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Enrollment
710
Elementary
STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRANKLIN DISCOVERY ACADEMY·NCES 490018701488
Franklin Discovery Academy
320 E. Gammon Road, VINEYARD, UT 84058 · (801) 785-6500 · Utah County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL710 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 5% 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.
- FBeats 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
20.0:1
36 FTE teachers
STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
155 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 | 107 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 112 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 111 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 104 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 88 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 94 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 94 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (107) is 14% larger than its 6th grade class (94).
Student demographics
33%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
25.0%
UT avg 41.4% . -1.6pp since 2023
Math
18.6%
UT avg 41.8% . +2.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 25.0% | 18.6% |
| 2023-24 | 26.6% | 16.3% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of UT schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
25.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.1%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-23.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 49% typical for Utah schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Franklin Discovery Academy
Franklin Discovery Academy's state test result (25.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Discovery Academy this school | 710 | 21.8% | 25.7% |
| Adams School LAYTON | 645 | 21.9% | 57.7% |
| Cook School SYRACUSE | 657 | 21.2% | 49.9% |
| Kanesville School West Haven | 720 | 20.6% | 46.4% |
| Rose Creek School RIVERTON | 649 | 20.2% | 49.6% |
| Reagan Academy SPRINGVILLE | 683 | 23.1% | 52.6% |
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 Franklin Discovery Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Utah County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.7% | #502 of 562 | #113 of 116 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.6% | #535 of 578 ▲ 11 | #116 of 117 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #505 of 578 ▼ 1 | #114 of 117 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 710 | #88 of 613 | #39 of 118 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.0:1 | #181 of 556 | #20 of 115 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.2% | #389 of 559 | #83 of 115 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.8% | #385 of 582 | #63 of 117 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +42.6% | #8 of 128 | #3 of 26 |
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
710
+92 (+15%) 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 | 710 | 35.5 | 20.0:1 | 22% (155) |
| 2023-24 | 723 | 34 | 21.3:1 | 28% (199) |
| 2022-23 | 651 | 34 | 19.1:1 | 25% (165) |
| 2020-21 | 618 | N/A | N/A | 27% (164) |
| 2017-18 | 498 | N/A | N/A | 36% (180) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Franklin Discovery Academy.
About Franklin Discovery Academy
Franklin Discovery Academy, located in VINEYARD, Utah, is a medium-sized elementary school. Classes run from kindergarten through 6, and the school has 710 students. The average for elementary schools in Utah is about 491 students, so this school is 45% above average.
The school serves as its own district in federal records.
Franklin Discovery Academy enrolls a student body that is 81% White. The school is also 11% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. For comparison, Utah County is about 81% White. By the diversity index, Franklin Discovery Academy comes in at 33%.
The school employs the equivalent of 35.5 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 20.0:1. Among elementary schools in Utah, the typical ratio is 21.8:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 22%. That is close to the 22% average for public schools in Utah County.
allk12 grades Franklin Discovery Academy a D. The grade compares the school only with Utah public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. Franklin Discovery Academy posts 25.7% against a 49.1% prediction, a bottom-10% result in Utah.
Utah County has these Census figures: median household income is about $100,671, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 44% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. The public schools of Utah County number 202 and enroll about 164,467.
Nearest public school: Trailside Elementary, about 0.6 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 45.5%; Franklin Discovery Academy's is 25.7%, ranking 8th of 8.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. The school is a charter school, funded with public money and operated under a charter agreement.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 15%, from 618 to 710.
Conversations here can range across sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Utah County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
705,400
Census ACS
Median income
$100,671
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
44%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
202
164,467 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in VINEYARD
- Trailside ElementaryElementary · 1,052 students
- Vineyard SchoolElementary · 764 students
- Freedom Preparatory Academy - VineyardElementary · 505 students
Nearby schools
- Trailside Elementary0.6 mi · 1,052
- Vineyard School0.7 mi · 764
- Freedom Preparatory Academy - Vineyard0.7 mi · 505
- Lumen Scholar Institute1.3 mi · 454
- Utah County Academy of Science1.7 mi · 510
- Parkside Elementary1.8 mi · 588
Frequently asked questions
About Franklin Discovery AcademyHow large is Franklin Discovery Academy?
Franklin Discovery Academy enrolls approximately 710 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Franklin Discovery Academy serve?
Franklin Discovery Academy serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Franklin Discovery Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Franklin Discovery Academy is approximately 20.0:1 (36 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Franklin Discovery Academy?
Franklin Discovery Academy reports a student body of 81% White, 11% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Franklin Discovery Academy in?
Franklin Discovery Academy is part of Franklin Discovery Academy.
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