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Enrollment
829
Middle
DISTRICT 777 · STATE 831
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRANITE DISTRICT·NCES 490036000269
Wasatch Jr High
3750 S 3100 E, SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84109 · (385) 646-5244 · Salt Lake County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL829 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 97% of Utah public middle schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
25.6:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.3:1 · STATE 21.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
91 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 | 249 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 300 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 280 | 34% |
Student demographics
45%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
62.9%
UT avg 41.4% . -1.1pp since 2023
Math
61.9%
UT avg 41.8% . +0.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.9% | 61.9% |
| 2023-24 | 64.0% | 61.4% |
% 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
66.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.5%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% 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 →
Schools most like Wasatch Jr High
Wasatch Jr High's state test result (66.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wasatch Jr High this school | 829 | 11.0% | 66.8% |
| Elk Ridge Middle SOUTH JORDAN | 1,151 | 18.2% | 56.5% |
| Draper Park Middle DRAPER | 1,411 | 12.5% | 59.0% |
| Bonneville Jr High SALT LAKE CITY | 636 | 40.1% | 36.6% |
| South Jordan Middle SOUTH JORDAN | 1,182 | 12.1% | 52.7% |
| Evergreen Jr High SALT LAKE CITY | 600 | 27.0% | 49.4% |
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 Wasatch Jr High ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Salt Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.8% | #3 of 136 | #2 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.9% | #13 of 140 ▼ 3 | #4 of 44 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.9% | #3 of 140 no change | #2 of 44 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 829 | #76 of 144 | #21 of 44 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.6:1 | #121 of 137 | #43 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.6% | #57 of 137 | #32 of 44 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.0% | #132 of 141 | #41 of 44 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.1% | #36 of 46 | #12 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
829
+3 (+0%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 857
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 | 829 | 32.4 | 25.6:1 | 11% (91) |
| 2023-24 | 813 | 33.1 | 24.6:1 | 13% (106) |
| 2022-23 | 787 | 33.5 | 23.5:1 | 13% (101) |
| 2020-21 | 826 | N/A | N/A | 13% (107) |
| 2017-18 | 812 | N/A | N/A | 13% (107) |
| 2015-16 | 887 | N/A | N/A | 12% (108) |
| 2010-11 | 880 | 34 | 25.9:1 | 9% (81) |
| 2000-01 | 884 | 40 | 22.1:1 | 5% (40) |
| 1990-91 | 857 | 35 | 24.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wasatch Jr High.
About Wasatch Jr High
Wasatch Jr High is a medium-sized middle school in SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. The student body numbers 829 students, from grades 6 through 8.
Granite District, which runs Wasatch Jr High, has 85 schools and 59,404 students.
White students are the majority at Wasatch Jr High, with 73% of enrollment. Other groups make up 12% Asian, 7% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. County-wide, about 70% of residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is a 45% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reported 32.4 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 25.6:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 21.7:1 average for middle schools in Utah. Eligible students account for 11% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Salt Lake County is 34%.
The allk12 Grade for Wasatch Jr High is A+. Compared with Utah public middle schools, the school scored higher than 97% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Wasatch Jr High is 12.3 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (66.8% versus 54.5%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Utah.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Salt Lake County show that the median household income is $97,494, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Besides Wasatch Jr High, Salt Lake County has 324 other public schools.
The nearest public school is Skyline High, at about 0.3 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Wasatch Jr High comes in 5th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies Wasatch Jr High's location as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 826 in 2020-21, 829 in 2024-25.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Wasatch Jr High. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
- Skyline High0.3 mi · 2,186
- Upland Terrace School0.3 mi · 477
- Morningside School0.7 mi · 564
- Eastwood School0.9 mi · 300
- Churchill Jr High1.0 mi · 521
- Olympus High1.0 mi · 2,151
Frequently asked questions
About Wasatch Jr HighWhat is the total enrollment at Wasatch Jr High?
Wasatch Jr High enrolls approximately 829 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Wasatch Jr High serve?
Wasatch Jr High serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Wasatch Jr High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Wasatch Jr High is approximately 25.6:1 (32 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Wasatch Jr High?
Wasatch Jr High reports a student body of 73% White, 7% Hispanic, 1% Black, 12% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Wasatch Jr High?
Wasatch 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.