Ascent Academies of Utah Farmington

Ascent Academies of Utah Farmington is one of the compact K-12 campuss in FARMINGTON, Utah, one of the schools within Ascent Academies of Utah, with 385 students on its rolls from grades K through 9. Compared to the state average of about 687 students per school, that is 44% leaner than typical.

Ascent Academies of Utah comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 2,854 students; Ascent Academies of Utah Farmington is among them.

Demographically, Ascent Academies of Utah Farmington reports that the largest single group is White, at 77% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 11% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian, 2% Black.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 19.9:1, putting Ascent Academies of Utah Farmington tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 14% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Ascent Academies of Utah Farmington falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 52.8%; this one comes in at 34.8%, -18.1 points off the demographic line.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Davis County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $110,884 per year, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Davis County runs 118 public schools (combined enrollment of about 81,110 students), of which Ascent Academies of Utah Farmington is one.

The closest other public school is Farmington Jr High, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Ascent Academies of Utah Farmington ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 57.3%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting. Ascent Academies of Utah Farmington operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 25%: 516 students in 2018 compared to 385 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 85% to 77% over that span.

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