Terra Academy

Terra Academy is a mid-sized K-12 campus in VERNAL, Utah, operated by Terra Academy. The school works with 595 students in grades K through 12.

Terra Academy is the operating authority for Terra Academy, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

On demographics, Terra Academy reports that nearly all students (93%) are White. The remainder breaks down as 4% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 84% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 19% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Uintah County runs at roughly 36%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Terra Academy performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.4%, the actual is 44.8%, a residual of -5.5 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Uintah County put median household income runs about $73,746, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Uintah County's 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,403 students), Terra Academy is one campus in the mix.

Ashley Valley Educ. Ctr. is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Terra Academy. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Terra Academy ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 46.9%.

The school occupies a town-based site. Terra Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 4%: 621 students in 2018 compared to 595 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, members of the Terra Academy community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.