Grantsville Jr High

As a compact middle school in GRANTSVILLE, Utah, Grantsville Jr High works with 550 students from grades 7 through 8, one of the schools within Tooele District. That puts it 34% below the typical public school in Utah, which averages around 831 students.

Within Tooele District, which oversees 27 schools and 16,088 students, Grantsville Jr High is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Grantsville Jr High records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (84%). Other groups include 11% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Tooele County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, Grantsville Jr High lists 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.5:1. The state averages around 21.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 21% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Grantsville Jr High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.7%; this one delivers 41.6%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Tooele County shows median household income runs about $106,587, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Tooele County's 32 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,521 students), Grantsville Jr High is one campus in the mix.

Grantsville High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Grantsville Jr High. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Grantsville Jr High at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 36.6%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Five-year trend. Grantsville Jr High's enrollment has climbed 21% since 2018, when it stood at 455 (now 550). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 91% to 84%.

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