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Bluffdale, Utah - 1 schools
An equity score of 38/100 ranks North Star Academy #113 of 147 districts in Utah (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $7,125 per pupil, North Star Academy ranks #139 of 155 Utah districts by per-pupil spending (Utah districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
North Star Academy operates 1 public schools serving 526 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Utah. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Salt Lake County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $7,125 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 16 of 155 Utah districts by per-pupil spending. See how Utah compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 1.7% local, 88.0% state, and 10.3% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 38/100, ranked #113 of 147 in Utah against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 1 schools offering Advanced Placement (1 AP courses district-wide), a 522:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 29.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 70.3% White, 14.2% Asian, 9.2% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is North Star Academy, enrolling 522 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
North Star Academy accounts for 99.2% of all North Star Academy student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of North Star Academy a distant remainder — means North Star Academy-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
North Star Academy student-counselor ratio is 522:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
North Star Academy chronic absenteeism rate is 29.5% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Variation between sub-units within North Star Academy is typically wider than the North Star Academy-aggregate figure suggests.
North Star Academy has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 526 students.
How much does North Star Academy spend per student?
North Star Academy spends $7,125 per student. The district has an equity score of 38/100, ranking #113 in Utah.
What is the demographic composition of North Star Academy?
North Star Academy students are 70.3% White, 14.2% Asian, 9.2% Hispanic or Latino, 0.2% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for North Star Academy?
North Star Academy has an equity score of 38/100, ranking #113 out of 147 districts in Utah.