Monticello Academy

Located at 2782 S CORPORATE PARK DRIVE, in WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah, Monticello Academy is a moderately sized primary school that educates 689 students (grades K through 8), part of Monticello Academy. By comparison, Utah's public schools average about 491 students each, so Monticello Academy sits 40% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 2 schools in Monticello Academy (1,131 students total), Monticello Academy accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Monticello Academy lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 58% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 22% White, 9% Pacific Islander, 5% Asian, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 21%.

On the income-and-resources front, Monticello Academy reports 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.5:1. The state averages around 21.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 60% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Salt Lake County (around 34%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Monticello Academy performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 30.6%, the actual is 40.1%, a residual of +9.6 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Salt Lake County indicate the typical household earns roughly $97,494 per year, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Salt Lake County runs 325 public schools (combined enrollment of about 209,757 students), of which Monticello Academy is one.

Nearest neighbor: Neil Armstrong Academy, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Monticello Academy at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 32.2%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting. Monticello Academy operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Over the past 7-year window. Monticello Academy's enrollment has edged down 10% since 2018, when it stood at 769 (now 689). Hispanic enrollment moved from 40% to 58% across the same window.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.