Academy Park School

Located at 4580 WESTPOINT DR, in WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah, Academy Park School is a modestly sized elementary school that hosts 358 students (grades pre-K through 6), overseen by Granite District. By comparison, Utah's public schools average about 491 students each, so Academy Park School sits 27% smaller than that benchmark.

Within Granite District, which oversees 85 schools and 59,404 students, Academy Park School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Academy Park School logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 34% White, 7% Pacific Islander, 6% Black, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 21%.

In terms of school funding signals, Academy Park School reports 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.8:1, putting Academy Park School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 48% of students at Academy Park School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Salt Lake County's rate of about 34%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Academy Park School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 36.2%; this one comes in at 18.8%, -17.4 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Salt Lake County indicate median household income runs about $97,494, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Salt Lake County runs 325 public schools (combined enrollment of about 209,757 students), of which Academy Park School is one.

Nearest neighbor: John F. Kennedy Jr High, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Academy Park School at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 28.3%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 31%: 519 students in 2018 compared to 358 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 47% to 34% over that span.

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