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How has Wallace Stegner Academy West Valley changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
702
Elementary
DISTRICT 693 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WALLACE STEGNER ACADEMY·NCES 490018401609
Wallace Stegner Academy West Valley
2671 S Stegner Way, WEST VALLEY CITY, UT 84120 · (801) 456-9570 · Salt Lake County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL702 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 61% of Utah public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
22.6:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.2:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
424 students
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 33%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 74 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 97 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 77 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 61 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 73 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 62 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is 19% larger than its 8th grade class (62).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
34.3%
UT avg 41.4% . -16.6pp since 2023
Math
39.9%
UT avg 41.8% . -10.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 17 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 11 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.3% | 39.9% |
| 2023-24 | 50.9% | 50.5% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
44.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.3%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Wallace Stegner Academy West Valley
Wallace Stegner Academy West Valley's state test result (44.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wallace Stegner Academy West Valley this school | 702 | 60.4% | 44.9% |
| Heritage School OGDEN | 647 | 60.3% | 19.6% |
| Timpanogos School PROVO | 636 | 63.1% | 31.1% |
| Stansbury School WEST VALLEY CITY | 582 | 56.0% | 23.4% |
| New Bridge School OGDEN | 665 | 53.1% | 22.7% |
| Columbia School WEST JORDAN | 599 | 68.1% | 16.1% |
Matched among Utah elementary 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 Wallace Stegner Academy West Valley ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Salt Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.9% | #321 of 562 | #83 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.9% | #353 of 578 ▼ 128 | #86 of 180 ▼ 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.3% | #421 of 578 ▼ 191 | #104 of 180 ▼ 40 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 702 | #93 of 613 | #23 of 184 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.6:1 | #421 of 556 | #145 of 178 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.6% | #124 of 559 | #83 of 179 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.4% | #51 of 582 | #25 of 179 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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.
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 702 | 31 | 22.6:1 | 60% (424) |
| 2023-24 | 755 | 28.9 | 26.1:1 | 61% (463) |
| 2022-23 | 656 | 25 | 26.2:1 | 65% (424) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wallace Stegner Academy West Valley.
About Wallace Stegner Academy West Valley
Wallace Stegner Academy West Valley is an elementary school located in WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah, in Salt Lake County. In all, 702 students attend the school in kindergarten through 8. That is 43% larger than the average of about 491 students for elementary schools in Utah.
Wallace Stegner Academy has 3 schools and 2,162 students, and Wallace Stegner Academy West Valley is one of those schools.
At Wallace Stegner Academy West Valley, 62% of students are Hispanic. The remaining students are 24% White, 7% Pacific Islander, 3% multiracial, and 2% Black. Census figures show Salt Lake County is about 21% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 56%.
Wallace Stegner Academy West Valley lists 31 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 22.6 students per teacher. The school's 22.6:1 compares with an average of 21.8:1 for elementary schools in Utah. The school reported 60% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The average for public schools in Salt Lake County is 34%.
Among Utah public elementary schools, Wallace Stegner Academy West Valley outscored 61%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Wallace Stegner Academy West Valley falls in the middle 80% of Utah schools: 44.9% actual against 30.3% predicted.
Looking at the county, Salt Lake County, the median household earns about $97,494 a year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Salt Lake County has 325 public schools with about 209,757 students, including Wallace Stegner Academy West Valley.
West Valley School is about 0.6 miles from Wallace Stegner Academy West Valley, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Wallace Stegner Academy West Valley comes in 2nd of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. This is a charter school, which is a tuition-free public school operating under a charter.
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Salt Lake County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,196,523
Census ACS
Median income
$97,494
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
325
209,757 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wallace Stegner Academy
- Wallace Stegner Academy Kearns K-12Combined · 777 students
- Wallace Stegner AcademyElementary · 683 students
- Wallace Stegner Academy SunsetElementary
Other schools in WEST VALLEY CITY
- Granger HighHigh · 3,267 students
- Hunter HighHigh · 2,480 students
- American Preparatory Academy - Accelerated SchoolCombined · 1,556 students
- Wallace Stegner Academy Kearns K-12Combined · 777 students
- John F. Kennedy Jr HighMiddle · 772 students
- West Valley SchoolElementary · 764 students
Nearby schools
- West Valley School0.6 mi · 764
- Neil Armstrong Academy1.0 mi · 688
- Valley Crest School1.0 mi · 455
- Gearld Wright School1.1 mi · 532
- Whittier School1.2 mi · 492
- Monticello Academy1.4 mi · 689
Frequently asked questions
About Wallace Stegner Academy West ValleyHow many students attend Wallace Stegner Academy West Valley?
Wallace Stegner Academy West Valley enrolls approximately 702 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Wallace Stegner Academy West Valley serve?
Wallace Stegner Academy West Valley serves grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Wallace Stegner Academy West Valley?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Wallace Stegner Academy West Valley is approximately 22.6:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Wallace Stegner Academy West Valley?
Student demographics at Wallace Stegner Academy West Valley are roughly 24% White, 62% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Wallace Stegner Academy West Valley in?
Wallace Stegner Academy West Valley is part of Wallace Stegner Academy.
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