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Reagan Academy
Test scores
RISE / Utah Aspire+ 2024-25 . % Proficient + Highly ProficientWhat this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Reagan Academy
As a medium-sized K-5 school in SPRINGVILLE, Utah, Reagan Academy hosts 683 students from grades K through 8, run under Reagan Academy. Compared to the state average of about 491 students per school, that is 39% above typical.
Reagan Academy is the operating authority for Reagan Academy, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.
On demographics, Reagan Academy shows that the largest single group is White, at 79% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 13% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Reagan Academy has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.4:1. The state averages around 21.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 23% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Reagan Academy sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.5%; this one delivers 52.6%.
Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Utah County put median household earnings sit near $100,671, about 44% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Utah County runs 202 public schools (combined enrollment of about 164,467 students), of which Reagan Academy is one.
Merit College Preparatory Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Reagan Academy at 1st of 6; the average score across the group is 41.4%.
The campus sits in a suburban setting. As a public charter, Reagan Academy runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.
Over the past 7-year window. Reagan Academy's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 676 (now 683).
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