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Enrollment
743
Combined
DISTRICT 682 · STATE 687
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAWTHORN ACADEMY·NCES 490013701298
Hawthorn Academy West Jordan
9062 S 2200 W, WEST JORDAN, UT 84088 · (801) 282-9066 · Salt Lake County
GRADES KG–09COMBINED21-SUBURBCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL743 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 52% of Utah public K-12 schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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 K-12 schools
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.5:1 · STATE 19.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
194 students
DISTRICT 26% · STATE 33%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 59 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 83 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 94 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 90 | 12% |
| Grade 9 | 58 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 34% smaller than its 8th grade class (90).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
41.3%
UT avg 41.4% . -5.0pp since 2023
Math
42.6%
UT avg 41.8% . -0.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 have held steady.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.3% | 42.6% |
| 2023-24 | 46.3% | 43.2% |
% 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
43.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.0%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Hawthorn Academy West Jordan
Hawthorn Academy West Jordan's state test result (43.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawthorn Academy West Jordan this school | 743 | 26.1% | 43.6% |
| Legacy Preparatory Academy WOODS CROSS | 1,016 | 17.4% | 46.1% |
| Early Light Academy at Daybreak SOUTH JORDAN | 1,022 | 14.7% | 52.6% |
| Ascent Academies of Utah West Jordan WEST JORDAN | 761 | 33.1% | 31.8% |
| Career Tech High School SAINT GEORGE | 592 | 23.1% | 60.5% |
| Syracuse Arts Academy - Antelope SYRACUSE | 988 | 17.9% | 52.8% |
Matched among Utah K-12 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 Hawthorn Academy West Jordan ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Salt Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.6% | #18 of 31 | #5 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.6% | #13 of 29 ▲ 1 | #3 of 10 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.3% | #17 of 29 ▼ 3 | #4 of 10 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 743 | #14 of 53 | #3 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #7 of 34 | #3 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.0% | #5 of 34 | #4 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.1% | #21 of 41 | #8 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.2% | #8 of 19 | #4 of 8 |
Ranked against other public K-12 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
743
-20 (-3%) vs 2020
-5% since 2010-11, when it was 783
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 | 743 | 43.9 | 16.9:1 | 26% (194) |
| 2023-24 | 801 | 43.4 | 18.4:1 | 28% (221) |
| 2022-23 | 757 | 39.9 | 19.0:1 | 25% (188) |
| 2020-21 | 763 | N/A | N/A | 23% (176) |
| 2017-18 | 818 | N/A | N/A | 28% (232) |
| 2015-16 | 818 | N/A | N/A | 31% (254) |
| 2010-11 | 783 | 32 | 24.5:1 | 26% (203) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hawthorn Academy West Jordan.
About Hawthorn Academy West Jordan
Hawthorn Academy West Jordan operates as a medium-sized combined-grade school in WEST JORDAN, Utah. The school had 743 students in kindergarten through 9 in 2024-25.
The district, Hawthorn Academy, operates 2 schools serving 1,364 students.
Hawthorn Academy West Jordan is 58% White by enrollment. Other reported shares: 26% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 4% multiracial, and 4% Pacific Islander. That compares with about 70% White among all Salt Lake County residents. The school's diversity index is 59%, meaning two students picked at random have a 59% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The count of teachers at Hawthorn Academy West Jordan is 43.9 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 16.9:1. That is 3.0 students per teacher below the 19.9:1 average for combined schools in Utah. Around 26% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals.
The allk12 Grade for Hawthorn Academy West Jordan is B-. Compared with Utah public K-12 schools, the school scored higher than 52% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 43.6%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 47.0%.
Within Salt Lake County, the median household income is $97,494, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Besides Hawthorn Academy West Jordan, Salt Lake County has 324 other public schools.
The nearest other public school, Westvale School, is about 0.6 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Hawthorn Academy West Jordan is 4th of 7 nearby schools with test data.
Under the NCES locale system, Hawthorn Academy West Jordan is Suburb: Large. Hawthorn Academy West Jordan is one of the charter schools in Utah.
Over 4 years, Hawthorn Academy West Jordan's enrollment dropped 3%, to 743.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in Hawthorn Academy
- Hawthorn Academy South JordanElementary · 621 students
Other schools in WEST JORDAN
- Copper Hills HighHigh · 2,837 students
- West Jordan HighHigh · 1,761 students
- Sunset Ridge MiddleMiddle · 1,377 students
- West Hills MiddleMiddle · 1,169 students
- West Jordan MiddleMiddle · 1,000 students
- Fox Hollow SchoolElementary · 872 students
Nearby schools
- Westvale School0.6 mi · 462
- Jordan Ridge School0.9 mi · 637
- South Valley School1.0 mi · 165
- Mountain Heights Academy1.2 mi · 864
- West Jordan High1.3 mi · 1,761
- Riverside School1.3 mi · 591
Frequently asked questions
About Hawthorn Academy West JordanHow large is Hawthorn Academy West Jordan?
Hawthorn Academy West Jordan enrolls approximately 743 students in grades KG-09.
Is Hawthorn Academy West Jordan an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hawthorn Academy West Jordan is a combined-grade school covering grades KG-09.
How many teachers does Hawthorn Academy West Jordan have?
Hawthorn Academy West Jordan employs 44 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hawthorn Academy West Jordan?
At Hawthorn Academy West Jordan, the student body is approximately 58% White, 26% Hispanic, 2% Black, 5% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Hawthorn Academy West Jordan in?
Hawthorn Academy West Jordan is part of Hawthorn Academy.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.