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Renaissance Academy
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 88 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 105 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 97 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 89 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 95 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 96 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 24 | 3% |
| Grade 8 | 49 | 7% |
| Grade 9 | 24 | 3% |
This year's kindergarten class (88) is 80% larger than its 8th grade class (49).
Test scores
RISE / Utah Aspire+ 2024-25 . % Proficient + Highly ProficientWhat this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Utah schools, those numbers are about 41 and 42. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.3% | 63.2% |
| 2023-24 | 54.2% | 59.2% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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%.
Schools most like Renaissance Academy
Renaissance Academy's state test result (60.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Renaissance Academy this school | 742 | 10.6% | 60.7% |
| Early Light Academy at Daybreak SOUTH JORDAN | 1,022 | 14.7% | 52.6% |
| Ascent Academies of Utah Lehi LEHI | 646 | 15.8% | 60.3% |
| Navigator Pointe Academy WEST JORDAN | 375 | 1.1% | 49.1% |
| North Star Academy Bluffdale | 522 | 6.7% | 63.9% |
| Mountain West Montessori Academy South Jordan | 450 | 16.7% | 34.8% |
Where Renaissance Academy ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Utah County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.7% | #2 of 31 | #1 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.2% | #2 of 29 ▲ 2 | #1 of 6 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.3% | #6 of 29 no change | #4 of 6 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 742 | #15 of 53 | #3 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.2:1 | #12 of 34 | #3 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.5% | #4 of 34 | #1 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 10.6% | #36 of 41 | #9 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.7% | #16 of 19 | N/A |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 742 | 40.7 | 18.2:1 | 11% (79) |
| 2023-24 | 788 | 39.4 | 20.0:1 | 12% (97) |
| 2022-23 | 768 | 45.8 | 16.8:1 | 11% (83) |
| 2020-21 | 738 | N/A | N/A | 8% (57) |
| 2017-18 | 755 | N/A | N/A | 14% (106) |
| 2015-16 | 749 | N/A | N/A | 14% (102) |
| 2010-11 | 674 | 29 | 23.2:1 | 18% (120) |
About Renaissance Academy
Renaissance Academy is a combined-grade school with a street address in LEHI, Utah. The school had 742 students in kindergarten through 9 in 2024-25.
Federal records list Renaissance Academy as its own district.
White students make up a majority at Renaissance Academy, at 56%. The remaining students are 23% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, and 8% Asian. Census figures show Utah County is about 81% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 61% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
A ratio of 18.2:1 comes from the school's 40.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 19.9:1 average for combined schools in Utah. The lunch program counts 11% of students at Renaissance Academy as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. It compares with 22% for public schools in Utah County.
In Utah, Renaissance Academy is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 60.7% actual against a predicted 54.6%.
Utah County census figures show that the median household income is $100,671, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 44% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Utah County is home to 202 public schools and about 164,467 public school students.
The nearest other public school, Skyridge High School, is about 0.9 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Renaissance Academy is 5th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
Under the NCES locale system, Renaissance Academy is City: Small. This is a charter school, which is a tuition-free public school operating under a charter.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 738 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 742.
Topics for discussion here include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Utah County at a glance
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