Oquirrh School

Oquirrh School, a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in WEST JORDAN, Utah, part of Jordan District, works with 524 students, covering grades K through 6.

Jordan District runs 67 schools in total, collectively educating 58,788 students. Oquirrh School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Oquirrh School lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (44%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder breaks down as 39% White, 7% Pacific Islander, 5% multiracial, 3% Black. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 21%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.8:1, putting Oquirrh School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 59% of students at Oquirrh School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Salt Lake County runs at roughly 34%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Oquirrh School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 31.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 22.8%.

In the broader community, census data for Salt Lake County shows the typical household earns roughly $97,494 per year, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Salt Lake County's 325 public schools (combined enrollment of about 209,757 students), Oquirrh School is one campus in the mix.

Westland School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Oquirrh School. On composite proficiency, Oquirrh School comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 33.1%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Looking at the recent track record. Oquirrh School's enrollment has shrank 20% since 2018, when it stood at 657 (now 524). The White share of enrollment shrank from 57% to 39% over that span.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.