Summit Academy

The Summit Academy district in Utah operates three high-performing elementary schools: Summit Academy - Draper Campus, Summit Academy - Bluffdale, and Summit Academy - Independence. These schools have consistently demonstrated strong academic achievement, with several standout metrics and notable findings.

Summit Academy - Draper Campus is a top-performing school, ranking as high as 11th out of 579 schools in Utah and maintaining a 4 or 5-star rating from SchoolDigger. This school has a relatively low percentage of free/reduced lunch recipients, suggesting a more affluent student population. In contrast, Summit Academy - Bluffdale stands out for its exceptional science and mathematics proficiency rates, with 87.3% and 73.3% of 6th graders, respectively, performing at or above grade level.

Across the district, the Summit Academy schools generally outperform the state averages in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science proficiency. Summit Academy - Independence is noteworthy for its high 6th grade ELA proficiency rate of 61.3%, significantly above the state average of 47.4%. While spending per student varies across the schools, the data suggests that higher spending does not necessarily translate to better academic outcomes, as seen in the case of Summit Academy - Bluffdale.