Bates School

Bates School, a mid-sized elementary campus in OGDEN, Utah, overseen by Weber District, caters to 690 students, covering grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 41% above the state mean of about 491.

Weber District runs 52 schools in total, collectively educating 32,054 students. Bates School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Bates School shows that nearly all students (83%) are White; the rest consists of 11% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Bates School has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.3:1. The state averages about 21.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 18% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Weber County (around 35%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Bates School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.1%, the actual is 45.8%, a residual of -5.3 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Weber County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $90,005 per year, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Weber County runs 95 public schools (combined enrollment of about 49,670 students), of which Bates School is one.

The closest other public school is North Ogden Jr High, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Bates School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 44.4%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Bates School has ticked down 11%, going from 776 students in 2018 to 690 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 88% to 83% across the same window.

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