Salt Lake Academy High School

Salt Lake Academy High School is a secondary school of cozy scale in HERRIMAN, Utah, one of the schools within Salt Lake Academy High School, teacheing 403 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 59% leaner than the state mean of about 980.

Salt Lake Academy High School is a school of Salt Lake Academy High School, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

Looking at the student body, Salt Lake Academy High School lists that 58% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school shows 32% White, 5% Black, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 21% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.1:1 average. Roughly 5% of students at Salt Lake Academy High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Salt Lake County runs at roughly 34%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Salt Lake Academy High School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 57.1%; this one comes in at 15.8%, -41.4 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, Salt Lake County reports that median household earnings sit near $97,494, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Salt Lake County's 325 public schools (combined enrollment of about 209,757 students), Salt Lake Academy High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Ridge View Elementary, roughly 1.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Salt Lake Academy High School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 43.4%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting. As a public charter, Salt Lake Academy High School runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Salt Lake Academy High School has ticked up 147%, going from 163 students in 2018 to 403 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 54% to 32% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Salt Lake Academy High School typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.