📍 411 W Vine St, Tooele, Tooele County, 84074
Tooele Jr High is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Tooele, Tooele County. The school has 733 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Tooele District school district. It serves grades 7–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 46.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.8:1. 28% of students are proficient in reading. 33% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Tooele Jr High enrolls 733 students across grades 7–8. The student body is 47% male and 53% female. A teaching staff of 46.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 71% White, 23% Hispanic or Latino and 1.9% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 518 | 71% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 167 | 23% |
| Two or more races | 14 | 1.9% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 11 | 1.5% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 10 | 1.4% |
| Black or African American | 8 | 1.1% |
| Asian | 5 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
395 of the school's 733 students (54%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 165 qualify for free lunch and 230 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Tooele Jr High is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district UT-20, state senate district 12, state house district 21.
Tooele Jr High is one of 27 schools in Tooele District, based in Tooele, Utah. The district serves 16,088 students district-wide and employs 772 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 733 students, Tooele Jr High is larger than the district average of about 596 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant