Evergreen Jr High

Evergreen Jr High is one of the compact intermediate schools in SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, overseen by Granite District, with 600 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 9. That puts it 28% leaner than the typical public school in Utah, which averages around 831 students.

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

Demographically, Evergreen Jr High reports that the largest single group is White, at 66% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 23% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian, 3% Black.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.7:1, putting Evergreen Jr High higher than the state norm the norm. About 27% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Evergreen Jr High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 46.6%, the actual is 49.4%, a residual of +2.8 points.

In the surrounding community, Salt Lake County reports that the typical household earns roughly $97,494 per year, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Salt Lake County's 325 public schools (combined enrollment of about 209,757 students), Evergreen Jr High is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Blind Region 2, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Evergreen Jr High. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Evergreen Jr High ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 60.8%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 14%: 695 students in 2018 compared to 600 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 17% to 23%.

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