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Enrollment
622
Elementary
DISTRICT 776 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AMERICAN PREPARATORY ACADEMY·NCES 490000500801
American Preparatory Academy - Draper #1
12892 S PONY EXPRESS RD, DRAPER, UT 84020 · (801) 553-8500 · Salt Lake County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL622 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 98% of Utah public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Utah public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
23.9:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.9:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
69 students
DISTRICT 29% · STATE 33%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 101 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 87 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 86 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 89 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 85 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 86 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (101) is 17% larger than its 6th grade class (86).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 47% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
American Preparatory Academy - Draper #1→American Preparatory Academy - Draper #3
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Test scores
RISE / Utah Aspire+ 2024-25 . % Proficient + Highly ProficientEnglish Language Arts
68.7%
UT avg 41.4% . -5.7pp since 2023
Math
81.5%
UT avg 41.8% . +4.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Utah schools, those numbers are about 41 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.7% | 81.5% |
| 2023-24 | 74.4% | 76.6% |
% Proficient + Highly Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: RISE / Utah Aspire+. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of UT schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
78.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.4%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+23.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 54% typical for Utah schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 24 points, placing it in Utah's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like American Preparatory Academy - Draper #1
American Preparatory Academy - Draper #1's state test result (78.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Preparatory Academy - Draper #1 this school | 622 | 11.1% | 78.0% |
| American Preparatory Academy - Draper #2 DRAPER | 1,068 | 17.1% | 68.5% |
| Beehive Science & Technology Academy Elementary SANDY | 435 | 23.2% | 46.0% |
| Channing Hall DRAPER | 604 | 17.5% | 56.0% |
| Beacon Heights School SALT LAKE CITY | 345 | 18.3% | 70.6% |
| James E. Moss School SALT LAKE CITY | 543 | 33.9% | 22.5% |
Matched among Utah elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where American Preparatory Academy - Draper #1 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Salt Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #9 of 562 | #8 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.5% | #2 of 578 ▲ 13 | #2 of 180 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.7% | #22 of 578 ▼ 7 | #14 of 180 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 622 | #169 of 613 | #47 of 184 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.9:1 | #491 of 556 | #159 of 178 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.5% | #20 of 559 | #19 of 179 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.1% | #527 of 582 | #163 of 179 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.0% | #118 of 128 | #31 of 33 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
622
-35 (-5%) vs 2020
+10% since 2010-11, when it was 567
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 622 | 26 | 23.9:1 | 11% (69) |
| 2023-24 | 609 | 26 | 23.4:1 | 14% (86) |
| 2022-23 | 623 | 24.4 | 25.6:1 | 15% (95) |
| 2020-21 | 657 | N/A | N/A | 19% (124) |
| 2017-18 | 616 | N/A | N/A | 17% (104) |
| 2015-16 | 588 | N/A | N/A | 20% (118) |
| 2010-11 | 567 | 27 | 21.0:1 | 17% (98) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for American Preparatory Academy - Draper #1.
About American Preparatory Academy - Draper #1
A mid-sized elementary school in DRAPER, Utah, American Preparatory Academy - Draper #1 is part of American Preparatory Academy. The school runs kindergarten through 6 and enrolls 622 students. Elementary schools in Utah average about 491 students, which makes this school 27% above average.
American Preparatory Academy - Draper #1 is one school in a 6-school district, American Preparatory Academy, which enrolls 5,174 students.
About 51% of the student body at American Preparatory Academy - Draper #1 is White. Enrollment also includes 28% Asian, 14% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 3% Black. Among people living in Salt Lake County, the White share is about 70%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 64%.
The school has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 23.9 students per teacher. Elementary schools in Utah have an average ratio of 21.8:1. The school reported 11% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Public schools in Salt Lake County average 34%.
On the allk12 Grade, American Preparatory Academy - Draper #1 lands at A+, ahead of 98% of Utah public elementary schools.
American Preparatory Academy - Draper #1 beats its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results by 23.6 points (78.0% versus 54.4%), a top-10% result in Utah on BeatsExpectations.
Looking at the county, Salt Lake County, the median household earns about $97,494 a year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting American Preparatory Academy - Draper #1, Salt Lake County has 325 public schools.
Channing Hall is about 0.9 miles away, making it the nearest public school. American Preparatory Academy - Draper #1 is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. American Preparatory Academy - Draper #1's average proficiency of 78.0% compares with 57.2% for its nearest scored neighbors.
In the federal locale system, American Preparatory Academy - Draper #1 is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. Federal records list American Preparatory Academy - Draper #1 as a charter school.
In 2020-21, American Preparatory Academy - Draper #1 enrolled 657 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 622.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at American Preparatory Academy - Draper #1. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Salt Lake County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,196,523
Census ACS
Median income
$97,494
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
325
209,757 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in American Preparatory Academy
- American Preparatory Academy - Accelerated SchoolCombined · 1,556 students
- American Preparatory Academy - Draper #2Elementary · 1,068 students
- American Preparatory Academy - Draper #3High · 719 students
- American Preparatory Academy - The School for New AmericansElementary · 639 students
- American Preparatory Academy - SalemCombined · 570 students
Other schools in DRAPER
- Corner Canyon HighHigh · 2,437 students
- Draper Park MiddleMiddle · 1,411 students
- American Preparatory Academy - Draper #2Elementary · 1,068 students
- American Preparatory Academy - Draper #3High · 719 students
- Draper SchoolElementary · 680 students
- Channing HallElementary · 604 students
Nearby schools
- Channing Hall0.9 mi · 604
- Willow Springs School1.0 mi · 562
- American Preparatory Academy - Draper #21.3 mi · 1,068
- Corner Canyon High1.3 mi · 2,437
- American Preparatory Academy - Draper #31.3 mi · 719
- Draper School1.8 mi · 680
Frequently asked questions
About American Preparatory Academy - Draper #1How large is American Preparatory Academy - Draper #1?
American Preparatory Academy - Draper #1 enrolls approximately 622 students in grades KG-06.
Is American Preparatory Academy - Draper #1 an elementary, middle, or high school?
American Preparatory Academy - Draper #1 is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does American Preparatory Academy - Draper #1 have?
American Preparatory Academy - Draper #1 employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at American Preparatory Academy - Draper #1?
At American Preparatory Academy - Draper #1, the student body is approximately 51% White, 14% Hispanic, 3% Black, 28% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is American Preparatory Academy - Draper #1 in?
American Preparatory Academy - Draper #1 is part of American Preparatory Academy.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.