Life Skills Academy
SANDY · UT · Canyons District · Public
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Youth Educational Support School → Mana Academy Charter School → Wallace Stegner Academy Kearns K-12 → Jordan Valley School → Granite Technical Institute → Kauri Sue Hamilton → Jordan Academy for Technology & Careers South → Jordan Academy for Technology and Careers - North →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Life Skills Academy compares for families
What families should know about Life Skills Academy.
- ▸ LocallyUT students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+8 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Youth Educational Support School, Mana Academy Charter School, Wallace Stegner Academy Kearns K-12 and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
High-poverty school
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. These schools qualify for the highest tier of federal Title I funding and typically receive extra wraparound services. Academic outcomes vary widely — check the state assessment + grad-rate tiles.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
🏛️ Your state's public flagship
University of Utah
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $16,200/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the strongest early indicator of dropout, transfer-out, and family disengagement. A school's absenteeism trend forecasts its enrollment trend 1-3 years out. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +8.1%/year, projecting from 2024's 63 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Youth Educational Support School SALT LAKE CITY |
Public | 9.7 | 62 | -8.8% |
| Mana Academy Charter School WEST VALLEY CITY |
Public · charter | 12.7 | 60 | -1.6% |
| Wallace Stegner Academy Kearns K-12 WEST VALLEY CITY |
Public · charter | 11.3 | 79 | — |
| Jordan Valley School MIDVALE |
Public | 4.7 | 34 | — |
| Granite Technical Institute SALT LAKE CITY |
Public | 11.5 | 86 | -30.6% |
| Kauri Sue Hamilton RIVERTON |
Public | 5.0 | 123 | +2.5% |
| Jordan Academy for Technology & Careers South RIVERTON |
Public | 3.8 | — | — |
| Jordan Academy for Technology and Careers - North West Jordan |
Public | 5.4 | — | — |