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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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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.
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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
807
-112 (-12%) vs 2017
% White
88%
was 91%
% Hispanic
7%
was 3%
% Black
1%
was 2%
% Asian
1%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Olympus Jr High
Olympus Jr High is one of the average-sized intermediate schools in SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, run under Granite District, with 807 students on its rolls from grades 5 through 9.
Olympus Jr High is one of 85 schools operated by Granite District, a district that serves 59,404 students overall.
In terms of who attends, Olympus Jr High lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (88%); the rest reads as 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 70%.
Looking at school resources, Olympus Jr High shows 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 26.2:1. The state averages around 21.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 13% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below Salt Lake County's rate of about 34%.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Olympus Jr High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 53.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 60.7%.
Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Salt Lake County put median household income runs about $97,494, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Salt Lake County's 325 public schools (combined enrollment of about 209,757 students), Olympus Jr High is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Crestview School, around 0.9 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Olympus Jr High comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 58.0%.
The school occupies an outer-ring site.
Looking at the recent track record. Olympus Jr High's enrollment has edged down 12% since 2018, when it stood at 919 (now 807).
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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 Granite District
- Granger HighHigh · 3,267 students
- Cyprus HighHigh · 2,762 students
- Taylorsville HighHigh · 2,685 students
- Hunter HighHigh · 2,480 students
- Kearns HighHigh · 2,313 students
- Skyline HighHigh · 2,186 students
Other schools in SALT LAKE CITY
- West HighHigh · 2,503 students
- Brighton HighHigh · 2,435 students
- Skyline HighHigh · 2,186 students
- Olympus HighHigh · 2,151 students
- Highland HighHigh · 1,973 students
- East HighHigh · 1,764 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.