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Wasatch Jr High School

Serves grades 6 - 8

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
3750 S 3100 E
Salt Lake City, UT 84109
Phone
(385) 646-5244
District
Granite District
County
SALT LAKE COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
787
Classroom Teachers
33

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Utah

8

(10 is best)

Better than 77.7% of all UT schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

9

(10 is best)

Wasatch Jr High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 6

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
54%
41%
60%
47%
48%
35%
54%
41%
60%
47%
48%
35%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 7

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
53%
43%
54%
42%
52%
44%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 8

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
56%
40%
58%
43%
53%
37%
56%
40%
58%
43%
53%
37%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

30 25 20 15 10 5 0
24
22
22
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 6 221 28.1%
Grade 7 285 36.2%
Grade 8 281 35.7%
Total 787 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 79.3% 46.3% 73.8%
Black 1.2% 3.6% 1.4%
Hispanic 7.6% 40.5% 20.3%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 11.4% 4.2% 1.8%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.5% 5.3% 2.7%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 12.8% 48.8% 29.0%
Free lunch eligible 10.0% 40.0% 23.3%
Reduced lunch eligible 2.8% 8.8% 5.8%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 405,239 3,380,800
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 1,401.2 40
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 7.1% 7.3%
5-19 YEARS OLD 22.8% 24.4%
20-44 YEARS OLD 37.0% 37.0%
45-64 YEARS OLD 21.7% 19.9%
65 OR OLDER 11.5% 11.4%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 133,211 1,062,819
Single Parent Households With Children 9.0% 6.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 87.7% 93.2%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 28.4% 36.1%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 19.0% 21.4%
$100,000 - $149,999 20.0% 21.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 15.6% 14.9%
$50,000 - $74,999 18.6% 16.8%
$30,000 - $49,999 14.0% 12.8%
$15,000 - $29,999 7.5% 7.5%
$15,000 or less 5.2% 5.4%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,984 $366,201,000 50.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $827 $50,630,000 7.0%
Staff $632 $38,682,000 5.3%
General Administration $102 $6,224,000 0.9%
School Administration $718 $43,926,000 6.1%
Operation $1,143 $69,919,000 9.7%
Transportation $195 $11,945,000 1.7%
Other $295 $18,081,000 2.5%
Total Support $3,912 $239,407,000 33.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,929 $118,038,000 16.3%
Total Expenditures $11,825 $723,646,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,584 $3,864,422,000 52.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $491 $340,095,000 4.6%
Staff $399 $276,323,000 3.7%
General Administration $101 $69,745,000 0.9%
School Administration $593 $410,114,000 5.6%
Operation $773 $534,668,000 7.2%
Transportation $220 $152,550,000 2.1%
Other $280 $193,935,000 2.6%
Total Support $2,857 $1,977,430,000 26.8%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,215 $1,532,981,000 20.8%
Total Expenditures $10,656 $7,374,833,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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