Wahlquist Jr High

As a mid-sized intermediate school in FARR WEST, Utah, Wahlquist Jr High enrolls 1,033 students from grades 7 through 9, overseen by Weber District. That puts it 24% bigger than the typical public school in Utah, which averages around 831 students.

Weber District runs 52 schools in total, collectively educating 32,054 students. Wahlquist Jr High is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Wahlquist Jr High lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%). Beyond that, the school shows 6% Hispanic. By comparison, Weber County as a whole is about 83% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Wahlquist Jr High has 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 24.6:1. The state averages around 21.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 15% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Weber County runs at roughly 35%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Wahlquist Jr High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 52.5%, the actual is 45.1%, a residual of -7.4 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Weber County) records that the typical household earns roughly $90,005 per year, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Weber County's 95 public schools (combined enrollment of about 49,670 students), Wahlquist Jr High is one campus in the mix.

Farr West 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 Wahlquist Jr High. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Wahlquist Jr High at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 49.4%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Wahlquist Jr High has shrank 3%, going from 1,060 students in 2018 to 1,033 in 2025.

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