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Noah Webster Academy

Q: Is Noah Webster Academy a good school?

Noah Webster Academy ranks 246 th of 547 Utah elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Public, Charter Grades K-6

246^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 547 Utah Elementary Schools

Better than 55% of Utah elementary schools

Summary

Noah Webster Academy is a public charter elementary school in Orem, Utah, serving 534 students from kindergarten to 6th grade. The school has a mixed performance profile, with strengths in certain academic areas but also facing challenges related to chronic absenteeism and socioeconomic factors.

In academic assessments, Noah Webster Academy's student performance is generally above the state average in mathematics and English Language Arts, with 3rd grade math proficiency at 50% and 5th grade ELA proficiency at 60%. However, the school's science proficiency rates are more variable, ranging from 48.6% to 58.9% across different grade levels. The school performs well for its white student population, ranking 66 out of 408 Utah elementary schools, and also performs reasonably well for its low socioeconomic status students, ranking 62 out of 162 schools.

Compared to nearby top-performing schools like Orchard School and Foothill School, Noah Webster Academy's overall performance is lower. However, the school outperforms some lower-performing nearby schools, such as Westmore School and Parkside Elementary. The school's high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 23.8% to 38.7%, may be contributing to its relatively lower academic performance. Additionally, the school's increasing percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, from 35.29% to 41.95%, suggests a growing population of students from lower-income families, which may present additional challenges.

520

Students ?

21.9

Student/teacher ratio ?

$5,781

Per pupil spending ?

37.7%

Free/discounted lunch ?

205 E 400 S
Orem, UT 84058

(801) 426-6624

District: Noah Webster Academy

Racial breakdown:

White:

53.1%

Hispanic:

38.3%

Two or more races:

4.8%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 34th percentile in 2015 → 55th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 21 percentile points since 2015

✓Above the Utah median (55th percentile)

Worth a look

!High chronic absenteeism (42% vs 24% Utah)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school51%

District avg51%

Utah avg48%

246^th of 547

Utah public elementary schools ?

Top 45%▲ up 21 pts since 2015

From bottom 34% (2015) to top 45% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

40^th of 93Noah Webster Academy among Utah districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Utah percentile	Rating
2025	56.9	246 of 547	55.0%	★★★☆☆
2024	57.2	235 of 561	58.1%	★★★☆☆
2023	45.2	311 of 561	44.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	33.8	367 of 551	33.4%	★★☆☆☆
2021	36.8	369 of 559	34.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	55.1	262 of 572	54.2%	★★★☆☆
2018	56.4	232 of 528	56.1%	★★★☆☆
2017	44.3	313 of 526	40.5%	★★☆☆☆
2016	40.0	342 of 533	35.8%	★★☆☆☆
2015	38.1	356 of 537	33.7%	★★☆☆☆
2014	65.0	160 of 509	68.6%	★★★☆☆
2013	58.3	284 of 576	50.7%	★★★☆☆
2012	75.5	102 of 579	82.4%	★★★★☆
2011	53.9	312 of 563	44.6%	★★☆☆☆
2010	51.4	284 of 518	45.2%	★★☆☆☆
2009	46.7	313 of 509	38.5%	★★☆☆☆
2008	55.1	255 of 498	48.8%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Utah percentile	Rating
2024	59.2	62 of 162	61.7%	★★★☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Utah percentile	Rating
2025	78.2	66 of 408	83.8%	★★★★☆
2024	78.1	62 of 429	85.5%	★★★★☆
2023	66.6	128 of 428	70.1%	★★★★☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

White (2025)84th percentile+29 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2024)62nd percentile+4 vs school

By subject vs Utah (2024-2025) ?

Science55%~ state avg

Mathematics47%+3 vs state

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What people are saying

by a parent
Wednesday, October 24, 2018

NWA has been fantastic with meeting our kids needs (both special needs and mainstream for kids).

