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Which teacher or staff member at Dual Immersion Academy deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
433
Elementary
STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DUAL IMMERSION ACADEMY·NCES 490007301187
Dual Immersion Academy
1155 S GLENDALE DRIVE, SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84104 · (801) 972-1425 · Salt Lake County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY12-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL433 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 12% 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.
- 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
18.3:1
24 FTE teachers
STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
270 students
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 | 54 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 47 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 41 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 35 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 43 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 39 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 38% larger than its 8th grade class (39).
Student demographics
13%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
24.1%
UT avg 41.4% . +0.3pp since 2023
Math
24.9%
UT avg 41.8% . +1.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 24 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 have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 24.1% | 24.9% |
| 2023-24 | 23.8% | 23.5% |
% 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
24.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.3%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 Dual Immersion Academy
Dual Immersion Academy's state test result (24.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dual Immersion Academy this school | 433 | 62.4% | 24.1% |
| Esperanza School WEST VALLEY CITY | 575 | 53.6% | 37.2% |
| Anna Smith School WENDOVER | 203 | 60.6% | 41.3% |
| Lincoln School OGDEN | 488 | 63.3% | 21.2% |
| Newman School SALT LAKE CITY | 405 | 63.2% | 28.6% |
| Odyssey School OGDEN | 520 | 78.3% | 14.7% |
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 Dual Immersion Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Salt Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.1% | #512 of 562 | #136 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.9% | #485 of 578 ▲ 18 | #126 of 180 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.1% | #509 of 578 ▲ 11 | #130 of 180 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 433 | #415 of 613 | #122 of 184 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.3:1 | #94 of 556 | #34 of 178 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.6% | #554 of 559 | #178 of 179 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.4% | #42 of 582 | #24 of 179 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.6% | #256 of 388 | #108 of 133 |
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
433
-7 (-2%) vs 2020
-1% since 2010-11, when it was 439
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 | 433 | 23.7 | 18.3:1 | 62% (270) |
| 2023-24 | 456 | 23.7 | 19.3:1 | 79% (359) |
| 2022-23 | 471 | 22.7 | 20.8:1 | 63% (298) |
| 2020-21 | 440 | N/A | N/A | 24% (104) |
| 2017-18 | 490 | N/A | N/A | 98% (482) |
| 2015-16 | 480 | N/A | N/A | 91% (436) |
| 2010-11 | 439 | 21 | 20.9:1 | 61% (267) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dual Immersion Academy.
About Dual Immersion Academy
Dual Immersion Academy is a mid-sized elementary school serving families in SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. Total enrollment is 433 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 8.
Dual Immersion Academy operates as its own local education agency.
Hispanic students are 93% of those enrolled at Dual Immersion Academy. Beyond that, enrollment is 5% White. In Salt Lake County overall, about 21% of residents are Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 13, compared with 70 nationally.
Its staff includes 23.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 18.3 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in Utah, 21.8:1, is higher. Dual Immersion Academy has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 62%. Among public schools in Salt Lake County, the average eligibility rate is 34%.
On the allk12 Grade, Dual Immersion Academy lands at D, ahead of 12% of Utah public elementary schools.
In Utah, Dual Immersion Academy is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 24.1% actual against a predicted 29.3%.
The school is in Salt Lake County, where the median household earns about $97,494 a year, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Across Salt Lake County, 325 public schools serve about 209,757 students.
About 0.4 miles separate Dual Immersion Academy from the closest public school, Parkview School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Dual Immersion Academy is 4th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Dual Immersion Academy is coded as City: Mid-size in federal locale data. Dual Immersion Academy holds a charter, making it a public charter school.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 440 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 433.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Dual Immersion Academy. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Dual Immersion Academy schools
One other US public school is named Dual Immersion Academy. Dual Immersion Academy is the largest of the 2.
- Dual Immersion Academy SchoolGRAND JUNCTION, CO · 310 students
Nearby schools
- Parkview School0.4 mi · 371
- Mountain View School0.4 mi · 629
- Glendale Middle0.4 mi · 678
- Wallace Stegner Academy0.8 mi · 683
- Riley School0.9 mi · 205
- Edison School1.1 mi · 459
Frequently asked questions
About Dual Immersion AcademyHow large is Dual Immersion Academy?
Dual Immersion Academy enrolls approximately 433 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Dual Immersion Academy serve?
Dual Immersion Academy serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Dual Immersion Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Dual Immersion Academy is approximately 18.3:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Dual Immersion Academy?
Student demographics at Dual Immersion Academy are roughly 5% White, 93% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Dual Immersion Academy public or private?
Dual Immersion Academy is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Dual Immersion Academy.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.