Ascent Academies of Utah Saratoga Springs

Ascent Academies of Utah Saratoga Springs operates as a moderately sized elementary campus in SARATOGA SPRINGS, Utah, run under Ascent Academies of Utah. Current enrollment sits at 637 students spanning grades K through 6. That puts it 30% larger than the typical public school in Utah, which averages around 491 students.

Ascent Academies of Utah runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 2,854 students. Ascent Academies of Utah Saratoga Springs is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Ascent Academies of Utah Saratoga Springs lists that White students make up the majority at 65%; the rest breaks down as 19% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 3% Asian, 3% Black. By comparison, Utah County as a whole is about 81% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 21.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 19% of students at Ascent Academies of Utah Saratoga Springs qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Ascent Academies of Utah Saratoga Springs performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.3%, the actual is 43.0%, a residual of -7.3 points.

Around the school, Utah County reports that the typical household earns roughly $100,671 per year, roughly 44% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Utah County runs 202 public schools (combined enrollment of about 164,467 students), of which Ascent Academies of Utah Saratoga Springs is one.

The closest other public school is Harvest School, roughly 0.8 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Ascent Academies of Utah Saratoga Springs at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 47.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area. Ascent Academies of Utah Saratoga Springs operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

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