Spectrum Academy - NSL

Spectrum Academy - NSL, a moderately sized K-12 campus in NORTH SALT LAKE, Utah, overseen by Spectrum Academy, teaches 829 students, covering grades K through 12. Compared to the state average of about 687 students per school, that is 21% larger than typical.

Across the 2 schools in Spectrum Academy (1,525 students total), Spectrum Academy - NSL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Spectrum Academy - NSL records that the largest single group is White, at 76% of enrollment. The remainder breaks down as 15% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 74 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 19.9:1 average. Around 31% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Davis County's rate of about 19%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, Spectrum Academy - NSL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 44.6%; actual is 18.7%, a gap of -26.0 points.

In the area at large, census data for Davis County shows the typical household earns roughly $110,884 per year, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Davis County's 118 public schools (combined enrollment of about 81,110 students), Spectrum Academy - NSL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Wasatch Peak Academy, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Spectrum Academy - NSL comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 42.0%.

Spectrum Academy - NSL operates from a bedroom-community location. Spectrum Academy - NSL is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Looking at the recent track record. Spectrum Academy - NSL's enrollment has edged up 37% since 2018, when it stood at 604 (now 829). The White share of enrollment decreased from 86% to 76% over that span.

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