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Which teacher or staff member at Spectrum Academy - Pleasant Grove deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
696
Combined
DISTRICT 763 · STATE 687
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPECTRUM ACADEMY·NCES 490004201464
Spectrum Academy - Pleasant Grove
867 South 800 West, PLEASANT GROVE, UT 84062 · (801) 785-9019 · Utah County
GRADES KG–12COMBINED21-SUBURBCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL696 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 16% of Utah public K-12 schools
- C-Test 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
10.6:1
66 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.9:1 · STATE 19.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
161 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 | 28 | 4% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 6% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 6% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 45 | 6% |
| Grade 7 | 60 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 66 | 9% |
| Grade 9 | 67 | 10% |
| Grade 10 | 64 | 9% |
| Grade 11 | 59 | 8% |
| Grade 12 | 59 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (28) is 58% smaller than its 8th grade class (66).
Student demographics
34%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
30.8%
UT avg 41.4% . -3.6pp since 2023
Math
23.7%
UT avg 41.8% . -0.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.8% | 23.7% |
| 2023-24 | 34.4% | 24.6% |
% 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
29.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 49% 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
696
+76 (+12%) 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 | 696 | 65.8 | 10.6:1 | 23% (161) |
| 2023-24 | 712 | 64.1 | 11.1:1 | 22% (160) |
| 2022-23 | 723 | 68.1 | 10.6:1 | 27% (192) |
| 2020-21 | 620 | N/A | N/A | 32% (199) |
| 2017-18 | 550 | N/A | N/A | 32% (175) |
| 2015-16 | 461 | N/A | N/A | 35% (160) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Spectrum Academy - Pleasant Grove.
About Spectrum Academy - Pleasant Grove
Spectrum Academy - Pleasant Grove is a mid-sized school serving multiple grade levels that serves part of PLEASANT GROVE, Utah. It reports enrollment of 696 students in kindergarten through 12.
Spectrum Academy has a total of 2 schools and 1,525 students, Spectrum Academy - Pleasant Grove among them.
The student body at Spectrum Academy - Pleasant Grove is 80% White. The rest of enrollment is 12% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. Among Utah County residents, the White share is about 81%. A diversity index of 34% means there is a 34% chance two randomly chosen students at Spectrum Academy - Pleasant Grove are from different groups.
The school lists 65.8 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.6:1. The average for combined schools in Utah, 19.9:1, is higher. A total of 161 students, or 23%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Utah County average a similar 22%.
Spectrum Academy - Pleasant Grove holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 16% of Utah public K-12 schools.
Spectrum Academy - Pleasant Grove scores 19.0 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results: 29.5% actual versus 48.5% predicted. That puts it in the bottom 10% of Utah schools on BeatsExpectations.
For the population of Utah County, the median household earns about $100,671 a year, about 44% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Spectrum Academy - Pleasant Grove shares Utah County with 201 other public schools.
John Hancock Charter School is about 1.1 miles from Spectrum Academy - Pleasant Grove, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Spectrum Academy - Pleasant Grove ranks 7th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. Spectrum Academy - Pleasant Grove is a publicly funded charter school.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 12% rise, from 620 to 696.
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Utah County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
705,400
Census ACS
Median income
$100,671
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
44%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
202
164,467 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PLEASANT GROVE
- Pleasant Grove HighHigh · 1,905 students
- Pleasant Grove Jr HighMiddle · 1,181 students
- Canyon Grove AcademyCombined · 1,052 students
- Lincoln AcademyCombined · 911 students
- Grovecrest SchoolElementary · 684 students
- Mount Mahogany SchoolElementary · 631 students
Nearby schools
- John Hancock Charter School1.1 mi · 179
- Central School1.3 mi · 596
- Mount Mahogany School1.3 mi · 631
- Pleasant Grove Jr High1.5 mi · 1,181
- Pleasant Grove High1.5 mi · 1,905
- Odyssey Charter School1.6 mi · 420
Frequently asked questions
About Spectrum Academy - Pleasant GroveWhat is the total enrollment at Spectrum Academy - Pleasant Grove?
Spectrum Academy - Pleasant Grove enrolls approximately 696 students in grades KG-12.
What age range does Spectrum Academy - Pleasant Grove serve?
Spectrum Academy - Pleasant Grove serves students from grade KG through grade 12.
How many teachers does Spectrum Academy - Pleasant Grove have?
Spectrum Academy - Pleasant Grove employs 66 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.6:1.
How diverse is Spectrum Academy - Pleasant Grove?
Spectrum Academy - Pleasant Grove reports a student body of 80% White, 12% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Spectrum Academy - Pleasant Grove?
Spectrum Academy - Pleasant Grove is overseen by Spectrum Academy in Utah County.
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