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What's the most underrated thing about Mountain Sunrise Academy that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
493
Elementary
STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOUNTAIN SUNRISE ACADEMY·NCES 490020301565
Mountain Sunrise Academy
1802 East 145 North, SARATOGA SPRINGS, UT 84043 · (801) 882-2525 · Utah County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY41-RURALCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL493 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 4% of Utah public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
23.7:1
21 FTE teachers
STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
9%
43 students
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 | 79 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 49 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 19 | 4% |
| Grade 8 | 13 | 3% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is 508% larger than its 8th grade class (13).
Student demographics
36%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
30.1%
UT avg 41.4% . -1.0pp since 2023
Math
21.1%
UT avg 41.8% . +4.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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 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 | 30.1% | 21.1% |
| 2023-24 | 31.1% | 16.3% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of UT schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
25.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.5%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-30.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 56% typical for Utah schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Mountain Sunrise Academy
Mountain Sunrise Academy's state test result (25.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain Sunrise Academy this school | 493 | 8.7% | 25.2% |
| Odyssey School WOODS CROSS | 553 | 9.8% | 49.1% |
| Oak Hills School BOUNTIFUL | 509 | 8.6% | 59.9% |
| Oak Leaf Elementary HERRIMAN | 566 | 9.7% | 53.7% |
| Crimson View School ST GEORGE | 520 | 12.1% | 73.6% |
| Eagle Bay School FARMINGTON | 477 | 7.8% | 58.8% |
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 Mountain Sunrise Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Utah County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.2% | #504 of 562 | #114 of 116 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.1% | #517 of 578 ▲ 30 | #114 of 117 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.1% | #465 of 578 ▲ 2 | #108 of 117 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 493 | #322 of 613 | #86 of 118 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.7:1 | #484 of 556 | #87 of 115 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.6% | #359 of 559 | #79 of 115 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 8.7% | #552 of 582 | #110 of 117 |
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
493
+111 (+29%) vs 2020
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 | 493 | 20.8 | 23.7:1 | 9% (43) |
| 2023-24 | 474 | 19.5 | 24.3:1 | 1% (4) |
| 2022-23 | 507 | 19.3 | 26.3:1 | 5% (27) |
| 2020-21 | 382 | N/A | N/A | 36% (136) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mountain Sunrise Academy.
About Mountain Sunrise Academy
Mountain Sunrise Academy is one of the public schools in SARATOGA SPRINGS, Utah. It is a mid-sized elementary school. The school offers kindergarten through 8 and enrolls 493 students.
Mountain Sunrise Academy operates as its own local education agency.
White students are 79% of those enrolled at Mountain Sunrise Academy. Next come 12% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. That is in line with Utah County, where about 81% of residents are White. A diversity index of 36% means there is a 36% chance two randomly chosen students at Mountain Sunrise Academy are from different groups.
The school's 20.8 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.7:1. The average for elementary schools in Utah is 21.8:1, so this school has more students per teacher. At Mountain Sunrise Academy, 9% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. It compares with 22% for public schools in Utah County.
Among Utah public elementary schools, Mountain Sunrise Academy outscored 4%, which works out to an F on the allk12 Grade.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Mountain Sunrise Academy is in the bottom 10% of Utah schools: 25.2% actual against 55.5% predicted.
In the wider Utah County area, the median household earns about $100,671 a year, about 44% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Mountain Sunrise Academy shares Utah County with 201 other public schools.
Mountain Sunrise Academy's nearest public school is Dry Creek School (about 0.3 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. By average proficiency, Mountain Sunrise Academy is 9th among 9 schools close by.
For locale, NCES codes Mountain Sunrise Academy as Rural: Fringe. As a charter school, Mountain Sunrise Academy is publicly funded and operates under a charter.
Enrollment figures show a rise of 111 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
Use the discussion section to ask about special education services, counseling, and support programs at Mountain Sunrise Academy. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 SARATOGA SPRINGS
- Westlake HighHigh · 3,052 students
- Vista Heights MiddleHigh · 1,671 students
- Lake Mountain MiddleMiddle · 1,471 students
- Thunder Ridge SchoolElementary · 1,093 students
- Lakeview AcademyCombined · 1,061 students
- Harvest SchoolElementary · 1,031 students
Nearby schools
- Dry Creek School0.3 mi · 1,157
- Snow Springs School0.9 mi · 843
- Meadow School1.6 mi · 612
- Willowcreek Middle1.8 mi · 1,591
- River Rock School2.0 mi · 935
- Ascent Academies of Utah Lehi2.3 mi · 646
Frequently asked questions
About Mountain Sunrise AcademyHow large is Mountain Sunrise Academy?
Mountain Sunrise Academy enrolls approximately 493 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Mountain Sunrise Academy serve?
Mountain Sunrise Academy serves grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mountain Sunrise Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mountain Sunrise Academy is approximately 23.7:1 (21 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mountain Sunrise Academy?
At Mountain Sunrise Academy, the student body is approximately 79% White, 12% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Mountain Sunrise Academy public or private?
Mountain Sunrise Academy is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Mountain Sunrise Academy.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.