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Salt Lake City, Utah - 1 schools
An equity score of 76/100 ranks Pacific Heritage Academy #13 of 147 districts in Utah (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $9,714 per pupil, Pacific Heritage Academy ranks #57 of 155 Utah districts by per-pupil spending (Utah districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Pacific Heritage Academy operates 1 public schools serving 316 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Utah. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary 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 $9,714 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 155 Utah districts by per-pupil spending. See how Utah compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 1.1% local, 73.5% state, and 25.4% 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 76/100, ranked #13 of 147 in Utah against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
and 54.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 46.8% Hispanic or Latino, 11.6% White, 7.3% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Pacific Heritage Academy, enrolling 327 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Pacific Heritage Academy accounts for 100.0% of all Pacific Heritage Academy student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Pacific Heritage Academy a distant remainder — means Pacific Heritage Academy-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
Pacific Heritage Academy has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 65.2% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Eligibility here is approaching the 75% concentration-grant threshold; it does not yet unlock the extra funding tier but sits meaningfully above the baseline 50% majority mark. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Pacific Heritage Academy chronic absenteeism rate is 54.4% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 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.
Pacific Heritage Academy has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 316 students.
How much does Pacific Heritage Academy spend per student?
Pacific Heritage Academy spends $9,714 per student. The district has an equity score of 76/100, ranking #13 in Utah.
What is the demographic composition of Pacific Heritage Academy?
Pacific Heritage Academy students are 46.8% Hispanic or Latino, 11.6% White, 7.3% Asian, 3.4% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Pacific Heritage Academy?
Pacific Heritage Academy has an equity score of 76/100, ranking #13 out of 147 districts in Utah.