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Enrollment
761
Combined
DISTRICT 597 · STATE 687
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ASCENT ACADEMIES OF UTAH·NCES 490017401472
Ascent Academies of Utah West Jordan
5662 W 8200 S, WEST JORDAN, UT 84081 · (385) 275-0909 · Salt Lake County
GRADES KG–09COMBINED21-SUBURBCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL761 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 18% of Utah public K-12 schools
- CTest 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 K-12 schools
Student : Teacher
19.9:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.1:1 · STATE 19.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
252 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 | 72 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 83 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 82 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 81 | 11% |
| Grade 9 | 52 | 7% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 11% smaller than its 8th grade class (81).
Student demographics
59%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
29.6%
UT avg 41.4% . -2.0pp since 2023
Math
24.1%
UT avg 41.8% . -1.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.6% | 24.1% |
| 2023-24 | 31.6% | 25.5% |
% 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
31.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.6%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 West Jordan
Ascent Academies of Utah West Jordan's state test result (31.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ascent Academies of Utah West Jordan this school | 761 | 33.1% | 31.8% |
| Entheos Academy Kearns KEARNS | 579 | 42.1% | 35.9% |
| Vista School TAYLORSVILLE | 551 | 36.1% | 44.9% |
| Athlos Academy of Utah HERRIMAN | 458 | 41.3% | 10.6% |
| Hawthorn Academy West Jordan WEST JORDAN | 743 | 26.1% | 43.6% |
| North Davis Preparatory Academy LAYTON | 966 | 27.8% | 32.3% |
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 West Jordan ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Salt Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.8% | #26 of 31 | #8 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.1% | #25 of 29 ▼ 1 | #9 of 10 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.6% | #26 of 29 ▼ 1 | #8 of 10 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 761 | #13 of 53 | #2 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.9:1 | #20 of 34 | #8 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.9% | #6 of 34 | #5 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.1% | #15 of 41 | #7 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.2% | #12 of 19 | #6 of 8 |
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
761
-8 (-1%) 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 | 761 | 38.2 | 19.9:1 | 33% (252) |
| 2023-24 | 778 | 39 | 19.9:1 | 37% (288) |
| 2022-23 | 793 | 36.9 | 21.5:1 | 40% (321) |
| 2020-21 | 769 | N/A | N/A | 31% (236) |
| 2017-18 | 811 | N/A | N/A | 34% (278) |
| 2015-16 | 799 | N/A | N/A | 32% (257) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ascent Academies of Utah West Jordan.
About Ascent Academies of Utah West Jordan
Ascent Academies of Utah West Jordan is a mid-sized school serving multiple grade levels in WEST JORDAN, Utah, (ZIP code 84081). It offers kindergarten through 9 and has 761 students enrolled.
Ascent Academies of Utah West Jordan is one of 5 schools in Ascent Academies of Utah, which enrolls 2,854 students in total.
Of every 100 students at Ascent Academies of Utah West Jordan, about 45 are Hispanic, the largest group. It is also 45% White, 3% multiracial, and 3% Black. For comparison, the population of Salt Lake County is roughly 21% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 59, compared with 70 nationally.
There are about 19.9 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Ascent Academies of Utah West Jordan, which has 38.2. The average for combined schools in Utah is about 19.9:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 33%. That is in line with the 34% average for public schools in Salt Lake County.
Among Utah public K-12 schools, Ascent Academies of Utah West Jordan outscored 18%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
On BeatsExpectations, Ascent Academies of Utah West Jordan is 11.8 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Utah schools.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Salt Lake County show that median household income comes to about $97,494, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. The county's public schools total 325, with about 209,757 students.
The closest school to Ascent Academies of Utah West Jordan is West Hills Middle, located about 0.3 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Ascent Academies of Utah West Jordan is 7th of 9 on proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Ascent Academies of Utah West Jordan as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. Ascent Academies of Utah West Jordan is a charter school, a type of public school that operates under a charter.
The school's size has been steady, with 769 students in 2020-21 and 761 in 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Ascent Academies of Utah West Jordan. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Salt Lake County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,196,523
Census ACS
Median income
$97,494
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
325
209,757 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Ascent Academies of Utah
- Ascent Academies of Utah LehiCombined · 646 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 WEST JORDAN
- Copper Hills HighHigh · 2,837 students
- West Jordan HighHigh · 1,761 students
- Sunset Ridge MiddleMiddle · 1,377 students
- West Hills MiddleMiddle · 1,169 students
- West Jordan MiddleMiddle · 1,000 students
- Fox Hollow SchoolElementary · 872 students
Nearby schools
- West Hills Middle0.3 mi · 1,169
- Fox Hollow School0.5 mi · 872
- Hayden Peak School0.7 mi · 723
- Copper Hills High0.7 mi · 2,837
- Copper Canyon School0.9 mi · 497
- Oakcrest School1.1 mi · 694
Frequently asked questions
About Ascent Academies of Utah West JordanHow many students attend Ascent Academies of Utah West Jordan?
Ascent Academies of Utah West Jordan enrolls approximately 761 students in grades KG-09.
Is Ascent Academies of Utah West Jordan an elementary, middle, or high school?
Ascent Academies of Utah West Jordan is a combined-grade school covering grades KG-09.
How many students per teacher at Ascent Academies of Utah West Jordan?
Approximately 19.9:1 students per teacher at Ascent Academies of Utah West Jordan.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ascent Academies of Utah West Jordan?
At Ascent Academies of Utah West Jordan, the student body is approximately 45% White, 45% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Ascent Academies of Utah West Jordan in?
Ascent Academies of Utah West Jordan is part of Ascent Academies of Utah.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.