American Leadership Academy

American Leadership Academy operates as a big K-12 campus in SPANISH FORK, Utah, one of the schools within American Leadership Academy. Current enrollment sits at 1,597 students spanning grades K through 12. Compared to the state average of about 687 students per school, that is 132% above typical.

Operationally, American Leadership Academy answers to American Leadership Academy, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

In terms of who attends, American Leadership Academy records that 57% of the student body identifies as White; the rest consists of 38% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 81% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, American Leadership Academy lists 89 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.0:1. The state averages around 19.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 37% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Utah County runs at roughly 22%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, American Leadership Academy performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.9%, the actual is 42.4%, a residual of +0.5 points.

In the broader community, Utah County reports that the typical household earns roughly $100,671 per year, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Utah County's 202 public schools (combined enrollment of about 164,467 students), American Leadership Academy is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Riverview School, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around American Leadership Academy. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), American Leadership Academy ranks 4th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 40.9%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site. As a public charter, American Leadership Academy runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at American Leadership Academy has contracted 10%, going from 1,766 students in 2018 to 1,597 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 71% to 57% across the same window.

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