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Enrollment
840
Middle
DISTRICT 720 · STATE 831
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TOOELE DISTRICT·NCES 490105001263
Clarke N. Johnsen Jr High
2152 N 400 W, TOOELE, UT 84074 · (435) 833-1939 · Tooele County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE32-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL840 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 35% of Utah public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Utah public middle schools
Student : Teacher
20.6:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.0:1 · STATE 21.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
156 students
DISTRICT 32% · STATE 33%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 420 | 50% |
| Grade 8 | 420 | 50% |
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 47% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
RISE / Utah Aspire+ 2024-25 . % Proficient + Highly ProficientEnglish Language Arts
37.3%
UT avg 41.4% . -2.2pp since 2023
Math
44.1%
UT avg 41.8% . +1.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Utah schools, those numbers are about 41 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.3% | 44.1% |
| 2023-24 | 39.5% | 42.7% |
% Proficient + Highly Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: RISE / Utah Aspire+. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
43.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.7%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% typical for Utah schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Utah's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Clarke N. Johnsen Jr High
Clarke N. Johnsen Jr High's state test result (43.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clarke N. Johnsen Jr High this school | 840 | 18.6% | 43.3% |
| South Davis Jr High BOUNTIFUL | 953 | 22.4% | 34.5% |
| South Hills Middle RIVERTON | 1,181 | 21.3% | 37.0% |
| Hidden Valley Middle BLUFFDALE | 935 | 19.6% | 45.2% |
| Ecker Hill Middle PARK CITY | 666 | 17.1% | 61.5% |
| Butler Middle Salt Lake City | 913 | 16.8% | 63.6% |
Matched among Utah middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Clarke N. Johnsen Jr High ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Utah |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.3% | #75 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.1% | #60 of 140 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.3% | #86 of 140 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 840 | #75 of 144 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.6:1 | #43 of 137 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.6% | #53 of 137 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.6% | #101 of 141 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.2% | #29 of 46 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
840
+109 (+15%) vs 2020
0% since 2010-11, when it was 836
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 840 | 40.8 | 20.6:1 | 19% (156) |
| 2023-24 | 843 | 40.5 | 20.8:1 | 25% (207) |
| 2022-23 | 892 | 41.8 | 21.3:1 | 45% (399) |
| 2020-21 | 731 | N/A | N/A | 21% (155) |
| 2017-18 | 806 | N/A | N/A | 26% (211) |
| 2015-16 | 833 | N/A | N/A | 33% (276) |
| 2010-11 | 836 | 37 | 22.6:1 | 33% (279) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Clarke N. Johnsen Jr High.
About Clarke N. Johnsen Jr High
Clarke N. Johnsen Jr High is a mid-sized middle school based in TOOELE, Utah. The school offers grades 7 through 8 and enrolls 840 students.
Across its 27 schools, Tooele District enrolls 16,088 students. Clarke N. Johnsen Jr High is one of those schools.
More than half of the students at Clarke N. Johnsen Jr High are White (71%). The rest of enrollment is 20% Hispanic, 4% Pacific Islander, and 3% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Tooele County's population at about 84%. The diversity index for Clarke N. Johnsen Jr High is 46%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Clarke N. Johnsen Jr High has a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.6:1, with 40.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, middle schools in Utah average 21.7:1. The school has 19% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Utah public middle schools, Clarke N. Johnsen Jr High outscored 35%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
Schools in Utah with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 50.7%. Clarke N. Johnsen Jr High scores 43.3%.
Census data for Tooele County show the median household earns about $106,587 a year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 3% of people live in poverty. Counting Clarke N. Johnsen Jr High, Tooele County has 32 public schools.
Overlake School, about 0.3 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Clarke N. Johnsen Jr High places 2nd of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Federal records code the school's setting as Town: Distant.
The school grew from 731 students in 2020-21 to 840 in 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on special education services, counseling, and support programs here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Tooele County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
79,347
Census ACS
Median income
$106,587
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
32
18,521 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Tooele District
- Stansbury HighHigh · 2,314 students
- Tooele HighHigh · 1,900 students
- Grantsville HighHigh · 1,094 students
- Sterling SchoolElementary · 772 students
- Tooele Jr HighMiddle · 769 students
- Stansbury Park SchoolElementary · 712 students
Other schools in TOOELE
- Tooele HighHigh · 1,900 students
- Sterling SchoolElementary · 772 students
- Tooele Jr HighMiddle · 769 students
- Overlake SchoolElementary · 690 students
- Scholar AcademyElementary · 690 students
- Northlake SchoolElementary · 684 students
Nearby schools
- Overlake School0.3 mi · 690
- Copper Canyon School1.3 mi · 544
- Scholar Academy1.5 mi · 690
- Middle Canyon School2.1 mi · 571
- Northlake School2.2 mi · 684
- Excelsior Academy2.4 mi · 1,406
Frequently asked questions
About Clarke N. Johnsen Jr HighHow many students attend Clarke N. Johnsen Jr High?
Clarke N. Johnsen Jr High enrolls approximately 840 students in grades 07-08.
Is Clarke N. Johnsen Jr High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Clarke N. Johnsen Jr High is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
How many teachers does Clarke N. Johnsen Jr High have?
Clarke N. Johnsen Jr High employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.6:1.
How diverse is Clarke N. Johnsen Jr High?
Clarke N. Johnsen Jr High reports a student body of 71% White, 20% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Clarke N. Johnsen Jr High?
Clarke N. Johnsen Jr High is overseen by Tooele District in Tooele County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.