Ascent Academies of Utah - West Valley

Ascent Academies of Utah - West Valley is one of the average-sized K-5 schools in WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah, operated by Ascent Academies of Utah, with 425 students on its rolls from grades K through 6.

Ascent Academies of Utah - West Valley is one of 5 schools operated by Ascent Academies of Utah, a district that serves 2,854 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Ascent Academies of Utah - West Valley lists that 55% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 31% White, 6% Pacific Islander, 3% Asian, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 21% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Ascent Academies of Utah - West Valley has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.8:1, putting Ascent Academies of Utah - West Valley tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 54% of students at Ascent Academies of Utah - West Valley qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Salt Lake County's rate of about 34%.

With demographic context factored in, Ascent Academies of Utah - West Valley sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.2%; this one delivers 22.5%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Salt Lake County indicate median household earnings sit near $97,494, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Salt Lake County runs 325 public schools (combined enrollment of about 209,757 students), of which Ascent Academies of Utah - West Valley is one.

Nearest neighbor: Hunter Jr High, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Ascent Academies of Utah - West Valley comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 29.2%.

The campus sits in a residential setting. Ascent Academies of Utah - West Valley is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

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