About Fort Herriman Middle

Fort Herriman Middle School serves students of varied economic, social, ethnic and religious backgrounds. Located in one of the fastest growing areas of the Salt Lake Valley in the city of Herriman, the school's spacious building and well-groomed campus are assets to the community. Fort Herriman Middle School is a modern two-story design featuring self-contained classrooms located around a central meeting area designed for cooperative learning, Futuristic Technology Lab, Prototype Shop, Foods Lab, Sewing Lab, Business Computer Lab, Vocal and Instrumental Music rooms, Library/Media Center, Auditorium, Gymnasium with a second level indoor track, Indoor Greenhouse, Dance Studio, Fitness Room, and office suite. The show-case middle school was completed in the summer of 2005 and offers many amenities not included in Jordan District's older middle schools such as a full wireless network, state-of-the-art multimedia presentation stations in every classroom, a wireless microphone system for each teacher, seven electronic whiteboards, two 20 laptop mobile computer labs, and three 40 station desktop computer labs. The Fort Herriman faculty is highly respected for the standards of excellence that the school maintains and for the respect and courtesy that are extended to all.

Student Achievement

Criterion Referenced Tests (CRT)
The Core Criterion Referenced Tests (CRTs) are administered at the end of each school year to help assess how well students have mastered the standards and objectives set forth in the State of Utah Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science core curricula.   Student achievement is reported as the percent of students reaching “proficient” by earning a Level 3 or Level 4 performance on the Core CRT.

Year
7th Lang. Arts
8th Lang. Arts
9th Lang. Arts
7th Math
Pre-Algebra
Algebra 1
Geometry
2005-06
83%
81%
78%
N/A
62%
52%
72%
2006-07
86%
91%
84%
N/A
63%
56%
65%
2007-08
87%
86%
87%
92%
71%
65%
80%
Year
7th Science
8th Science
9th Earth Sci.
Biology
 
2005-06
73%
72%
74%
97%
      
2006-07
71%
66%
76%
96%
      
2007-08
78%
73%
74%
97%
      
Detailed Core CRT results by student subgroups PDF

IOWA Tests
The IOWA Test of Basic Skills provides a comparison of achievement to students across the United States in reading, language arts, math, science and social studies.  The IOWA test is given each fall to students in grades 3, 5, and 8.  The Jordan School District School also administers the IOWA to students in grade 6.  Results are reported as the average percentile rank.  The national average is the 50th percentile in each area.

 8th Grade
Norms
Year
Reading
Language
Math
Core Total
Soc. Studies
Science
Total Composite
2005 Norms*
2006-07
61
57
48
56
54
68
58
2005 Norms*
2007-08
60
51
45
52
52
66
55
* It is not appropriate to formally compare school results between the old norms and the new norms.

Direct Writing Assessment (DWA)
The Direct Writing Assessment (DWA) is designed to assess the writing skills of 6th and 9th grade students in February and March each year.  The following six components of writing are assessed: ideas & content, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, and conventions.
 
 Grade 9 Average Points Earned
Year
Ideas / Content
Organization
Voice
Word Choice
Sentence Fluency
Conventions
Composite
2006/07
3.5
3.6
3.7
3.6
3.6
3.5
21.5
2007/08*
3.9
4.0
4.0
3.9
3.9
3.9
23.6
* Each year the direct writing prompt changes, therefore caution should be used in making year to year conclusions.
 
Boundary Description

MiddleBegin at the West County Line and 11800 S.; east along 11800 S. (south side) to 5400 W.; southeast to approximately 5250 W. and Herriman Hwy. (west side); southwest to 5400 W. and 13400 S. (west side); east along 13400 S. (south side) to 4800 W.; south to the South County Line (west side); west along the South County Line (north side) to the West County Line; north along the West County Line (east side) to 11800 S.

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