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Enrollment
807
Middle
DISTRICT 777 · STATE 831
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRANITE DISTRICT·NCES 490036000249
Olympus Jr High
2217 E 4800 S, SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84117 · (385) 646-5224 · Salt Lake County
GRADES 05–09MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL807 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
26.2:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.3:1 · STATE 21.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
101 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 6 | 261 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 267 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 279 | 35% |
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
55.8%
UT avg 41.4% . -5.8pp since 2023
Math
57.4%
UT avg 41.8% . +0.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Utah schools, those numbers are about 41 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.8% | 57.4% |
| 2023-24 | 61.6% | 56.8% |
% 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
60.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.7%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Olympus Jr High
Olympus Jr High's state test result (60.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olympus Jr High this school | 807 | 12.5% | 60.7% |
| Washington Fields Intermediate WASHINGTON | 913 | 11.6% | 68.4% |
| Mountain Ridge Jr High HIGHLAND | 958 | 11.5% | 61.1% |
| Centerville Jr High CENTERVILLE | 971 | 15.1% | 49.8% |
| Kaysville Jr High KAYSVILLE | 858 | 12.4% | 54.8% |
| Albion Middle SANDY | 943 | 9.5% | 69.4% |
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 Olympus Jr High ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Salt Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.7% | #14 of 136 | #6 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.4% | #23 of 140 ▲ 2 | #7 of 44 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.8% | #16 of 140 ▼ 8 | #8 of 44 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 807 | #77 of 144 | #22 of 44 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 26.2:1 | #127 of 137 | #44 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.6% | #122 of 137 | #44 of 44 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.5% | #122 of 141 | #38 of 44 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.2% | #39 of 77 | #18 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
807
-9 (-1%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 969
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 | 807 | 30.8 | 26.2:1 | 13% (101) |
| 2023-24 | 790 | 30 | 26.4:1 | 14% (110) |
| 2022-23 | 784 | 29.8 | 26.3:1 | 12% (95) |
| 2020-21 | 816 | N/A | N/A | 14% (111) |
| 2017-18 | 919 | N/A | N/A | 13% (120) |
| 2015-16 | 827 | N/A | N/A | 15% (120) |
| 2010-11 | 837 | 31 | 27.0:1 | 13% (106) |
| 2000-01 | 877 | 36 | 24.4:1 | 8% (71) |
| 1990-91 | 969 | 38 | 25.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Olympus Jr High.
About Olympus Jr High
Olympus Jr High is a medium-sized middle-grades school. Its address is in SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. It enrolled 807 students in grades 5 through 9 for the 2024-25 school year.
Granite District oversees Olympus Jr High and 84 other schools, with 59,404 students in total.
The student body at Olympus Jr High is 88% White. Enrollment also includes 7% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Among people living in Salt Lake County, the White share is about 70%. The school's diversity index is 23%, meaning two students picked at random have a 23% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The teaching staff at Olympus Jr High is 30.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 26.2:1. This ratio sits 4.5 above the 21.7:1 average for middle schools in Utah. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 13%. The rate at public schools in Salt Lake County averages 34%, higher than here.
The model predicts 53.7% for a school in Utah with Olympus Jr High's free or reduced-price lunch share. Olympus Jr High posts 60.7%.
Census estimates describe Salt Lake County this way: the median household income is $97,494, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Olympus Jr High, Salt Lake County has 324 other public schools.
The closest other public school is Crestview School, about 0.9 miles away. Olympus Jr High has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 58.0% on proficiency, and Olympus Jr High is above that at 60.7%.
In the federal locale system, Olympus Jr High is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 816 to 807, a small change.
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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
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Other Olympus Junior High schools
One other US public school is named Olympus Junior High. Olympus Jr High is the largest of the 2.
- Olympus Junior HighRoseville, CA · 439 students
Nearby schools
- Crestview School0.9 mi · 485
- Howard R. Driggs School0.9 mi · 469
- Cottonwood School1.1 mi · 340
- Wasatch Waldorf Charter School1.1 mi · 625
- Olympus High1.2 mi · 2,151
- Bonneville Jr High1.3 mi · 636
Frequently asked questions
About Olympus Jr HighHow large is Olympus Jr High?
Olympus Jr High enrolls approximately 807 students in grades 05-09.
What age range does Olympus Jr High serve?
Olympus Jr High serves students from grade 05 through grade 09.
How many teachers does Olympus Jr High have?
Olympus Jr High employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 26.2:1.
How diverse is Olympus Jr High?
Olympus Jr High reports a student body of 88% White, 7% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Olympus Jr High?
Olympus Jr High is overseen by Granite District in Salt Lake County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.