Notable Charter and Private Schools in Utah

This directory-style guide highlights 50 charter and private schools in Utah. Each institution is identified by its full profile name and location so similarly named organizations are easier to distinguish. “Notable” is a directory label, not an evaluation of quality or an endorsement.

Entries were selected and ordered using enrollment values available in COSMIQ profiles. Enrollment figures are intentionally omitted. The order is an estimate of institution size, not a ranking of academic quality, outcomes, or fit.

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Institutions in this guide

Providence Hall — HERRIMAN, Utah. Public charter school.
Utah Virtual Academy — MURRAY, Utah. Public charter school.
American Leadership Academy — SPANISH FORK, Utah. Public charter school.
American Preparatory Academy - Accelerated School — WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah. Public charter school.
Excelsior Academy — ERDA, Utah. Public charter school.
Freedom Preparatory Academy — PROVO, Utah. Public charter school.
Davinci Academy — OGDEN, Utah. Public charter school.
Vista School — IVINS, Utah. Public charter school.
American Preparatory Academy - Draper #2 — DRAPER, Utah. Public charter school.
Ogden Preparatory Academy — OGDEN, Utah. Public charter school.
Utah Connections Academy — SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. Public charter school.
Quest Academy — WEST HAVEN, Utah. Public charter school.
Lakeview Academy — SARATOGA SPRINGS, Utah. Public charter school.
Syracuse Arts Academy - Antelope — SYRACUSE, Utah. Public charter school.
George Washington Academy — ST GEORGE, Utah. Public charter school.
Early Light Academy at Daybreak — SOUTH JORDAN, Utah. Public charter school.
North Davis Preparatory Academy — LAYTON, Utah. Public charter school.
The Waterford School — Sandy, Utah. Private school.
Legacy Preparatory Academy — WOODS CROSS, Utah. Public charter school.
Mountain Heights Academy — WEST JORDAN, Utah. Public charter school.
Lincoln Academy — PLEASANT GROVE, Utah. Public charter school.
Rowland Hall — Salt Lake City, Utah. Private school.
Spectrum Academy - NSL — NORTH SALT LAKE, Utah. Public charter school.
Summit Academy - Independence — BLUFFDALE, Utah. Public charter school.
Mountainville Academy — ALPINE, Utah. Public charter school.
Ascent Academies of Utah West Jordan — WEST JORDAN, Utah. Public charter school.
Venture Academy — MARRIOTT-SLATERVILLE CITY, Utah. Public charter school.
Renaissance Academy — LEHI, Utah. Public charter school.
American Preparatory Academy - Draper #3 — DRAPER, Utah. Public charter school.
Hawthorn Academy West Jordan — WEST JORDAN, Utah. Public charter school.
Syracuse Arts Academy - North — SYRACUSE, Utah. Public charter school.
Spectrum Academy - Pleasant Grove — PLEASANT GROVE, Utah. Public charter school.
Summit Academy - Draper Campus — DRAPER, Utah. Public charter school.
Thomas Edison - South — NIBLEY, Utah. Public charter school.
Monticello Academy — WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah. Public charter school.
Wallace Stegner Academy — SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. Public charter school.
Gateway Preparatory Academy — ENOCH, Utah. Public charter school.
Reagan Academy — SPRINGVILLE, Utah. Public charter school.
Highmark Charter School — SOUTH WEBER, Utah. Public charter school.
No. UT. Acad. for Math Engineering & Science — LAYTON, Utah. Public charter school.
Scholar Academy — TOOELE, Utah. Public charter school.
Wallace Stegner Academy West Valley — WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah. Public charter school.
Franklin Discovery Academy — VINEYARD, Utah. Public charter school.
Canyon Grove Academy — PLEASANT GROVE, Utah. Public charter school.
Terra Academy — VERNAL, Utah. Public charter school.
Wasatch Waldorf Charter School — HOLLADAY, Utah. Public charter school.
Karl G. Maeser Preparatory Academy — LINDON, Utah. Public charter school.
American Preparatory Academy - Draper #1 — DRAPER, Utah. Public charter school.
American Preparatory Academy - The School for New Americans — WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah. Public charter school.
Jefferson Academy — KAYSVILLE, Utah. Public charter school.

Selection and source notes

Where enough eligible profiles were available, this guide includes the top 50, 25, or 10 by available enrollment; smaller groups include all eligible profiles. Profile source year: 2022. Check each institution directly for current information.

Sources: NCES Common Core of Data and NCES Private School Universe Survey. Inclusion does not imply endorsement by COSMIQ, and it does not mean that any listed institution endorses COSMIQ.