An example method is provided in one example embodiment and may include gathering current wireless local area network (WLAN) data for a WLAN, wherein the WLAN data comprises network data, Radio Frequency (RF) data, and transmission data for a plurality of user equipment (UE) operating within the WLAN; generating a plurality of color maps; merging the plurality of color maps to generate a combined color map; and calculating a predicted application score for at least one UE operating within the WLAN based, at least in part, on application of the combined color map to a trained statistical model that represents linking relationships between the WLAN data gathered for the WLAN and a plurality of possible application scores for the plurality of UE. The plurality of color maps can include an RF color map, a transmission color map, and a Quality of Service color map.