%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 15,290 1,062,819
Single Parent Households With Children 5.2% 6.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 95.2% 93.2%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 35.3% 36.1%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 15.1% 21.4%
$100,000 - $149,999 18.7% 21.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 14.1% 14.9%
$50,000 - $74,999 18.9% 16.8%
$30,000 - $49,999 18.4% 12.8%
$15,000 - $29,999 9.7% 7.5%
$15,000 or less 5.0% 5.4%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,441 $35,687,519 59.9%
Support Expenditures
Student $430 $2,820,370 4.7%
Staff $317 $2,079,203 3.5%
General Administration $177 $1,160,943 2.0%
School Administration $499 $3,272,941 5.5%
Operation $772 $5,063,548 8.5%
Transportation $133 $872,347 1.5%
Other $299 $1,961,141 3.3%
Total Support $2,627 $17,230,493 28.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,011 $6,631,149 11.1%
Total Expenditures $9,079 $59,549,161 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,144 $3,555,230,440 50.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $427 $295,304,179 4.2%
Staff $368 $254,390,732 3.6%
General Administration $100 $69,149,612 1.0%
School Administration $560 $387,267,074 5.4%
Operation $711 $491,654,220 6.9%
Transportation $218 $150,683,311 2.1%
Other $258 $178,482,544 2.5%
Total Support $2,644 $1,827,164,264 25.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,495 $1,724,147,888 24.3%
Total Expenditures $10,283 $7,106,463,332 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%