📍 1730 W 1700 N, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, 84116
Northwest Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County. The school has 633 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Salt Lake District school district. It serves grades 7–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 34.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.5:1. 13% of students are proficient in reading. 8% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Northwest Middle enrolls 633 students across grades 7–8. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 34.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 70% Hispanic or Latino, 8.4% Black or African American and 8.4% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 442 | 70% |
| Black or African American | 53 | 8.4% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 53 | 8.4% |
| White | 52 | 8.2% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 13 | 2.1% |
| Asian | 11 | 1.7% |
| Two or more races | 9 | 1.4% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
533 of the school's 633 students (84%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 489 qualify for free lunch and 44 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Northwest Middle is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district UT-20, state senate district 1, state house district 23.
Northwest Middle is one of 41 schools in Salt Lake District, based in SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. The district serves 19,049 students district-wide and employs 1,087 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 633 students, Northwest Middle is larger than the district average of about 465 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize