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What's one thing Spectrum Academy - NSL gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
829
Combined
DISTRICT 763 · STATE 687
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPECTRUM ACADEMY·NCES 490004201137
Spectrum Academy - NSL
575 N CUTLER DR, NORTH SALT LAKE, UT 84054 · (801) 936-0318 · Davis County
GRADES KG–12COMBINED21-SUBURBCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL829 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 5% of Utah public K-12 schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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 K-12 schools
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
74 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.9:1 · STATE 19.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
257 students
DISTRICT 27% · STATE 33%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 38 | 5% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 6% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 6% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 6% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 7% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 66 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 66 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 64 | 8% |
| Grade 9 | 80 | 10% |
| Grade 10 | 85 | 10% |
| Grade 11 | 77 | 9% |
| Grade 12 | 80 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (38) is 41% smaller than its 8th grade class (64).
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 37% · 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
16.3%
UT avg 41.4% . -3.1pp since 2023
Math
11.1%
UT avg 41.8% . -0.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 16 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 16.3% | 11.1% |
| 2023-24 | 19.4% | 11.4% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of UT schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
18.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.6%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-26.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 45% 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 →
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
829
-9 (-1%) vs 2020
+151% since 2010-11, when it was 330
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 | 829 | 74.1 | 11.2:1 | 31% (257) |
| 2023-24 | 861 | 70.9 | 12.2:1 | 23% (195) |
| 2022-23 | 838 | 74.6 | 11.2:1 | 29% (247) |
| 2020-21 | 838 | N/A | N/A | 34% (285) |
| 2017-18 | 604 | N/A | N/A | 30% (180) |
| 2015-16 | 569 | N/A | N/A | 32% (181) |
| 2010-11 | 330 | 21 | 15.7:1 | 23% (76) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Spectrum Academy - NSL.
About Spectrum Academy - NSL
Spectrum Academy - NSL is a medium-sized combined-grade school in NORTH SALT LAKE, Utah, administered by Spectrum Academy. The school's 829 students are in kindergarten through 12. Enrollment is 21% higher than the average for combined schools in Utah, which is about 687.
Spectrum Academy - NSL falls under Spectrum Academy, which has 2 schools enrolling 1,525 students.
White students account for 76% of enrollment at Spectrum Academy - NSL. Smaller groups are 15% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. The chance that two students picked at random at Spectrum Academy - NSL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 39%.
Staffing totals 74.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 11.2:1. For comparison, combined schools in Utah average 19.9:1. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 31%. That rate is above the 19% average among public schools in Davis County.
Measured against Utah public K-12 schools, Spectrum Academy - NSL receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests, 18.7%, is 26.0 points below the 44.6% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the bottom 10% of Utah schools.
Within Davis County, median household income is about $110,884, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Davis County number 118 and enroll about 81,110.
The nearest public school is Wasatch Peak Academy, at about 0.2 miles. Spectrum Academy - NSL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 42.0% proficiency; Spectrum Academy - NSL posts 18.7%.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large. It is a charter school, open to the public and funded by taxpayers.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 838 to 829, a small change.
Questions about science fairs, picture day, and bus routes can be posted here. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Davis County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
370,924
Census ACS
Median income
$110,884
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
118
81,110 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Spectrum Academy
- Spectrum Academy - Pleasant GroveCombined · 696 students
Other schools in NORTH SALT LAKE
- Orchard SchoolElementary · 581 students
- Wasatch Peak AcademyElementary · 519 students
- Foxboro SchoolElementary · 486 students
Nearby schools
- Wasatch Peak Academy0.2 mi · 519
- Foxboro School0.4 mi · 486
- Odyssey School1.2 mi · 553
- Legacy Preparatory Academy1.3 mi · 1,016
- Orchard School1.5 mi · 581
- Adelaide School1.7 mi · 415
Frequently asked questions
About Spectrum Academy - NSLHow many students attend Spectrum Academy - NSL?
Spectrum Academy - NSL enrolls approximately 829 students in grades KG-12.
What grades does Spectrum Academy - NSL serve?
Spectrum Academy - NSL serves grades KG-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Spectrum Academy - NSL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Spectrum Academy - NSL is approximately 11.2:1 (74 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Spectrum Academy - NSL?
Student demographics at Spectrum Academy - NSL are roughly 76% White, 15% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Spectrum Academy - NSL?
Spectrum Academy - NSL is overseen by Spectrum Academy in Davis County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.