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Summit Academy - Bluffdale
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RISE / Utah Aspire+ 2024-25 . % Proficient + Highly ProficientBeatsExpectations
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Summit Academy - Bluffdale
Located at 1940 W. 14400 S., in BLUFFDALE, Utah, Summit Academy - Bluffdale is a reasonably sized elementary-level community that works with 537 students (grades pre-K through 6), overseen by Summit Academy.
Within Summit Academy, which oversees 4 schools and 2,567 students, Summit Academy - Bluffdale is one campus in the system.
Demographically, Summit Academy - Bluffdale logs that 74% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school reports 18% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Salt Lake County as a whole.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Summit Academy - Bluffdale has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.6:1. The state averages around 21.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 19% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Salt Lake County's rate of about 34%.
After controlling for student poverty, Summit Academy - Bluffdale sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.3%; this one delivers 52.4%.
In the surrounding community, Salt Lake County reports that median household earnings sit near $97,494, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Salt Lake County runs 325 public schools (combined enrollment of about 209,757 students), of which Summit Academy - Bluffdale is one.
Bluffdale School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Summit Academy - Bluffdale. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Summit Academy - Bluffdale at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 51.0%.
Geographically, the school is in a suburban area. Summit Academy - Bluffdale 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. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Summit Academy - Bluffdale has stayed largely flat, going from 547 students in 2018 to 537 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 88% to 74%.
Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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