American Preparatory Academy - Draper #3

American Preparatory Academy - Draper #3 is one of the small high schools in DRAPER, Utah, part of American Preparatory Academy, with 719 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 12. That puts it 27% smaller than the typical public school in Utah, which averages around 980 students.

Within American Preparatory Academy, which oversees 6 schools and 5,174 students, American Preparatory Academy - Draper #3 is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, American Preparatory Academy - Draper #3 records that the largest single group is White at 48%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 29% Hispanic, 19% Asian, 2% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 70%.

On the resource side, American Preparatory Academy - Draper #3 reports 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.5:1. The state averages about 21.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 16% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Salt Lake County runs at roughly 34%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), American Preparatory Academy - Draper #3 performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 52.1%, the actual is 60.1%, a residual of +8.1 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Salt Lake County) shows that median household earnings sit near $97,494, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Salt Lake County runs 325 public schools (combined enrollment of about 209,757 students), of which American Preparatory Academy - Draper #3 is one.

American Preparatory Academy - Draper #2 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around American Preparatory Academy - Draper #3. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), American Preparatory Academy - Draper #3 ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 56.6%.

The school occupies a residential site. As a public charter, American Preparatory Academy - Draper #3 runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Over the past 7-year window. American Preparatory Academy - Draper #3's enrollment has climbed 30% since 2018, when it stood at 552 (now 719). White enrollment moved from 64% to 48% across the same window.

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