Ogden Preparatory Academy

Ogden Preparatory Academy operates as a mid-tier K-12 campus in OGDEN, Utah, overseen by Ogden Preparatory Academy. Current enrollment sits at 1,014 students spanning grades pre-K through 9. By comparison, Utah's public schools average about 687 students each, so Ogden Preparatory Academy sits 48% larger than that benchmark.

Ogden Preparatory Academy is the operating authority for Ogden Preparatory Academy, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

Looking at the student body, Ogden Preparatory Academy logs that 77% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest consists of 19% White, 2% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 19%.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.1:1. The state averages around 19.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 64% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Weber County's rate of about 35%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Ogden Preparatory Academy performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 28.4%, the actual is 20.4%, a residual of -8.1 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Weber County indicate median household income runs about $90,005, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Ogden Preparatory Academy is one of 95 public schools in Weber County (combined enrollment of about 49,670 students).

Davinci Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Ogden Preparatory Academy ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 26.5%.

The school occupies a high-density site. Ogden Preparatory 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. Ogden Preparatory Academy's enrollment has edged down 7% since 2018, when it stood at 1,087 (now 1,014). Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 55% to 77%.

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