Pacific Heritage Academy

Pacific Heritage Academy is an elementary school of intimate scale in SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, one of the schools within Pacific Heritage Academy, instructing 327 students in grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 33% smaller than the state mean of about 491.

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

In terms of who attends, Pacific Heritage Academy reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 47%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest consists of 25% Pacific Islander, 12% White, 7% Asian, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 21% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Pacific Heritage Academy shows 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.4:1. The state averages around 21.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 42% of students at Pacific Heritage Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Salt Lake County's rate of about 34%.

After controlling for student poverty, Pacific Heritage Academy sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 39.3%; this one delivers 25.7%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Salt Lake County put median household income runs about $97,494, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Salt Lake County runs 325 public schools (combined enrollment of about 209,757 students), of which Pacific Heritage Academy is one.

The closest other public school is Escalante School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Pacific Heritage Academy comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 21.7%.

Pacific Heritage Academy operates from an inner-city location. Pacific Heritage Academy operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Trend over the last 7 years. Pacific Heritage Academy's enrollment has decreased 19% since 2018, when it stood at 402 (now 327). The White share of enrollment contracted from 26% to 12% over that span.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.