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Enrollment
915
Middle
DISTRICT 777 · STATE 831
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRANITE DISTRICT·NCES 490036000871
Thomas Jefferson Jr High
5850 S 5600 W, KEARNS, UT 84118 · (385) 646-5194 · Salt Lake County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL915 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 4% of Utah public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Utah public middle schools
Student : Teacher
22.6:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.3:1 · STATE 21.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
448 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 | 317 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 287 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 311 | 34% |
Student demographics
62%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
21.4%
UT avg 41.4% . -2.6pp since 2023
Math
16.7%
UT avg 41.8% . +2.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 21.4% | 16.7% |
| 2023-24 | 24.0% | 14.2% |
% 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
23.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.9%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Thomas Jefferson Jr High
Thomas Jefferson Jr High's state test result (23.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Jefferson Jr High this school | 915 | 49.0% | 23.8% |
| Joel P. Jensen Middle WEST JORDAN | 760 | 49.9% | 24.6% |
| Scott M Matheson Jr High MAGNA | 1,051 | 52.3% | 17.4% |
| Mount Logan Middle LOGAN | 1,114 | 47.8% | 35.9% |
| West Jordan Middle WEST JORDAN | 1,000 | 48.1% | 26.0% |
| Mount Ogden Junior High OGDEN | 803 | 40.7% | 30.8% |
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 Thomas Jefferson Jr High ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Salt Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.8% | #125 of 136 | #35 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.7% | #134 of 140 ▲ 1 | #39 of 44 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.4% | #132 of 140 ▼ 3 | #37 of 44 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 915 | #64 of 144 | #18 of 44 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.6:1 | #74 of 137 | #23 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.7% | #9 of 137 | #9 of 44 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.0% | #22 of 141 | #14 of 44 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +29.6% | #5 of 46 | #3 of 16 |
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
915
+193 (+27%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 1,302
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 | 915 | 40.4 | 22.6:1 | 49% (448) |
| 2023-24 | 962 | 46.1 | 20.9:1 | 55% (526) |
| 2022-23 | 989 | 44.3 | 22.3:1 | 50% (495) |
| 2020-21 | 722 | N/A | N/A | 57% (410) |
| 2017-18 | 706 | N/A | N/A | 59% (420) |
| 2015-16 | 739 | N/A | N/A | 58% (425) |
| 2010-11 | 1,080 | 44 | 24.6:1 | 53% (572) |
| 2000-01 | 1,277 | 58 | 22.0:1 | 35% (451) |
| 1990-91 | 1,302 | 49 | 26.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Thomas Jefferson Jr High.
About Thomas Jefferson Jr High
Thomas Jefferson Jr High sits in KEARNS, Utah, and is classified as a middle-grades school. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 915 students in grades 6 through 8.
Granite District runs 85 schools with a combined 59,404 students. Thomas Jefferson Jr High is one of them.
Enrollment at Thomas Jefferson Jr High is mixed, with Hispanic students the largest group at 48%. The rest of enrollment is 38% White, 4% Pacific Islander, 3% multiracial, and 2% Black. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Salt Lake County's population at about 21%. Thomas Jefferson Jr High has a diversity index of 62%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at Thomas Jefferson Jr High total 40.4 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 22.6:1. For comparison, middle schools in Utah average 21.7:1. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 49%. Among public schools in Salt Lake County, the average eligibility rate is 34%.
The allk12 Grade for Thomas Jefferson Jr High is F. Compared with Utah public middle schools, the school scored higher than 4% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Compared with Utah schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Thomas Jefferson Jr High's results are 12.1 points below predicted: 23.8% against 35.9%.
Census Bureau estimates for Salt Lake County show that median household income is about $97,494, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Thomas Jefferson Jr High is one of 325 public schools in Salt Lake County, which together enroll about 209,757 students.
The closest public school to Thomas Jefferson Jr High is Thomas W. Bacchus School, about 0.4 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Thomas Jefferson Jr High comes in 5th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Thomas Jefferson Jr High the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 27%, from 722 to 915.
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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 KEARNS
- Kearns HighHigh · 2,313 students
- Kearns Jr HighMiddle · 732 students
- Entheos Academy KearnsCombined · 579 students
- West Kearns SchoolElementary · 548 students
- South Kearns SchoolElementary · 536 students
- Beehive SchoolElementary · 489 students
Other Thomas Jefferson Junior High schools
One other US public school is named Thomas Jefferson Junior High. Thomas Jefferson Jr High is the largest of the 2.
- Thomas Jefferson Jr High SchoolWoodridge, IL · 573 students
Nearby schools
- Thomas W. Bacchus School0.4 mi · 315
- Beehive School0.7 mi · 489
- Jim Bridger School0.7 mi · 340
- Diamond Ridge School0.8 mi · 483
- Silver Hills School1.0 mi · 475
- Western Hills School1.1 mi · 298
Frequently asked questions
About Thomas Jefferson Jr HighWhat is the total enrollment at Thomas Jefferson Jr High?
Thomas Jefferson Jr High enrolls approximately 915 students in grades 06-08.
Is Thomas Jefferson Jr High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Thomas Jefferson Jr High is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Thomas Jefferson Jr High?
Approximately 22.6:1 students per teacher at Thomas Jefferson Jr High.
How diverse is Thomas Jefferson Jr High?
Thomas Jefferson Jr High reports a student body of 38% White, 48% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Thomas Jefferson Jr High in?
Thomas Jefferson Jr High is part of Granite District.
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