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Enrollment
760
Middle
DISTRICT 1,021 · STATE 831
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JORDAN DISTRICT·NCES 490042000816
Joel P. Jensen Middle
8105 S 3200 W, WEST JORDAN, UT 84088 · (801) 412-2850 · Salt Lake County
GRADES 07–09MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL760 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 6% of Utah public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Utah public middle schools
Student : Teacher
19.6:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.3:1 · STATE 21.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
379 students
DISTRICT 28% · STATE 33%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 241 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 265 | 35% |
| Grade 9 | 254 | 33% |
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 47% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
RISE / Utah Aspire+ 2024-25 . % Proficient + Highly ProficientEnglish Language Arts
24.6%
UT avg 41.4% . +2.0pp since 2023
Math
23.1%
UT avg 41.8% . -2.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Utah schools, those numbers are about 41 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 24.6% | 23.1% |
| 2023-24 | 22.6% | 25.8% |
% Proficient + Highly Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: RISE / Utah Aspire+. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
24.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.4%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% typical for Utah schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Utah's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Joel P. Jensen Middle
Joel P. Jensen Middle's state test result (24.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joel P. Jensen Middle this school | 760 | 49.9% | 24.6% |
| Thomas Jefferson Jr High KEARNS | 915 | 49.0% | 23.8% |
| West Jordan Middle WEST JORDAN | 1,000 | 48.1% | 26.0% |
| Scott M Matheson Jr High MAGNA | 1,051 | 52.3% | 17.4% |
| Shoreline Middle School PROVO | 877 | 46.5% | N/A |
| Mount Logan Middle LOGAN | 1,114 | 47.8% | 35.9% |
Matched among Utah middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Joel P. Jensen Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Salt Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.6% | #124 of 136 | #34 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.1% | #120 of 140 ▼ 1 | #31 of 44 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.6% | #127 of 140 ▲ 4 | #34 of 44 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 760 | #88 of 144 | #26 of 44 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.6:1 | #29 of 137 | #9 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.9% | #8 of 137 | #8 of 44 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.9% | #19 of 141 | #13 of 44 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.0% | #35 of 77 | #15 of 25 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
760
-120 (-14%) vs 2020
-40% since 1990-91, when it was 1,276
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 760 | 38.8 | 19.6:1 | 50% (379) |
| 2023-24 | 773 | 39.3 | 19.7:1 | 50% (387) |
| 2022-23 | 801 | 38.8 | 20.6:1 | 39% (315) |
| 2020-21 | 880 | N/A | N/A | 45% (392) |
| 2017-18 | 874 | N/A | N/A | 51% (447) |
| 2015-16 | 841 | N/A | N/A | 49% (409) |
| 2010-11 | 809 | 31 | 26.1:1 | 56% (453) |
| 2000-01 | 1,184 | 48 | 24.7:1 | 23% (271) |
| 1990-91 | 1,276 | 51 | 25.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Joel P. Jensen Middle.
About Joel P. Jensen Middle
Joel P. Jensen Middle is a mid-sized middle-grades school with an address in WEST JORDAN, Utah. Total enrollment is 760 students, and the grades served are 7 through 9.
The Jordan District system has 67 schools and 58,788 students.
About 43% of students at Joel P. Jensen Middle are Hispanic, the largest single group. It is also 43% White, 5% multiracial, and 4% Pacific Islander. Salt Lake County's residents are about 21% Hispanic, 23 points below the school's share. A diversity index of 62% means there is a 62% chance two randomly chosen students at Joel P. Jensen Middle are from different groups.
Joel P. Jensen Middle reports a ratio of 19.6 students per teacher, from 38.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Utah is 21.7:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Joel P. Jensen Middle, 50% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Salt Lake County averages 34%, lower than here.
Joel P. Jensen Middle earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 6% of Utah public middle schools.
Schools in Utah with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 35.4%. Joel P. Jensen Middle scores 24.6%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Salt Lake County show that median household income comes to about $97,494, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Salt Lake County counts 325 public schools with about 209,757 students.
West Jordan High is about 0.4 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Joel P. Jensen Middle places 6th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
The NCES locale for Joel P. Jensen Middle is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 760, from 880 in 2020-21.
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Salt Lake County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,196,523
Census ACS
Median income
$97,494
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
325
209,757 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Jordan District
- Copper Hills HighHigh · 2,837 students
- Mountain Ridge HighHigh · 2,738 students
- Herriman HighHigh · 2,522 students
- Bingham HighHigh · 2,461 students
- Riverton HighHigh · 2,295 students
- PreschoolElementary · 1,773 students
Other schools in WEST JORDAN
- Copper Hills HighHigh · 2,837 students
- West Jordan HighHigh · 1,761 students
- Sunset Ridge MiddleMiddle · 1,377 students
- West Hills MiddleMiddle · 1,169 students
- West Jordan MiddleMiddle · 1,000 students
- Fox Hollow SchoolElementary · 872 students
Nearby schools
- West Jordan High0.4 mi · 1,761
- Columbia School0.6 mi · 599
- Terra Linda School0.6 mi · 474
- Itineris Early College High0.9 mi · 366
- Westvale School1.1 mi · 462
- Westland School1.1 mi · 595
Frequently asked questions
About Joel P. Jensen MiddleHow many students attend Joel P. Jensen Middle?
Joel P. Jensen Middle enrolls approximately 760 students in grades 07-09.
Is Joel P. Jensen Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Joel P. Jensen Middle is a middle school covering grades 07-09.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Joel P. Jensen Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Joel P. Jensen Middle is approximately 19.6:1 (39 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Joel P. Jensen Middle?
At Joel P. Jensen Middle, the student body is approximately 43% White, 43% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Joel P. Jensen Middle public or private?
Joel P. Jensen Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Jordan District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.