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Farmington Jr High
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RISE / Utah Aspire+ 2024-25 . % Proficient + Highly ProficientBeatsExpectations
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Farmington Jr High
Farmington Jr High is a sprawling 6-8 campus in FARMINGTON, Utah, part of Davis District. The school enrolls 1,266 students in grades 7 through 9. That puts it 52% above the typical public school in Utah, which averages around 831 students.
Farmington Jr High is one of 95 schools operated by Davis District, a district that instructs 71,703 students overall.
In terms of who attends, Farmington Jr High records that nearly all students (89%) are White. Beyond that, the school logs 6% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.
In terms of school funding signals, Farmington Jr High logs 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 26.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 21.7:1 average. An estimated 8% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Davis County (around 19%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.
After controlling for student poverty, Farmington Jr High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 56.0%, the actual is 51.3%, a residual of -4.7 points.
Around the school, community-level numbers for Davis County indicate median household earnings sit near $110,884, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Davis County runs 118 public schools (combined enrollment of about 81,110 students), of which Farmington Jr High is one.
Nearest neighbor: Farmington School, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Farmington Jr High comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 54.6%.
Farmington Jr High operates from a residential location.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 3%: 1,229 students in 2018 compared to 1,266 in 2025.
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