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Enrollment
689
Elementary
DISTRICT 566 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTICELLO ACADEMY·NCES 490004901150
Monticello Academy
2782 S CORPORATE PARK DRIVE, WEST VALLEY CITY, UT 84120 · (801) 417-8040 · Salt Lake County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL689 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 48% of Utah public elementary schools
- CTest 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
19.5:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.5:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
412 students
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 33%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 80 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 80 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 79 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 74 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 68 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is 18% larger than its 8th grade class (68).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
39.3%
UT avg 41.4% . +1.4pp since 2023
Math
45.8%
UT avg 41.8% . +4.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Utah schools, those numbers are about 41 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.3% | 45.8% |
| 2023-24 | 37.9% | 41.0% |
% 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
40.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.6%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 Monticello Academy
Monticello Academy's state test result (40.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monticello Academy this school | 689 | 59.8% | 40.1% |
| Wallace Stegner Academy West Valley WEST VALLEY CITY | 702 | 60.4% | 44.9% |
| Hillsdale School WEST VALLEY CITY | 548 | 53.3% | 19.5% |
| Provo Peaks School PROVO | 549 | 51.9% | 52.1% |
| Columbia School WEST JORDAN | 599 | 68.1% | 16.1% |
| Ascent Academies of Utah - West Valley WEST VALLEY CITY | 425 | 54.4% | 22.5% |
Matched among Utah elementary 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 Monticello Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Salt Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.1% | #384 of 562 | #96 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.8% | #279 of 578 ▲ 77 | #69 of 180 ▲ 24 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.3% | #352 of 578 ▲ 51 | #90 of 180 ▲ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 689 | #105 of 613 | #27 of 184 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.5:1 | #147 of 556 | #52 of 178 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.9% | #63 of 559 | #56 of 179 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.8% | #57 of 582 | #27 of 179 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.4% | #272 of 388 | #110 of 133 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
689
+20 (+3%) vs 2020
-9% since 2010-11, when it was 755
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 | 689 | 35.4 | 19.5:1 | 60% (412) |
| 2023-24 | 685 | 34.9 | 19.6:1 | 45% (308) |
| 2022-23 | 707 | 35.3 | 20.1:1 | 55% (386) |
| 2020-21 | 669 | N/A | N/A | 55% (371) |
| 2017-18 | 769 | N/A | N/A | 44% (337) |
| 2015-16 | 744 | N/A | N/A | 40% (299) |
| 2010-11 | 755 | 34 | 22.2:1 | 33% (249) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Monticello Academy.
About Monticello Academy
Monticello Academy is an elementary school with a street address in WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah. Enrolled students number 689 students, in kindergarten through 8. Enrollment is 40% higher than the average for elementary schools in Utah, which is about 491.
The school serves as its own district in federal records.
Monticello Academy's enrollment is 58% Hispanic. Next come 22% White, 9% Pacific Islander, 5% Asian, and 4% multiracial. That compares with about 21% Hispanic among all Salt Lake County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Monticello Academy belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 60%.
Dividing enrollment by its 35.4 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 19.5:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Utah is 21.8:1, higher than at this school. Monticello Academy reports 60% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. It compares with 34% for public schools in Salt Lake County.
Measured against Utah public elementary schools, Monticello Academy receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Monticello Academy is 30.6%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 40.1%.
County data help place the school in context: in Salt Lake County, median household income is about $97,494, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Monticello Academy is among the 325 public schools in Salt Lake County.
The nearest public school is Neil Armstrong Academy, at about 0.4 miles. Monticello Academy has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Monticello Academy comes in 3rd of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Federal data place Monticello Academy in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. Charter status: Monticello Academy is a public charter school.
Enrollment was 669 in 2020-21 and 689 in 2024-25, a gain of 20 students.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 Monticello Academy
- Monticello Academy West PointElementary · 442 students
Other schools in WEST VALLEY CITY
- Granger HighHigh · 3,267 students
- Hunter HighHigh · 2,480 students
- American Preparatory Academy - Accelerated SchoolCombined · 1,556 students
- Wallace Stegner Academy Kearns K-12Combined · 777 students
- John F. Kennedy Jr HighMiddle · 772 students
- West Valley SchoolElementary · 764 students
Nearby schools
- Neil Armstrong Academy0.4 mi · 688
- Valley Crest School0.6 mi · 455
- Monroe School0.6 mi · 512
- Esperanza School0.8 mi · 575
- Jackling School1.4 mi · 415
- Wallace Stegner Academy West Valley1.4 mi · 702
Frequently asked questions
About Monticello AcademyHow large is Monticello Academy?
Monticello Academy enrolls approximately 689 students in grades KG-08.
Is Monticello Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
Monticello Academy is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many teachers does Monticello Academy have?
Monticello Academy employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.5:1.
How diverse is Monticello Academy?
Monticello Academy reports a student body of 22% White, 58% Hispanic, 2% Black, 5% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Monticello Academy in?
Monticello Academy is part of Monticello Academy.
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