Wasatch Jr High

Wasatch Jr High, a mid-sized junior high in SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, overseen by Granite District, enrolls 829 students, covering grades 6 through 8.

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

In terms of who attends, Wasatch Jr High lists that White students make up the majority at 73%; the rest breaks down as 12% Asian, 7% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. Compared to Salt Lake County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, Wasatch Jr High shows 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 25.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.7:1, putting Wasatch Jr High higher than the state norm the norm. About 11% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Salt Lake County (around 34%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Wasatch Jr High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 54.5%, the actual is 66.8%, a residual of +12.3 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Salt Lake County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $97,494 per year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Wasatch Jr High is one of 325 public schools in Salt Lake County (combined enrollment of about 209,757 students).

Skyline High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 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 Wasatch Jr High at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 66.2%.

Wasatch Jr High operates from a suburban location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Wasatch Jr High has stayed largely flat, going from 812 students in 2018 to 829 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 81% to 73% over that span.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.