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Enrollment
456
High
STATE 980
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MERIT COLLEGE PREPARATORY ACADEMY·NCES 490013101220
Merit College Preparatory Academy
1440 W CENTER STREET, SPRINGVILLE, UT 84663 · (801) 491-7600 · Utah County
GRADES 07–12HIGH21-SUBURBCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL456 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 43% of Utah public high schools
- C+Test 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
33 FTE teachers
STATE 21.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
146 students
STATE 33%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 56 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 73 | 16% |
| Grade 9 | 89 | 20% |
| Grade 10 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 11 | 80 | 18% |
| Grade 12 | 88 | 19% |
Student demographics
44%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
33.9%
UT avg 41.4% . -3.9pp since 2023
Math
31.2%
UT avg 41.8% . -1.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.9% | 31.2% |
| 2023-24 | 37.8% | 32.8% |
% 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
35.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.1%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Merit College Preparatory Academy
Merit College Preparatory Academy's state test result (35.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merit College Preparatory Academy this school | 456 | 32.0% | 35.0% |
| Grand County High MOAB | 469 | 36.9% | 21.8% |
| Dixie Middle ST GEORGE | 844 | 33.4% | 45.2% |
| Delta High DELTA | 592 | 37.3% | 40.6% |
| Duchesne High DUCHESNE | 408 | 34.8% | 26.2% |
| Pine View High ST GEORGE | 1,124 | 31.2% | 33.1% |
Matched among Utah high 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 Merit College Preparatory Academy ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Utah County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #95 of 149 | #17 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.2% | #25 of 42 ▼ 1 | #4 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.9% | #28 of 42 ▼ 1 | #4 of 6 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 456 | #107 of 189 | #22 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #4 of 145 | #2 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.9% | #58 of 145 | #12 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.0% | #65 of 169 | #5 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.0% | #46 of 84 | #10 of 15 |
Ranked against other public high 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
456
+26 (+6%) vs 2020
+15% since 2010-11, when it was 395
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 | 456 | 32.6 | 14.0:1 | 32% (146) |
| 2023-24 | 493 | 29.2 | 16.9:1 | 38% (189) |
| 2022-23 | 468 | 27.2 | 17.2:1 | 34% (160) |
| 2020-21 | 430 | N/A | N/A | 35% (150) |
| 2017-18 | 400 | N/A | N/A | 47% (186) |
| 2015-16 | 313 | N/A | N/A | 41% (127) |
| 2010-11 | 395 | 16 | 24.7:1 | 37% (148) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Merit College Preparatory Academy.
About Merit College Preparatory Academy
Merit College Preparatory Academy operates as a low-enrollment high school in SPRINGVILLE, Utah. It educates 456 students in grades 7 through 12. The school's enrollment is 53% smaller than the 980 average for high schools in Utah.
Federal records list Merit College Preparatory Academy as its own district.
White students are the majority at Merit College Preparatory Academy, with 71% of enrollment. After that, the student body is 23% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. Among all residents of Utah County, the White share is about 81%. Pick two students at random and there is a 44% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its teaching staff equals 32.6 full-time positions, a ratio of 14.0:1. That is lower than the 21.1:1 average for high schools in Utah. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 32%. That is 10 points above the 22% average for public schools in Utah County.
Merit College Preparatory Academy is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 43% of Utah public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 44.1% at Merit College Preparatory Academy; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 35.0%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Utah County show that the median household income is $100,671, roughly 44% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Merit College Preparatory Academy is one of 202 public schools in the county.
Nearest public school: Reagan Academy, about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 44.9%; Merit College Preparatory Academy's is 35.0%, ranking 6th of 6.
NCES describes the area around Merit College Preparatory Academy as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. The school is classified as a charter school in federal data.
Enrollment grew 6% from its 2020-21 level of 430.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Merit College Preparatory Academy. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 SPRINGVILLE
- Springville HighHigh · 1,665 students
- Springville Jr HighMiddle · 1,086 students
- Spring Canyon MiddleMiddle · 1,038 students
- Reagan AcademyElementary · 683 students
- Meadow Brook SchoolElementary · 679 students
- Westside SchoolElementary · 640 students
Nearby schools
- Reagan Academy0.3 mi · 683
- Westside School0.6 mi · 640
- Meadow Brook School0.8 mi · 679
- Elizabeth DeLong School of the Deaf0.9 mi · 53
- Blind South0.9 mi · 10
- Spring Canyon Middle1.1 mi · 1,038
Frequently asked questions
About Merit College Preparatory AcademyHow many students attend Merit College Preparatory Academy?
Merit College Preparatory Academy enrolls approximately 456 students in grades 07-12.
Is Merit College Preparatory Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
Merit College Preparatory Academy is a high school covering grades 07-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Merit College Preparatory Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Merit College Preparatory Academy is approximately 14.0:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Merit College Preparatory Academy?
At Merit College Preparatory Academy, the student body is approximately 71% White, 23% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Merit College Preparatory Academy?
Merit College Preparatory Academy is overseen by Merit College Preparatory Academy in Utah County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.