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Enrollment
425
Elementary
DISTRICT 531 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ASCENT ACADEMIES OF UTAH·NCES 490017401523
Ascent Academies of Utah - West Valley
5685 West Cilma Drive, WEST VALLEY CITY, UT 84128 · (801) 685-0228 · Salt Lake County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL425 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 7% of Utah public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
16.8:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.7:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
231 students
DISTRICT 27% · STATE 33%
Community
1
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 | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 51 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 61 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 7% larger than its 6th grade class (61).
Student demographics
60%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
18.7%
UT avg 41.4% . -4.5pp since 2023
Math
24.9%
UT avg 41.8% . +2.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 5 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 | 18.7% | 24.9% |
| 2023-24 | 23.2% | 22.3% |
% 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
22.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.2%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Valley
Ascent Academies of Utah - West Valley's state test result (22.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ascent Academies of Utah - West Valley this school | 425 | 54.4% | 22.5% |
| Monroe School WEST VALLEY CITY | 512 | 53.5% | 19.8% |
| Rolling Meadows School WEST VALLEY CITY | 456 | 47.1% | 32.0% |
| Provo Peaks School PROVO | 549 | 51.9% | 52.1% |
| Douglas T. Orchard School WEST VALLEY CITY | 411 | 48.9% | 24.6% |
| Oquirrh School WEST JORDAN | 524 | 59.0% | 22.8% |
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 - West Valley ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Salt Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.5% | #524 of 562 | #145 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.9% | #486 of 578 ▲ 26 | #127 of 180 ▲ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.7% | #545 of 578 ▼ 19 | #152 of 180 ▼ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 425 | #425 of 613 | #126 of 184 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #40 of 556 | #16 of 178 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.8% | #67 of 559 | #59 of 179 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.4% | #84 of 582 | #36 of 179 |
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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
425
-21 (-5%) 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 | 425 | 25.2 | 16.8:1 | 54% (231) |
| 2023-24 | 443 | 22 | 20.1:1 | 59% (261) |
| 2022-23 | 475 | 22 | 21.6:1 | 54% (257) |
| 2020-21 | 446 | N/A | N/A | 60% (269) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ascent Academies of Utah - West Valley.
About Ascent Academies of Utah - West Valley
WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah, is home to Ascent Academies of Utah - West Valley, a medium-sized elementary school. The grade span is kindergarten through 6, and enrollment is 425 students.
Enrollment across the 5 schools in Ascent Academies of Utah totals 2,854 students.
Ascent Academies of Utah - West Valley is 55% Hispanic by enrollment. The remaining students are 31% White, 6% Pacific Islander, 3% Asian, and 3% Black. Among people living in Salt Lake County, the Hispanic share is about 21%. Pick two students at random and there is a 60% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 16.8:1, with 25.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is lower than the 21.8:1 average for elementary schools in Utah. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Ascent Academies of Utah - West Valley is 54%. For comparison, public schools in Salt Lake County average 34%.
Ascent Academies of Utah - West Valley is graded D by allk12, scoring above 7% of Utah public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Ascent Academies of Utah - West Valley is 33.2%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 22.5%.
Census estimates describe Salt Lake County this way: the median household income is $97,494, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. In all, Salt Lake County has 325 public schools and roughly 209,757 students.
Hunter Jr High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles away. Within five miles of Ascent Academies of Utah - West Valley, there are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Ascent Academies of Utah - West Valley ranks 8th on average proficiency.
Federal data place Ascent Academies of Utah - West Valley in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. Federal records list Ascent Academies of Utah - West Valley as a charter school.
The school enrolled 425 students in 2024-25, 21 fewer than the 446 it had in 2020-21.
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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
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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 Saratoga SpringsElementary · 637 students
- Ascent Academies of Utah FarmingtonCombined · 385 students
Other schools in WEST VALLEY CITY
- Granger HighHigh · 3,267 students
- Hunter HighHigh · 2,480 students
- American Preparatory Academy - Accelerated SchoolCombined · 1,556 students
- Wallace Stegner Academy Kearns K-12Combined · 777 students
- John F. Kennedy Jr HighMiddle · 772 students
- West Valley SchoolElementary · 764 students
Nearby schools
- Hunter Jr High0.6 mi · 667
- Hunter High0.6 mi · 2,480
- Whittier School0.6 mi · 492
- Hillside School0.7 mi · 470
- Hunter School0.9 mi · 480
- Esperanza School1.2 mi · 575
Frequently asked questions
About Ascent Academies of Utah - West ValleyWhat is the total enrollment at Ascent Academies of Utah - West Valley?
Ascent Academies of Utah - West Valley enrolls approximately 425 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Ascent Academies of Utah - West Valley serve?
Ascent Academies of Utah - West Valley serves grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Ascent Academies of Utah - West Valley?
Approximately 16.8:1 students per teacher at Ascent Academies of Utah - West Valley.
What is the student diversity at Ascent Academies of Utah - West Valley?
Student demographics at Ascent Academies of Utah - West Valley are roughly 31% White, 55% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Ascent Academies of Utah - West Valley in?
Ascent Academies of Utah - West Valley is part of Ascent Academies of Utah.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.