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Enrollment
646
Combined
DISTRICT 597 · STATE 687
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ASCENT ACADEMIES OF UTAH·NCES 490017401490
Ascent Academies of Utah Lehi
2199 W 900 N, LEHI, UT 84043 · (385) 374-9641 · Utah County
GRADES KG–09COMBINED13-CITYCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL646 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 88% of Utah public K-12 schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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 K-12 schools
Student : Teacher
19.2:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.1:1 · STATE 19.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
102 students
DISTRICT 27% · STATE 33%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 74 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 71 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 74 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 53 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 38 | 6% |
| Grade 9 | 35 | 5% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is 95% larger than its 8th grade class (38).
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
Test scores
RISE / Utah Aspire+ 2024-25 . % Proficient + Highly ProficientEnglish Language Arts
53.8%
UT avg 41.4% . -1.1pp since 2023
Math
57.9%
UT avg 41.8% . -4.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023-24 | 54.9% | 62.5% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
60.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.1%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% typical for Utah schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Utah's top nor bottom 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 Ascent Academies of Utah Lehi
Ascent Academies of Utah Lehi's state test result (60.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ascent Academies of Utah Lehi this school | 646 | 15.8% | 60.3% |
| Mountain West Montessori Academy South Jordan | 450 | 16.7% | 34.8% |
| American Preparatory Academy - Salem SALEM | 570 | 21.2% | 58.5% |
| Syracuse Arts Academy - Antelope SYRACUSE | 988 | 17.9% | 52.8% |
| Lincoln Academy PLEASANT GROVE | 911 | 16.1% | 60.4% |
| Lakeview Academy SARATOGA SPRINGS | 1,061 | 12.4% | 48.9% |
Matched among Utah K-12 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 Ascent Academies of Utah Lehi ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Utah County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.3% | #5 of 31 | #3 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.9% | #5 of 29 ▼ 3 | #4 of 6 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.8% | #5 of 29 no change | #3 of 6 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 646 | #18 of 53 | #5 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.2:1 | #18 of 34 | #4 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.4% | #15 of 34 | #3 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.8% | #32 of 41 | #7 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.9% | #9 of 15 | #4 of 6 |
Ranked against other public K-12 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
646
+117 (+22%) vs 2020
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 | 646 | 33.7 | 19.2:1 | 16% (102) |
| 2023-24 | 608 | 34.3 | 17.7:1 | 24% (145) |
| 2022-23 | 584 | 34.3 | 17.1:1 | 24% (139) |
| 2020-21 | 529 | N/A | N/A | 19% (101) |
| 2017-18 | 593 | N/A | N/A | 31% (184) |
| 2015-16 | 562 | N/A | N/A | 24% (135) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ascent Academies of Utah Lehi.
About Ascent Academies of Utah Lehi
Ascent Academies of Utah Lehi is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a combined-grade school in LEHI, Utah. The school serves 646 students in kindergarten through 9 in 2024-25.
Ascent Academies of Utah Lehi is a school in Ascent Academies of Utah. The district has 5 schools and 2,854 students.
At Ascent Academies of Utah Lehi, White students make up 69% of the student body. Next come 18% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 3% Asian, and 2% Pacific Islander. The county population is about 81% White. The school's diversity index is 48%, meaning two students picked at random have a 48% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Its 33.7 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 19.2:1. That is close to the 19.9:1 average for combined schools in Utah. The school's lunch program data list 16% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Ascent Academies of Utah Lehi is graded A by allk12, scoring above 88% of Utah public K-12 schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Compared with Utah schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Ascent Academies of Utah Lehi's results are 8.2 points above predicted: 60.3% against 52.1%.
Ascent Academies of Utah Lehi is located in Utah County, where the median household income is $100,671, about 44% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Besides Ascent Academies of Utah Lehi, Utah County has 201 other public schools.
The nearest other public school, River Rock School, is about 0.5 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. By average proficiency, Ascent Academies of Utah Lehi is 2nd among 8 schools close by.
Its NCES locale code is City: Small: the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000. Ascent Academies of Utah Lehi is a public charter school.
Enrollment climbed 22% from its 2020-21 level of 529.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Ascent Academies of Utah Lehi. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Utah County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
705,400
Census ACS
Median income
$100,671
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
44%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
202
164,467 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Ascent Academies of Utah
- Ascent Academies of Utah West JordanCombined · 761 students
- Ascent Academies of Utah Saratoga SpringsElementary · 637 students
- Ascent Academies of Utah - West ValleyElementary · 425 students
- Ascent Academies of Utah FarmingtonCombined · 385 students
Other schools in LEHI
- Skyridge High SchoolHigh · 2,483 students
- Lehi HighHigh · 2,242 students
- Viewpoint MiddleMiddle · 1,667 students
- Willowcreek MiddleMiddle · 1,591 students
- Lehi Jr HighMiddle · 1,376 students
- Dry Creek SchoolElementary · 1,157 students
Nearby schools
- River Rock School0.5 mi · 935
- Willowcreek Middle0.6 mi · 1,591
- North Point School0.9 mi · 1,128
- Snow Springs School1.4 mi · 843
- Elevated Charter School1.5 mi · 228
- Meadow School1.6 mi · 612
Frequently asked questions
About Ascent Academies of Utah LehiHow large is Ascent Academies of Utah Lehi?
Ascent Academies of Utah Lehi enrolls approximately 646 students in grades KG-09.
What age range does Ascent Academies of Utah Lehi serve?
Ascent Academies of Utah Lehi serves students from grade KG through grade 09.
How many students per teacher at Ascent Academies of Utah Lehi?
Approximately 19.2:1 students per teacher at Ascent Academies of Utah Lehi.
How diverse is Ascent Academies of Utah Lehi?
Ascent Academies of Utah Lehi reports a student body of 69% White, 18% Hispanic, 0% Black, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Ascent Academies of Utah Lehi in?
Ascent Academies of Utah Lehi is part of Ascent Academies of Utah.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.