Wasatch Peak Academy

Wasatch Peak Academy is an elementary-level community of middle-of-the-pack scale in North Salt Lake, Utah, overseen by Wasatch Peak Academy, teacheing 519 students in grades K through 6.

Operationally, Wasatch Peak Academy answers to Wasatch Peak Academy, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

Looking at the student body, Wasatch Peak Academy shows that White students make up the majority at 66%. Beyond that, the school logs 19% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 5% Pacific Islander, 3% Asian. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 84%.

Looking at school resources, Wasatch Peak Academy reports 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.8:1 average. Around 19% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Wasatch Peak Academy tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 56.3%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Davis County put median household earnings sit near $110,884, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Wasatch Peak Academy is one of 118 public schools in Davis County (combined enrollment of about 81,110 students).

Spectrum Academy - NSL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Wasatch Peak Academy ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 37.3%.

The school occupies a residential site. Wasatch Peak Academy operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Five-year trend. Wasatch Peak Academy's enrollment has increased 23% since 2018, when it stood at 422 (now 519). White enrollment moved from 78% to 66% across the same window.

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