Wallace Stegner Academy

The Wallace Stegner Academy district in Utah operates two elementary schools: Wallace Stegner Academy and Wallace Stegner Academy West Valley. The data reveals that Wallace Stegner Academy West Valley is the stronger performing school, with a higher statewide ranking and better test scores, particularly in mathematics and science.

While Wallace Stegner Academy has a more diverse student population, with higher percentages of minority and economically disadvantaged students, it lags behind the West Valley campus on key metrics. Wallace Stegner Academy West Valley outperforms the original Wallace Stegner Academy on test scores, with 69.4% proficiency in 8th grade mathematics compared to 63.5% at the original campus. Additionally, Wallace Stegner Academy West Valley has a higher 3-star rating from SchoolDigger, while the original campus has a 2-star rating.

The data also reveals differences in student-teacher ratios, with Wallace Stegner Academy having a lower ratio of 23.9 students per teacher compared to 26.2 students per teacher at the West Valley campus. This may be a contributing factor to the performance gap between the two schools. Overall, the Wallace Stegner Academy district appears to have two distinct schools with varying levels of academic achievement, warranting further investigation into the underlying reasons for these differences.