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Freedom Preparatory Academy - Vineyard
Test scores
RISE / Utah Aspire+ 2024-25 . % Proficient + Highly ProficientWhat this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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 7 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Freedom Preparatory Academy - Vineyard
Located at 426 North 100 West, in VINEYARD, Utah, Freedom Preparatory Academy - Vineyard is an average-sized K-5 school that caters to 505 students (grades pre-K through 6), operated by Freedom Preparatory Academy.
Freedom Preparatory Academy runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 2,165 students. Freedom Preparatory Academy - Vineyard is one of those campuses.
Looking at the student body, Freedom Preparatory Academy - Vineyard logs that 61% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 25% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian, 3% Pacific Islander. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 81%.
In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.8:1. The state averages around 21.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 21% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
With demographic context factored in, Freedom Preparatory Academy - Vineyard sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.5%; this one delivers 46.8%.
In the broader community, census data for Utah County shows median household income runs about $100,671, roughly 44% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Utah County runs 202 public schools (combined enrollment of about 164,467 students), of which Freedom Preparatory Academy - Vineyard is one.
The closest other public school is Trailside Elementary, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Freedom Preparatory Academy - Vineyard comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 41.4%.
The school occupies a suburban site. Freedom Preparatory Academy - Vineyard operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 55%: 326 students in 2018 compared to 505 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 69% to 61% across the same window.
On the community side, the feed for Freedom Preparatory Academy - Vineyard typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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