Excelsior Academy

Excelsior Academy operates as a sprawling primary school in ERDA, Utah, overseen by Excelsior Academy. Current enrollment sits at 1,406 students spanning grades K through 8. By comparison, Utah's public schools average about 491 students each, so Excelsior Academy sits 186% bigger than that benchmark.

Excelsior Academy sits inside Excelsior Academy, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On demographics, Excelsior Academy shows that White students make up the majority at 79%; the rest reads as 14% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 58.0:1. The state averages around 21.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 18% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Excelsior Academy sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 51.0%; this one delivers 46.5%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Tooele County indicate median household income runs about $106,587, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. Across Tooele County's 32 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,521 students), Excelsior Academy is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Stansbury High, roughly 1.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Excelsior Academy. On composite proficiency, Excelsior Academy comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 37.4%.

Excelsior Academy operates from a small-town location. Excelsior Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Over the past 7-year window. Excelsior Academy's enrollment has grew 101% since 2018, when it stood at 701 (now 1,406). White enrollment moved from 87% to 79% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Excelsior Academy community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.