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Enrollment
688
Elementary
DISTRICT 469 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRANITE DISTRICT·NCES 490036001449
Neil Armstrong Academy
5194 West Highbury Parkway, WEST VALLEY, UT 84120 · (385) 646-5284 · Salt Lake County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL688 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 45% of Utah public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
25.5:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.9:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
214 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 39 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 79 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 84 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 96 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 92 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 100 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 92 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 106 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is 25% smaller than its 6th grade class (106).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
42.1%
UT avg 41.4% . -5.6pp since 2023
Math
40.7%
UT avg 41.8% . -2.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.1% | 40.7% |
| 2023-24 | 47.7% | 43.1% |
% 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
46.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.6%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Neil Armstrong Academy
Neil Armstrong Academy's state test result (46.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neil Armstrong Academy this school | 688 | 31.1% | 46.1% |
| West Valley School WEST VALLEY CITY | 764 | 37.6% | 35.5% |
| Fox Hills School SALT LAKE CITY | 553 | 31.6% | 48.7% |
| Hawthorn Academy South Jordan SOUTH JORDAN | 621 | 25.9% | 46.5% |
| Bennion School SALT LAKE CITY | 447 | 27.1% | 43.9% |
| Woodstock School SALT LAKE CITY | 625 | 24.8% | 53.9% |
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 Neil Armstrong Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Salt Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.1% | #305 of 562 | #80 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.7% | #345 of 578 ▼ 17 | #84 of 180 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.1% | #315 of 578 ▼ 48 | #82 of 180 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 688 | #106 of 613 | #28 of 184 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.5:1 | #542 of 556 | #174 of 178 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.1% | #10 of 559 | #9 of 179 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.1% | #282 of 582 | #93 of 179 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.1% | #277 of 388 | #112 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
688
-82 (-11%) 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 | 688 | 27 | 25.5:1 | 31% (214) |
| 2023-24 | 703 | 29 | 24.2:1 | 38% (267) |
| 2022-23 | 744 | 30 | 24.8:1 | 37% (278) |
| 2020-21 | 770 | N/A | N/A | 37% (286) |
| 2017-18 | 765 | N/A | N/A | 38% (288) |
| 2015-16 | 880 | N/A | N/A | 40% (350) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Neil Armstrong Academy.
About Neil Armstrong Academy
Neil Armstrong Academy is an elementary school in WEST VALLEY, Utah, reachable at (385) 646-5284. A federal count lists 688 students at the school, in pre-K through 6. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Utah is about 491, so this school runs 40% bigger than that.
Granite District runs 85 schools with a combined 59,404 students. Neil Armstrong Academy is one of them.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Neil Armstrong Academy. The largest is White students, at 49%. The remaining shares are 27% Hispanic, 10% Pacific Islander, 6% Asian, and 6% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Salt Lake County's population at about 70%. Pick two students at random and there is a 67% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reported 27 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 25.5:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 21.8:1 average for elementary schools in Utah. Eligible students account for 31% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. For comparison, public schools in Salt Lake County average 34%.
Measured against Utah public elementary schools, Neil Armstrong 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.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Neil Armstrong Academy is 1.5 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 46.1% actual, 44.6% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Utah.
In Salt Lake County (population about 1,196,523), the median household income is $97,494, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. There are 325 public schools in Salt Lake County, enrolling about 209,757 students in all.
The shortest distance from Neil Armstrong Academy to another public school is about 0.4 miles, to Monticello Academy. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The school's 46.1% average proficiency ranks 1st among 8 nearby schools.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school enrolled 688 students in 2024-25, 82 fewer than the 770 it had in 2020-21.
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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 Granite District
- Granger HighHigh · 3,267 students
- Cyprus HighHigh · 2,762 students
- Taylorsville HighHigh · 2,685 students
- Hunter HighHigh · 2,480 students
- Kearns HighHigh · 2,313 students
- Skyline HighHigh · 2,186 students
Nearby schools
- Monticello Academy0.4 mi · 689
- Valley Crest School0.5 mi · 455
- Esperanza School1.0 mi · 575
- Wallace Stegner Academy West Valley1.0 mi · 702
- Monroe School1.0 mi · 512
- West Valley School1.2 mi · 764
Frequently asked questions
About Neil Armstrong AcademyWhat is the total enrollment at Neil Armstrong Academy?
Neil Armstrong Academy enrolls approximately 688 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Neil Armstrong Academy serve?
Neil Armstrong Academy serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Neil Armstrong Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Neil Armstrong Academy is approximately 25.5:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Neil Armstrong Academy?
At Neil Armstrong Academy, the student body is approximately 49% White, 27% Hispanic, 2% Black, 6% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Neil Armstrong Academy public or private?
Neil Armstrong Academy is a public K-12 school, overseen by Granite District.
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