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Ascent Academies of Utah, UT: schools, enrollment and spending
Ascent Academies of Utah runs 5 public schools with 2,854 students in grades K to 9. Its ratio of 18.7 students per teacher is 3.2 lower than the Utah figure of 21.9.
At a glance
- Schools
- 5
- Students
- 2,854
- Teachers (FTE)
- 153
- Students per teacher
- 18.7
- UT: 21.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 4179 S Riverboat Road Ste 170, Salt Lake City, UT 84123
- Phone
- (801)939-4414
- County
- Salt Lake County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- K to 9
- Agency type
- Charter agency
- NCES district ID
- 4900174
- State district ID
- UT-2J
- Total staff (FTE)
- 274
- School counselors (FTE)
- 5.0About 571 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 10.0
- Charter schools
- 5
Students per teacher compared
This district18.7
Utah21.9
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (2,218), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $23.1 million
- Federal revenue
- $2.0 million
- State revenue
- $20.0 million
- Local revenue
- $1.1 million
- Total spending
- $24.1 million
- Spending per pupil
- $10,861
- Salaries
- $11.9 million49.3% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 8.8%
- State: 86.3%
- Local: 4.9%
Utah overall
- Federal: 9.6%
- State: 54.7%
- Local: 35.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$10,861
Utah$10,840
United States$16,826
Schools in Ascent Academies of Utah
By level: 2 elementary, 3 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Ascent Academies of Utah - West ValleyCharter | Elementary | K to 6 | 425 | 17.0 |
| Ascent Academies of Utah FarmingtonCharter | Other | K to 9 | 385 | 15.4 |
| Ascent Academies of Utah LehiCharter | Other | K to 9 | 646 | 19.6 |
| Ascent Academies of Utah Saratoga SpringsCharter | Elementary | K to 6 | 637 | 20.5 |
| Ascent Academies of Utah West JordanCharter | Other | K to 9 | 761 | 20.0 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Salt Lake County
- Granite District 59,106 students
- Jordan District 58,788 students
- Canyons District 32,688 students
- Salt Lake District 19,049 students
- Murray District 5,678 students
- American Preparatory Academy 5,174 students
- Summit Academy 2,567 students
- Wallace Stegner Academy 2,162 students
- Providence Hall 2,044 students
- Utah Virtual Academy 1,890 students
- Hawthorn Academy 1,364 students
- Monticello Academy 1,131 students
- Entheos Academy 1,054 students
- Utah Connections Academy 1,052 students
- Early Light Academy at Daybreak 1,022 students
More in Utah
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.