Highland Junior High

Highland Junior High, an intimate intermediate school in OGDEN, Utah, one of the schools within Ogden City District, enrolls 649 students, covering grades 7 through 9. Enrollment runs roughly 22% leaner than the state mean of about 831.

Ogden City District runs 18 schools in total, collectively educating 10,244 students. Highland Junior High is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Highland Junior High logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 62%. Beyond that, the school records 30% White, 4% multiracial, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 19% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.7:1, putting Highland Junior High tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 69% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Weber County's rate of about 35%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Highland Junior High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 26.3%; this one delivers 12.4%.

Around the school, Weber County reports that median household income runs about $90,005, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Weber County runs 95 public schools (combined enrollment of about 49,670 students), of which Highland Junior High is one.

Nearest neighbor: Bonneville School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Highland Junior High. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Highland Junior High ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 23.4%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Highland Junior High's enrollment has declined 26% since 2018, when it stood at 877 (now 649). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 34% to 30%.

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