Mana Academy Charter School

Mana Academy Charter School is one of the cozy unified-grade schools in WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah, part of Mana Academy Charter School, with 301 students on its rolls from grades K through 12. Compared to the state average of about 687 students per school, that is 56% smaller than typical.

Mana Academy Charter School is the operating authority for Mana Academy Charter School, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Mana Academy Charter School records that Pacific Islander students make up the majority at 61%; the rest comes out to 32% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 19.9:1 average. Roughly 99% of students at Mana Academy Charter School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Salt Lake County runs at roughly 34%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Mana Academy Charter School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 11.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 12.8%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Salt Lake County indicate the typical household earns roughly $97,494 per year, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Mana Academy Charter School is one of 325 public schools in Salt Lake County (combined enrollment of about 209,757 students).

East Hollywood High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Mana Academy Charter School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Mana Academy Charter School ranks 9th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 24.8%.

The school occupies a residential site. Mana Academy Charter School 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. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 6%: 320 students in 2018 compared to 301 in 2025.

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