Enrollment
311
High
STATE 980
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UTAH ARTS ACADEMY·NCES 490001200673
Utah Arts Academy
1091 N Bluff St, SAINT GEORGE, UT 84770 · (435) 414-4535 · Washington County
GRADES 08–12HIGH12-CITYCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL311 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 47% of Utah public high schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
18 FTE teachers
STATE 21.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
82 students
STATE 33%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 8 | 41 | 13% |
| Grade 9 | 60 | 19% |
| Grade 10 | 59 | 19% |
| Grade 11 | 70 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 81 | 26% |
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
44.2%
UT avg 41.4%
Math
18.6%
UT avg 41.8%
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Utah schools, those numbers are about 41 and 42.
Source: RISE / Utah Aspire+. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
37.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.9%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% typical for Utah schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Utah's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Utah Arts Academy
Utah Arts Academy's state test result (37.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah Arts Academy this school | 311 | 26.4% | 37.0% |
| InTech Collegiate Academy LOGAN | 196 | 29.6% | 75.9% |
| American Academy of Innovation SOUTH JORDAN | 373 | 23.1% | 27.9% |
| Paradigm High School SOUTH JORDAN | 361 | 21.3% | 32.9% |
| Weber Innovation High School OGDEN | 369 | 19.8% | 45.6% |
| Launch High CEDAR CITY | 196 | 27.6% | 59.9% |
Matched among Utah high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Utah Arts Academy ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Washington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #84 of 149 | #13 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.6% | #32 of 42 | #8 of 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.2% | #19 of 42 | #8 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 311 | #129 of 189 | #11 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.7:1 | #26 of 145 | #3 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.9% | #77 of 145 | #7 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.4% | #84 of 169 | #9 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.7% | #11 of 51 | #3 of 6 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
311
-40 (-11%) vs 2020
+6% since 2010-11, when it was 294
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 | 311 | 17.6 | 17.7:1 | 26% (82) |
| 2023-24 | 272 | 19.1 | 14.3:1 | 28% (75) |
| 2022-23 | 272 | 18.8 | 14.4:1 | 24% (66) |
| 2020-21 | 351 | N/A | N/A | 32% (113) |
| 2017-18 | 378 | N/A | N/A | 27% (101) |
| 2015-16 | 368 | N/A | N/A | 26% (96) |
| 2010-11 | 294 | 12 | 24.5:1 | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Utah Arts Academy.
About Utah Arts Academy
Utah Arts Academy is a very small high school based in SAINT GEORGE, Utah. It had 311 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 8 through 12. That compares with an average of about 980 students for high schools in Utah.
Utah Arts Academy is its own local education agency in federal data.
At Utah Arts Academy, 77% of students are White. Other students are 14% Hispanic, 3% Black, and 3% multiracial. The diversity index for Utah Arts Academy is 38%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school lists 17.6 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.7:1. Statewide, high schools in Utah average 21.1:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 26% of the student body. The average for public schools in Washington County is similar, at 29%.
Among Utah public high schools, Utah Arts Academy outscored 47%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
Utah Arts Academy scores 37.0% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 46.9%.
In Washington County, median household income comes to about $80,632, roughly 35% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. The county's public schools total 65, with about 41,356 students.
The closest school to Utah Arts Academy is Sunset School, located about 0.9 miles away. Utah Arts Academy is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Local comparison: Utah Arts Academy ranks 5th of 5 nearby schools, at 37.0% versus a 41.6% average.
Locale: City: Mid-size. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000. As a charter school, Utah Arts Academy is publicly funded and operates under a charter.
From 351 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 311 by 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Utah Arts Academy can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Washington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
196,431
Census ACS
Median income
$80,632
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
65
41,356 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SAINT GEORGE
- Utah Online 7-12High · 1,547 students
- Desert Hills HighHigh · 1,241 students
- Desert Hills MiddleHigh · 909 students
- Sunrise Ridge IntermediateMiddle · 802 students
- Desert Canyons ElementaryElementary · 670 students
- Tonaquint IntermediateMiddle · 653 students
Nearby schools
- Sunset School0.9 mi · 481
- Paradise Canyon1.0 mi · 461
- Utah Online 7-121.7 mi · 1,547
- Utah Online K81.7 mi · 2,693
- Snow Canyon Middle1.7 mi · 796
- Post HS Self-Cont1.7 mi · 114
Frequently asked questions
About Utah Arts AcademyHow many students attend Utah Arts Academy?
Utah Arts Academy enrolls approximately 311 students in grades 08-12.
What age range does Utah Arts Academy serve?
Utah Arts Academy serves students from grade 08 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Utah Arts Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Utah Arts Academy is approximately 17.7:1 (18 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Utah Arts Academy?
At Utah Arts Academy, the student body is approximately 77% White, 14% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Utah Arts Academy public or private?
Utah Arts Academy is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Utah Arts Academy.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.