City Academy

As a tiny 9-12 campus in SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, City Academy enrolls 92 students from grades 7 through 12, one of the schools within City Academy. Enrollment runs roughly 91% leaner than the state mean of about 980.

City Academy is the operating authority for City Academy, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

Demographically, City Academy logs that 43% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 40% White, 7% multiracial, 5% Asian, 2% Black. By comparison, Salt Lake County as a whole is about 21% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, City Academy has 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 6.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.1:1, putting City Academy tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 51% of students at City Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Salt Lake County runs at roughly 34%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, 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%. Across Salt Lake County's 325 public schools (combined enrollment of about 209,757 students), City Academy is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Salt Lake Center for Science Education Bryant, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a downtown setting. City Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 48%: 178 students in 2018 compared to 92 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 57% to 40%.

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