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Provo, Utah - 1 schools
An equity score of 63/100 ranks Walden School of Liberal Arts #33 of 147 districts in Utah (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $8,958 per pupil, Walden School of Liberal Arts ranks #81 of 155 Utah districts by per-pupil spending (Utah districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Walden School of Liberal Arts operates 1 public schools serving 426 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 Utah County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $8,958 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 155 Utah districts by per-pupil spending. See how Utah compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 3.4% local, 82.4% state, and 14.2% 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 63/100, ranked #33 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 386:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 46.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 83.4% White, 9.1% Hispanic or Latino, 0.8% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Walden School of Liberal Arts, enrolling 386 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Walden School of Liberal Arts accounts for 90.6% of all Walden School of Liberal Arts student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Walden School of Liberal Arts a distant remainder — means Walden School of Liberal Arts-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.
Walden School of Liberal Arts student-counselor ratio is 386:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Walden School of Liberal Arts chronic absenteeism rate is 46.6% — 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.
Comparisons are relative to Walden School of Liberal Arts's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Walden School of Liberal Arts?
Walden School of Liberal Arts has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 426 students.
How much does Walden School of Liberal Arts spend per student?
Walden School of Liberal Arts spends $8,958 per student. The district has an equity score of 63/100, ranking #33 in Utah.
What is the demographic composition of Walden School of Liberal Arts?
Walden School of Liberal Arts students are 83.4% White, 9.1% Hispanic or Latino, 0.8% Asian, 0.3% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Walden School of Liberal Arts?
Walden School of Liberal Arts has an equity score of 63/100, ranking #33 out of 147 districts in Utah.