5888 S Sam Oliver Dr
Salt Lake City, UT 84107

Incredibly disappointed with Hillcrest and how they handle the vaping epidemic in the school. They claim they are one of the only Jr Highs with vape sensors in the bathrooms- to help the problem. Yet, they know exactly what kids are vaping and who is selling IN THE SCHOOL- they do nothing about it.They are also failing hard when it comes to test taking grades of the students. The statewide testing for math and English- the students have a 24% passing rate in Hillcrest. We picked Murray District for our kids, because we were under the impression that Murray is fantastic. Hillcrest Jr High is painfully failing in every aspect we have experienced.Do yourself a favor and research the school you pick for your kids. Send them to Riverview if you have to be in Murray. I hope Hillcrest can figure it out and do better for the students they have.

The teachers are great. The office staff is questionable and not highly intelligent. They constantly take advisement from parents without authorization to change the child's school records. From changing the custodial parent and emergency pick-ups, and not getting legal authorization from both parents before a child sees the school therapist. Meaning you will always have to keep an eye on things to get them corrected.So if you are a parent with a split house just know they do not follow legal court documents and will blindly follow any instructions about the well-being of your child

I went to Murray High as well as all my children. Four went on to BYU and 1 went to University of Utah. Some were able to get scholarships to help them through college. The great thing about Murray High is that the children all grow up together ---through the community sports programs and other things. The elementary schools feed into the 2 Junior High school and then they all go to the one high school. It enables the children and parents to know each other by the time they are in high school. There is a great sense of community and the kids are generally very nice and well behaved. Our family has had a great experience at Murray High. They all have good jobs now and are well adjusted, respectful kids just like those they went to school with.