Enrollment
637
Elementary
DISTRICT 531 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ASCENT ACADEMIES OF UTAH·NCES 490017401600
Ascent Academies of Utah Saratoga Springs
992 Chianti Street, SARATOGA SPRINGS, UT 84043 · (385) 275-0909 · Utah County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY41-RURALCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL637 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 27% of Utah public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
20.6:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.7:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
124 students
DISTRICT 27% · STATE 33%
Community
0
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 | 119 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 123 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 93 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 95 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 50 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (119) is 138% larger than its 6th grade class (50).
Student demographics
53%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
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RISE / Utah Aspire+ 2024-25 . % Proficient + Highly ProficientEnglish Language Arts
39.5%
UT avg 41.4% . -6.8pp since 2023
Math
44.7%
UT avg 41.8% . +3.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.5% | 44.7% |
| 2023-24 | 46.3% | 41.3% |
% 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
43.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.3%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Saratoga Springs
Ascent Academies of Utah Saratoga Springs's state test result (43.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ascent Academies of Utah Saratoga Springs this school | 637 | 19.5% | 43.0% |
| Oakwood School SALT LAKE CITY | 580 | 19.0% | 57.3% |
| Wasatch Peak Academy North Salt Lake | 519 | 19.1% | 56.3% |
| Edgemont School PROVO | 611 | 23.7% | 71.4% |
| Elk Meadows School SOUTH JORDAN | 580 | 20.2% | 55.9% |
| Hawthorn Academy South Jordan SOUTH JORDAN | 621 | 25.9% | 46.5% |
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 Ascent Academies of Utah Saratoga Springs ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Utah County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #348 of 562 | #85 of 116 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.7% | #293 of 578 ▲ 60 | #72 of 117 ▲ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.5% | #347 of 578 ▼ 56 | #83 of 117 ▼ 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 637 | #148 of 613 | #50 of 118 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.6:1 | #232 of 556 | #27 of 115 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.3% | #152 of 559 | #18 of 115 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.5% | #423 of 582 | #73 of 117 |
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.
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 637 | 31 | 20.6:1 | 19% (124) |
| 2023-24 | 498 | 24 | 20.8:1 | 20% (101) |
| 2022-23 | 388 | 20 | 19.4:1 | 20% (76) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ascent Academies of Utah Saratoga Springs.
About Ascent Academies of Utah Saratoga Springs
As a mid-sized elementary school, Ascent Academies of Utah Saratoga Springs serves students in SARATOGA SPRINGS, Utah. The school offers kindergarten through 6 and enrolls 637 students. That puts enrollment 30% larger than the 491-student average for elementary schools in Utah.
Ascent Academies of Utah Saratoga Springs reports to Ascent Academies of Utah, which has 5 schools and 2,854 students.
At Ascent Academies of Utah Saratoga Springs, 65% of students are White. Smaller groups are 19% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 3% Asian, and 3% Black. For comparison, the population of Utah County is roughly 81% White. The diversity index for Ascent Academies of Utah Saratoga Springs is 53%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Ascent Academies of Utah Saratoga Springs has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.6:1. The gap from the 21.8:1 average for elementary schools in Utah is 1.3 students per teacher. At Ascent Academies of Utah Saratoga Springs, 19% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The figure for public schools in Utah County is close, at 22%.
Ascent Academies of Utah Saratoga Springs holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 27% of Utah public elementary schools.
In Utah, Ascent Academies of Utah Saratoga Springs is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 43.0% actual against a predicted 50.3%.
The school is in Utah County, where median household income comes to about $100,671, roughly 44% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Utah County counts 202 public schools with about 164,467 students.
Among nearby public schools, Harvest School is closest at about 0.8 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Ascent Academies of Utah Saratoga Springs. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Ascent Academies of Utah Saratoga Springs ranks 6th on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Ascent Academies of Utah Saratoga Springs as Rural: Fringe. The school is classified as a charter school in federal data.
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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
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Other schools in Ascent Academies of Utah
- Ascent Academies of Utah West JordanCombined · 761 students
- Ascent Academies of Utah LehiCombined · 646 students
- Ascent Academies of Utah - West ValleyElementary · 425 students
- Ascent Academies of Utah FarmingtonCombined · 385 students
Other schools in SARATOGA SPRINGS
- Westlake HighHigh · 3,052 students
- Vista Heights MiddleHigh · 1,671 students
- Lake Mountain MiddleMiddle · 1,471 students
- Thunder Ridge SchoolElementary · 1,093 students
- Lakeview AcademyCombined · 1,061 students
- Harvest SchoolElementary · 1,031 students
Nearby schools
- Harvest School0.8 mi · 1,031
- Riverview School1.0 mi · 1,002
- Lakeview Academy1.8 mi · 1,061
- Thunder Ridge School1.8 mi · 1,093
- Horizon School1.8 mi · 166
- Rockwell Charter High School2.0 mi · 315
Frequently asked questions
About Ascent Academies of Utah Saratoga SpringsHow many students attend Ascent Academies of Utah Saratoga Springs?
Ascent Academies of Utah Saratoga Springs enrolls approximately 637 students in grades KG-06.
Is Ascent Academies of Utah Saratoga Springs an elementary, middle, or high school?
Ascent Academies of Utah Saratoga Springs is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Ascent Academies of Utah Saratoga Springs have?
Ascent Academies of Utah Saratoga Springs employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ascent Academies of Utah Saratoga Springs?
At Ascent Academies of Utah Saratoga Springs, the student body is approximately 65% White, 19% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Ascent Academies of Utah Saratoga Springs in?
Ascent Academies of Utah Saratoga Springs is part of Ascent Academies of Utah.
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