An equity score of 58/100 ranks Vanguard Academy #46 of 147 districts in Utah (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $9,641 per pupil, Vanguard Academy ranks #79 of 156 Utah districts by per-pupil spending (Utah districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Vanguard Academy operates 1 public schools serving 538 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 $9,641 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 156 Utah districts by per-pupil spending. See how Utah compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 1.3% local, 82.8% state, and 15.9% 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 58/100, ranked #46 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.
a 623:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 0.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 98.6% White, 1.0% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Vanguard Academy, enrolling 623 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Vanguard Academy accounts for 100.0% of all Vanguard Academy student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Vanguard Academy a distant remainder — means Vanguard Academy-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Vanguard Academy reports 58.9% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
Vanguard Academy student-counselor ratio is 623:1 — 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.
Vanguard Academy chronic absenteeism rate is 0.5% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.