The top reported proficiency rate is 33% in Science. The lowest is 24% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Entheos Academy Magna
Entheos Academy Magna is a charter school serving kindergarten through ninth grade in the Magna community, situated in Salt Lake County. It is one of two campuses within the Entheos Academy district. The school’s enrollment is small relative to many traditional public schools, and its student body reflects a predominantly Hispanic population, with white students also making up a meaningful share. A substantial majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a community with significant economic need.
A key feature of the school is its grade span. The academy recently expanded from serving K-8 to including ninth grade, allowing students to earn high school credits in courses like Earth Science and Exploring Computer Science while still in middle school. This is a notable change that gives families a pathway for students to get ahead on their high school transcripts before they transfer to a larger high school setting. Because the school stops at ninth grade, there is no graduation rate to report, and the school is not in a position to offer the breadth of advanced coursework or career pathways found at a comprehensive high school.
State assessment results for math, English language arts, and science are available for the tested grade levels. Across the subjects, proficiency rates place the school in the bottom quartile among Salt Lake County districts. The data do not include information on chronic absenteeism, and the school’s participation rates in the assessments are not recorded in the sources provided. Families should consider these test results as part of a broader picture; the school’s academic profile may be influenced by the challenges that come with serving a student population where a large share faces economic disadvantage. A parent may want to look into this further with the school to understand how it supports academic growth.
Magna itself is a community with a distinct industrial and mining heritage, now home to employers like Northrop Grumman. The town was recently promoted from a metro township to a city, and its historic Main Street serves as a walkable commercial corridor with a theater and local businesses. Housing values in the area are moderate relative to the broader Salt Lake region, and the typical rent is in line with what one would expect in a working-class Salt Lake Valley suburb. Most residents commute by car, and public bus service connects to the TRAX light rail system. The school is integrated into the neighborhood rather than isolated on a distant campus, and its charter status means it operates with some independence from the larger Granite School District that serves most of Magna’s other public schools.
For a family considering Entheos Academy Magna, the core academic question is whether the school's proficiency levels, which are lower than many in the county, are balanced by the opportunity the school provides—a small, charter environment with a K-9 structure that lets students begin earning high school credits early. The school’s demographics and economic context are important to any reading of the assessment results. The available data do not cover areas like discipline, staffing ratios, or attendance patterns, so those are gaps that would require a direct conversation with the school. The district brief notes no other recent structural changes beyond the grade-span expansion, so the school appears to be operating in a steady state with that one significant programmatic addition.
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