NCES CCD 2024-25 8 schools UT

Best-Resourced Schools in Magna, UT

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8 public K-12 schools in Magna from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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8
Schools
6,875
Students
26.3/100
Avg Resource Index
23.2:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Magna has more public-school enrollment than 69% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Cyprus High enrolls 40.2% of Magna's public-school students. That is enough concentration for one institution to pull the citywide enrollment, staffing, and Resource Index averages toward its own profile. The smaller campuses below should therefore be compared directly rather than inferred from the headline mean; their grade configurations and program footprints can be materially different even inside the same district.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

6 of Magna's 8 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 21-point gap between Copper Hills School and Entheos Academy Magna shows the range hidden by Magna's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 31%
School count
Top 54%
Resource Index average
6th percentile
Teacher staffing
5th percentile

Cyprus High accounts for 40.2% of all Magna public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Magna-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Magna school enrollment varies 6.7× across entities

Magna school enrollment ranges from 410 students (lowest) to 2,762 students (highest), a spread of 2,352 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Magna student-teacher ratio is 23.2:1 — high (typically associated with larger urban scale or staffing constraints that have widened the headcount gap)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

1 of Magna's 8 listed schools are charters

13% of the city's listed public-school campuses are reported as charter schools in NCES CCD. Charter status identifies a different governance arrangement; it does not establish admissions availability, academic quality, or the share of city students enrolled in those campuses. Open each school record to compare enrollment and staffing directly.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

# School Score
1. Copper Hills School 33
2. Cyprus High 30
3. Scott M Matheson Jr High 30
4. Lake Ridge School 28
5. Magna School 27
6. Pleasant Green School 26
7. Elk Run Elementary 24
8. Entheos Academy Magna 12

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Magna

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Pleasant Green School 63.8/100
  2. 2 Cyprus High 60.6/100
  3. 3 Lake Ridge School 59.7/100
  4. 4 Scott M Matheson Jr High 59.6/100
  5. 5 Magna School 57.8/100

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Which Magna school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Copper Hills School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Magna schools in this federal-data comparison at 33/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Magna, UT? ▼

Magna has 8 public schools with a total enrollment of 6,875 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 23.2:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.