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What's one thing Salt Lake Arts Academy gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
415
Middle
STATE 831
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SALT LAKE ARTS ACADEMY·NCES 490001800905
Salt Lake Arts Academy
844 S 200 E, SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84111 · (801) 531-1173 · Salt Lake County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE12-CITYCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL415 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 77% of Utah public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Utah public middle schools
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
22 FTE teachers
STATE 21.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
64 students
STATE 33%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 104 | 25% |
| Grade 6 | 104 | 25% |
| Grade 7 | 104 | 25% |
| Grade 8 | 103 | 25% |
Student demographics
40%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
Test scores
RISE / Utah Aspire+ 2024-25 . % Proficient + Highly ProficientEnglish Language Arts
59.5%
UT avg 41.4% . -2.4pp since 2023
Math
44.6%
UT avg 41.8% . -2.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.5% | 44.6% |
| 2023-24 | 61.9% | 47.1% |
% Proficient + Highly Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: RISE / Utah Aspire+. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
56.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.3%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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%.
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 Arts Academy
Salt Lake Arts Academy's state test result (56.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake Arts Academy this school | 415 | 15.4% | 56.7% |
| Churchill Jr High SALT LAKE CITY | 521 | 8.3% | 61.2% |
| North Summit Middle COALVILLE | 323 | 20.7% | 63.1% |
| Bountiful Jr High BOUNTIFUL | 630 | 24.1% | 37.5% |
| Riverview Jr High MURRAY | 614 | 25.4% | 45.8% |
| Grantsville Jr High GRANTSVILLE | 550 | 20.7% | 41.6% |
Matched among Utah middle 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 Arts Academy ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Salt Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.7% | #26 of 136 | #11 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.6% | #57 of 140 ▼ 11 | #18 of 44 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.5% | #7 of 140 ▼ 1 | #3 of 44 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 415 | #126 of 144 | #43 of 44 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.6:1 | #21 of 137 | #6 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.5% | #66 of 137 | #35 of 44 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.4% | #110 of 141 | #34 of 44 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.9% | #25 of 46 | #10 of 16 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
415
+9 (+2%) vs 2020
+40% since 2010-11, when it was 297
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 | 415 | 22.4 | 18.6:1 | 15% (64) |
| 2023-24 | 403 | 23.3 | 17.3:1 | 13% (52) |
| 2022-23 | 404 | 20.8 | 19.4:1 | 6% (26) |
| 2020-21 | 406 | N/A | N/A | 20% (81) |
| 2017-18 | 392 | N/A | N/A | 12% (46) |
| 2015-16 | 391 | N/A | N/A | 14% (55) |
| 2010-11 | 297 | 14 | 21.2:1 | 13% (40) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Salt Lake Arts Academy.
About Salt Lake Arts Academy
Salt Lake Arts Academy is a small middle school that serves part of SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. The school reports 415 students in grades 5 through 8. The typical figure for middle schools in Utah is about 831 students.
The school serves as its own district in federal records.
White students make up a majority at Salt Lake Arts Academy, at 75%. The remaining shares are 13% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Salt Lake Arts Academy's diversity index is 40%, against a US figure of 70%.
A ratio of 18.6:1 comes from the school's 22.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 3.1 students per teacher below the 21.7:1 average for middle schools in Utah. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 15% in 2024-25. The 34% average for public schools in Salt Lake County is 19 points higher.
allk12 grades Salt Lake Arts Academy an A-. The grade compares the school only with Utah public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Salt Lake Arts Academy posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 56.7%, compared with a predicted 52.3%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Utah schools on BeatsExpectations.
Salt Lake County census figures show that the median household income is $97,494, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Salt Lake County is home to 325 public schools and about 209,757 public school students.
Liberty School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles away. The five-mile area around Salt Lake Arts Academy holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 41.0% on proficiency, and Salt Lake Arts Academy is above that at 56.7%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Mid-size. Federal records list Salt Lake Arts Academy as a charter school.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 415, close to the 406 recorded in 2020-21.
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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
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Frequently asked questions
About Salt Lake Arts AcademyHow many students attend Salt Lake Arts Academy?
Salt Lake Arts Academy enrolls approximately 415 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does Salt Lake Arts Academy serve?
Salt Lake Arts Academy serves grades 05-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Salt Lake Arts Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Salt Lake Arts Academy is approximately 18.6:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Salt Lake Arts Academy?
Student demographics at Salt Lake Arts Academy are roughly 75% White, 13% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Salt Lake Arts Academy in?
Salt Lake Arts Academy is part of Salt Lake Arts Academy.
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