Navigator Pointe Academy

Navigator Pointe Academy operates as an intimate multi-level school in WEST JORDAN, Utah, one of the schools within Navigator Pointe Academy. Current enrollment sits at 375 students spanning grades K through 9. That puts it 45% below the typical public school in Utah, which averages around 687 students.

Navigator Pointe Academy is a school of Navigator Pointe Academy, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

On the student-mix side, Navigator Pointe Academy records that the largest single group is White, at 62% of enrollment. Other groups include 23% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 5% multiracial, 3% Pacific Islander. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 70%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 19.9:1, putting Navigator Pointe Academy tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 1% of students at Navigator Pointe Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Salt Lake County's rate of about 34%.

After controlling for student poverty, Navigator Pointe Academy performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 59.3%, the actual is 49.1%, a residual of -10.2 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Salt Lake County shows the typical household earns roughly $97,494 per year, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Salt Lake County's 325 public schools (combined enrollment of about 209,757 students), Navigator Pointe Academy is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Mountain Shadows School, roughly 0.8 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Navigator Pointe Academy at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 31.0%.

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

Five-year trend. Navigator Pointe Academy's enrollment has declined 24% since 2018, when it stood at 494 (now 375). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 78% to 62%.

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