Enrollment
403
High
STATE 980
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SALT LAKE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL·NCES 490019701517
Salt Lake Academy High School
14787 S ACADEMY PKWY, HERRIMAN, UT 84096 · (801) 597-3096 · Salt Lake County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL403 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.8:1
21 FTE teachers
STATE 21.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
5%
22 students
STATE 33%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 111 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 112 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 96 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 84 | 21% |
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 47% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of UT schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
15.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.1%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-41.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 57% typical for Utah schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Salt Lake Academy High School
Salt Lake Academy High School's state test result (15.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake Academy High School this school | 403 | 5.5% | 15.8% |
| Utah Military Academy - Camp Williams LEHI | 357 | 28.3% | 14.7% |
| No. UT. Acad. of Math Engineering & Science Ogden OGDEN | 459 | 7.8% | 65.8% |
| Utah Military Academy RIVERDALE | 595 | 25.9% | 24.0% |
| Utah County Academy of Science OREM | 510 | 19.6% | 78.6% |
| Bryce Valley High TROPIC | 142 | 19.7% | 22.6% |
Matched among Utah high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Salt Lake Academy High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Salt Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.8% | #141 of 149 | #31 of 35 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 403 | #114 of 189 | #29 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.8:1 | #33 of 145 | #9 of 38 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.5% | #32 of 145 | #22 of 38 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 5.5% | #168 of 169 | #42 of 42 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
403
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 403 | 21.4 | 18.8:1 | 5% (22) |
| 2023-24 | 414 | 11.8 | 35.2:1 | 11% (46) |
| 2022-23 | 383 | 13.5 | 28.4:1 | 9% (35) |
| 2020-21 | 402 | N/A | N/A | 19% (77) |
| 2017-18 | 163 | N/A | N/A | 7% (11) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Salt Lake Academy High School.
About Salt Lake Academy High School
Salt Lake Academy High School is a low-enrollment high school in HERRIMAN, Utah, (ZIP code 84096). In all, 403 students attend the school in grades 9 through 12. That puts enrollment 59% below the 980-student average for high schools in Utah.
Salt Lake Academy High School operates as its own local education agency.
The share of Hispanic students at Salt Lake Academy High School is 58%, a majority. After that, the student body is 32% White, 5% Black, and 4% multiracial. Census figures show Salt Lake County is about 21% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 56, compared with 70 nationally.
Salt Lake Academy High School lists 21.4 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 18.8 students per teacher. The gap from the 21.1:1 average for high schools in Utah is 2.3 students per teacher. About 5% of students at Salt Lake Academy High School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Salt Lake County, the average eligibility rate is 34%.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results for Salt Lake Academy High School is 57.1%. It actually posts 15.8%, which is 41.4 points lower and in the bottom 10% of Utah schools.
In the surrounding county, Salt Lake County, median household income comes to about $97,494, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. The county has 325 public schools and about 209,757 students.
Salt Lake Academy High School is about 1.2 miles from Ridge View Elementary, its nearest public school. Salt Lake Academy High School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Salt Lake Academy High School ranks 7th of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 15.8% against a local average of 43.4%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large. It is a charter school, open to the public and funded by taxpayers.
Enrollment went from 402 in 2020-21 to 403 in 2024-25, a change of 1 student.
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Salt Lake County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,196,523
Census ACS
Median income
$97,494
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
325
209,757 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HERRIMAN
- Mountain Ridge HighHigh · 2,738 students
- Herriman HighHigh · 2,522 students
- Providence HallCombined · 2,044 students
- Fort Herriman MiddleMiddle · 1,195 students
- Copper Mountain MiddleMiddle · 1,093 students
- Silver Crest SchoolElementary · 879 students
Nearby schools
- Ridge View Elementary1.2 mi · 713
- Bluffdale School1.3 mi · 736
- North Star Academy1.3 mi · 522
- Mountain Ridge High1.3 mi · 2,738
- Providence Hall1.4 mi · 2,044
- Juniper1.6 mi · 544
Frequently asked questions
About Salt Lake Academy High SchoolHow large is Salt Lake Academy High School?
Salt Lake Academy High School enrolls approximately 403 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Salt Lake Academy High School serve?
Salt Lake Academy High School serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Salt Lake Academy High School?
Approximately 18.8:1 students per teacher at Salt Lake Academy High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Salt Lake Academy High School?
At Salt Lake Academy High School, the student body is approximately 32% White, 58% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Salt Lake Academy High School public or private?
Salt Lake Academy High School is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Salt Lake Academy High School.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.