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Walden School of Liberal Arts
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RISE / Utah Aspire+ 2024-25 . % Proficient + Highly ProficientBeatsExpectations
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Walden School of Liberal Arts
Walden School of Liberal Arts is one of the tight-knit all-grades campuss in PROVO, Utah, part of Walden School of Liberal Arts, with 386 students on its rolls from grades K through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 44% leaner than the state mean of about 687.
Walden School of Liberal Arts is a school of Walden School of Liberal Arts, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.
Looking at the student body, Walden School of Liberal Arts logs that 83% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest reads as 9% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Utah County as a whole.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Walden School of Liberal Arts shows 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.4:1. The state averages around 19.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 36% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Utah County (around 22%), the school's rate is north of typical.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Walden School of Liberal Arts sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.1%; this one delivers 42.7%.
In the surrounding community, census data for Utah County shows median household earnings sit near $100,671, about 44% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Utah County runs 202 public schools (combined enrollment of about 164,467 students), of which Walden School of Liberal Arts is one.
The closest other public school is Canyon Crest School, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Walden School of Liberal Arts ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 52.9%.
Walden School of Liberal Arts operates from a metropolitan location. Walden School of Liberal Arts operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.
Trend over the last 7 years. Walden School of Liberal Arts's enrollment has fell 14% since 2018, when it stood at 448 (now 386). White enrollment moved from 79% to 83% across the same window.
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