Salt Lake Arts Academy

Salt Lake Arts Academy, a low-enrollment middle-grades school in SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, run under Salt Lake Arts Academy, enrolls 415 students, covering grades 5 through 8. By comparison, Utah's public schools average about 831 students each, so Salt Lake Arts Academy sits 50% below that benchmark.

Salt Lake Arts Academy is the operating authority for Salt Lake Arts Academy, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

On demographics, Salt Lake Arts Academy reports that the largest single group is White, at 75% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 13% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 2% Asian.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 21.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 15% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Salt Lake County runs at roughly 34%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Salt Lake Arts Academy sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 52.3%; this one delivers 56.7%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Salt Lake County put median household income runs about $97,494, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Salt Lake Arts Academy is one of 325 public schools in Salt Lake County (combined enrollment of about 209,757 students).

Liberty School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Salt Lake Arts Academy comes 2nd of 4 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 41.0%.

Salt Lake Arts Academy operates from an urban location. Salt Lake Arts Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 6%: 392 students in 2018 compared to 415 in 2025.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.