Joel P. Jensen Middle

Joel P. Jensen Middle operates as a moderately sized 6-8 campus in WEST JORDAN, Utah, operated by Jordan District. Current enrollment sits at 760 students spanning grades 7 through 9.

Joel P. Jensen Middle is one of 67 schools operated by Jordan District, a district that enrolls 58,788 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Joel P. Jensen Middle reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 43%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 43% White, 5% multiracial, 4% Pacific Islander. The wider county runs roughly 21% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Joel P. Jensen Middle shows 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.6:1. The state averages around 21.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 50% of students at Joel P. Jensen Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Salt Lake County (around 34%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Joel P. Jensen Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 24.6%.

Around the school, census data for Salt Lake County shows the typical household earns roughly $97,494 per year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Joel P. Jensen Middle is one of 325 public schools in Salt Lake County (combined enrollment of about 209,757 students).

The closest other public school is West Jordan High, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Joel P. Jensen Middle ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 31.7%.

Joel P. Jensen Middle operates from a suburban location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Joel P. Jensen Middle has contracted 13%, going from 874 students in 2018 to 760 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 58% to 43% across the same window.

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