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What's the most underrated thing about Wasatch Peak Academy that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
519
Elementary
STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WASATCH PEAK ACADEMY·NCES 490002401107
Wasatch Peak Academy
414 N CUTLER DRIVE, North Salt Lake, UT 84054 · (801) 936-3066 · Davis County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL519 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 69% of Utah public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
20.6:1
25 FTE teachers
STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
99 students
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 | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 75 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (75).
Student demographics
52%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
48.6%
UT avg 41.4% . -8.0pp since 2023
Math
53.8%
UT avg 41.8% . -4.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.6% | 53.8% |
| 2023-24 | 56.6% | 58.3% |
% 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
56.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.5%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Wasatch Peak Academy
Wasatch Peak Academy's state test result (56.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wasatch Peak Academy this school | 519 | 19.1% | 56.3% |
| Orchard School NORTH SALT LAKE | 581 | 18.2% | 48.6% |
| Summit Academy - Bluffdale BLUFFDALE | 537 | 19.4% | 52.4% |
| Leadership Learning Academy LAYTON | 522 | 23.9% | 39.2% |
| Freedom Preparatory Academy - Vineyard VINEYARD | 505 | 21.2% | 46.8% |
| Ascent Academies of Utah Saratoga Springs SARATOGA SPRINGS | 637 | 19.5% | 43.0% |
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 Wasatch Peak Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Davis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.3% | #158 of 562 | #23 of 67 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.8% | #181 of 578 ▼ 39 | #19 of 68 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.6% | #205 of 578 ▼ 65 | #34 of 68 ▼ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 519 | #291 of 613 | #39 of 70 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.6:1 | #231 of 556 | #26 of 69 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.0% | #174 of 559 | #17 of 70 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.1% | #428 of 582 | #33 of 70 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +23.0% | #26 of 128 | #1 of 8 |
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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
519
+68 (+15%) vs 2020
+38% since 2010-11, when it was 375
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 | 519 | 25.3 | 20.6:1 | 19% (99) |
| 2023-24 | 503 | 22.5 | 22.4:1 | 19% (94) |
| 2022-23 | 485 | 22.3 | 21.8:1 | 19% (91) |
| 2020-21 | 451 | N/A | N/A | 16% (71) |
| 2017-18 | 422 | N/A | N/A | 22% (92) |
| 2015-16 | 422 | N/A | N/A | 22% (94) |
| 2010-11 | 375 | 16 | 23.4:1 | 22% (83) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wasatch Peak Academy.
About Wasatch Peak Academy
Students in North Salt Lake, Utah, attend Wasatch Peak Academy, a medium-sized elementary school. Classes run from kindergarten through 6, and the school has 519 students.
Federal records list Wasatch Peak Academy as its own district.
A majority of students at Wasatch Peak Academy, 66%, are White. The rest of enrollment is 19% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 5% Pacific Islander, and 3% Asian. Among all residents of Davis County, the White share is about 84%. By the diversity index, Wasatch Peak Academy comes in at 52%.
The teaching staff at Wasatch Peak Academy is 25.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 20.6:1. That ratio is under the 21.8:1 average for elementary schools in Utah. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 19%. That is close to the 19% average for public schools in Davis County.
allk12 grades Wasatch Peak Academy a B+. The grade compares the school only with Utah public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Wasatch Peak Academy scores 56.3% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 50.5%.
Davis County has about 370,924 residents, and median household income is about $110,884, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Davis County number 118 and enroll about 81,110.
The closest other public school is Spectrum Academy - NSL, about 0.2 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Wasatch Peak Academy at 1st of 9.
The federal government classifies Wasatch Peak Academy's location as Suburb: Large. Wasatch Peak Academy is a publicly funded charter school.
Wasatch Peak Academy had 451 students in 2020-21 and 519 in 2024-25, a 15% rise.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Davis County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
370,924
Census ACS
Median income
$110,884
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
118
81,110 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in North Salt Lake
- Spectrum Academy - NSLCombined · 829 students
- Orchard SchoolElementary · 581 students
- Foxboro SchoolElementary · 486 students
Nearby schools
- Spectrum Academy - NSL0.2 mi · 829
- Foxboro School0.6 mi · 486
- Orchard School1.4 mi · 581
- Odyssey School1.4 mi · 553
- Legacy Preparatory Academy1.5 mi · 1,016
- Adelaide School1.6 mi · 415
Frequently asked questions
About Wasatch Peak AcademyWhat is the total enrollment at Wasatch Peak Academy?
Wasatch Peak Academy enrolls approximately 519 students in grades KG-06.
Is Wasatch Peak Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
Wasatch Peak Academy is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Wasatch Peak Academy have?
Wasatch Peak Academy employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Wasatch Peak Academy?
Student demographics at Wasatch Peak Academy are roughly 66% White, 19% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Wasatch Peak Academy?
Wasatch Peak Academy is overseen by Wasatch Peak Academy in Davis County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.