Mount Ogden Junior High

Set in OGDEN, Utah, Mount Ogden Junior High is a mid-sized 6-8 campus, operated by Ogden City District. It serves 803 students across grades 7 through 9.

Within Ogden City District, which oversees 18 schools and 10,244 students, Mount Ogden Junior High is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Mount Ogden Junior High records that the most-represented group is White (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 41% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 83% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 22.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 41% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Mount Ogden Junior High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 39.9%; this one delivers 30.8%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Weber County put median household earnings sit near $90,005, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Mount Ogden Junior High is one of 95 public schools in Weber County (combined enrollment of about 49,670 students).

Wasatch School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Mount Ogden Junior High ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 34.5%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mount Ogden Junior High has shrank 8%, going from 876 students in 2018 to 803 in 2025.

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