Mountain West Montessori Academy

Mountain West Montessori Academy is one of the tight-knit all-grades campuss in South Jordan, Utah, overseen by Mountain West Montessori Academy, with 450 students on its rolls from grades K through 9. That puts it 34% below the typical public school in Utah, which averages around 687 students.

Mountain West Montessori Academy is a school of Mountain West Montessori Academy, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

On the student-mix side, Mountain West Montessori Academy lists that 67% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school logs 22% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 2% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Salt Lake County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, Mountain West Montessori Academy shows 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.4:1. The state averages about 19.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 17% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Salt Lake County runs at roughly 34%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Mountain West Montessori Academy is in the bottom 10% of Utah public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 51.7%; Mountain West Montessori Academy posts 34.8%, -16.8 points below that line.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Salt Lake County indicate median household income runs about $97,494, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Mountain West Montessori Academy is one of 325 public schools in Salt Lake County (combined enrollment of about 209,757 students).

Nearest neighbor: Daybreak School, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Mountain West Montessori Academy. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Mountain West Montessori Academy at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 44.1%.

Mountain West Montessori Academy operates from a suburban location. Mountain West Montessori Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 8%: 489 students in 2018 compared to 450 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 83% to 67% across the same window.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.