Bennion Jr High

Set in TAYLORSVILLE, Utah, Bennion Jr High is a reasonably sized 6-8 campus, one of the schools within Granite District. It educates 1,022 students across grades 6 through 9. Compared to the state average of about 831 students per school, that is 23% bigger than typical.

Bennion Jr High is one of 85 schools operated by Granite District, a district that hosts 59,404 students overall.

On demographics, Bennion Jr High lists that the largest single group is White, at 58% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 27% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Pacific Islander, 3% Black. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 70%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 24.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.7:1, putting Bennion Jr High higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 38% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Bennion Jr High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 41.3%; this one delivers 38.8%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Salt Lake County indicate median household earnings sit near $97,494, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Salt Lake County runs 325 public schools (combined enrollment of about 209,757 students), of which Bennion Jr High is one.

Nearest neighbor: Bennion School, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Bennion Jr High. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Bennion Jr High ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 42.3%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Looking at the recent track record. Bennion Jr High's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 1,009 (now 1,022). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 69% to 58%.

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