Thomas Jefferson Jr High

Thomas Jefferson Jr High, a middle-of-the-pack intermediate school in KEARNS, Utah, part of Granite District, works with 915 students, covering grades 6 through 8.

Granite District runs 85 schools in total, collectively educating 59,404 students. Thomas Jefferson Jr High is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Thomas Jefferson Jr High lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 38% White, 4% Pacific Islander, 3% multiracial, 2% Black. By comparison, Salt Lake County as a whole is about 21% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Thomas Jefferson Jr High logs 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.6:1. The state averages around 21.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 49% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Salt Lake County's rate of about 34%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Thomas Jefferson Jr High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.9%; this one delivers 23.8%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Salt Lake County indicate median household earnings sit near $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), Thomas Jefferson Jr High is one campus in the mix.

Thomas W. Bacchus School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Thomas Jefferson Jr High at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 29.1%.

Thomas Jefferson Jr High operates from a residential location.

Five-year trend. Thomas Jefferson Jr High's enrollment has rose 30% since 2018, when it stood at 706 (now 915). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 49% to 38% over that span.

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