Can really tell that the teachers and admin care about the kids. Close Quote

by a parent
Monday, May 23, 2016

Extremely poor experience with Noah Webster. Complaints are just swept under the rug. Close Quote

by a parent
Monday, September 10, 2012

I was very pleased with the school in 2011, but they have changed their whole program this year (2012). Some of the changes are improvements, but the environment they have created this year is very hostile, frightening, and or stressful for the children. They have really increased the negative reinforcement this year (card flip extravaganza), Children are not allowed to sit with their friends at lunch time and they are not even allowed to talk to one another during some of their lunch time (they call it "chew time", during this time the little kids are expected to shut up and chew their food ). School is always somewhat stressful just because it is school, but they have added a lot of completely unnecessary stress to their program this year. The wait to pick up your kids at car pool has doubled as well (expect to spend 40-60 per day waiting in line to pick up your child). Half of their teachers left the school last year after the school announced their plans for this year. I am now starting to understand why. Many of the new teachers have never taught before. The principal seems unresponsive to parent feedback. If you are looking for a new school, my advice is to keep looking. Close Quote

by a parent
Wednesday, January 25, 2012

There are several reasons why we like this school. The teachers use the same method to teach Math (Saxon), English (Shurley), and Language Arts (Spalding) from kindergarten to sixth grade. Students wear a uniform. The playground area is out-of-sight from the street and they use a car-pool system so children are not just released without supervision after school. There are 2 adults in every classroom (the teacher and the teacher's full-time assistant). We feel like our children are getting a quality education at this school. Close Quote

Schools Near Noah Webster Academy

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				RISE Mathematics (2025)				RISE Science (2025)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	RISE Mathematics 3rd Grade	RISE Mathematics 4th Grade	RISE Mathematics 5th Grade	RISE Mathematics 6th Grade	RISE Science 4th Grade	RISE Science 5th Grade	RISE Science 6th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Noah Webster Academy	Public, Charter	K-6	205 E 400 S	Orem	84058	Utah County	Noah Webster Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(801) 426-6624	520	24	21.9	37.7%	276 (53.1%)	8 (1.5%)	199 (38.3%)	9 (1.7%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	25 (4.8%)	56.9	246^th of 547 public elementary schools	55.0%		57.2	235^th of 561 public elementary schools	58.1%	11	50.0	43.1	53.5	42.9	48.6	58.9	57.1	$5,781	$627	$5,154
Blind South	Public	PK, KG-6	424 South 350 East	Orem	84058	Utah County	Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind	No	No	No	No	(801) 629-4718	10	9	1.1	30.0%	6 (60.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (10.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (30.0%)								(n/a)
Centennial Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	450 S. 400 East	Orem	84097	Utah County	Alpine District	No	No	No	No	(801) 610-8400	761	35	21.8	37.3%	473 (62.2%)	9 (1.2%)	205 (26.9%)	10 (1.3%)	4 (0.5%)	22 (2.9%)	38 (5.0%)	63.6	195^th of 547 public elementary schools	64.4%		54.1	258^th of 561 public elementary schools	54.0%	63	56.5	45.3	54.8	52.6	48.9	50.6	69.1
Orem School	Public	PK, KG-6	450 W 400 S	Orem	84058	Utah County	Alpine District	No	No	No	No	(801) 610-8116	659	29	22.8	30.8%	433 (65.7%)	9 (1.4%)	179 (27.2%)	9 (1.4%)	5 (0.8%)	5 (0.8%)	19 (2.9%)	84.1	69^th of 547 public elementary schools	87.4%		85.2	57^th of 561 public elementary schools	89.8%	12	70.7	58.6	66.4	55.2	66.0	69.2	69.7	$7,528	$364	$7,164
Cascade School	Public	PK, KG-6	160 N 800 E	Orem	84097	Utah County	Alpine District	No	No	No	No	(801) 610-8102	882	38	23.0	40.2%	513 (58.2%)	2 (0.2%)	272 (30.8%)	25 (2.8%)	5 (0.6%)	14 (1.6%)	51 (5.8%)	49.4	281^st of 547 public elementary schools	48.6%		58.1	232^nd of 561 public elementary schools	58.6%	49	54.5	49.2	40.5	34.0	58.9	49.2	44.8	$6,530	$264	$6,266
Westmore School	Public	PK, KG-6	1150 S Main	Orem	84058	Utah County	Alpine District	No	No	No	Yes	(801) 610-8123	543	27	19.9	58.2%	245 (45.1%)	12 (2.2%)	244 (44.9%)	5 (0.9%)	11 (2.0%)	7 (1.3%)	19 (3.5%)	19.9	437^th of 547 public elementary schools	20.1%		20.8	448^th of 561 public elementary schools	20.1%	11	30.5	48.3	18.7	20.6	39.4	23.5	40.6	$9,149	$1,946	$7,203
Parkside Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	668 W 150 North	Orem	84057	Utah County	Alpine District	No	No	No	Yes	(801) 610-8120	588	25	23.2	61.1%	180 (30.6%)	3 (0.5%)	383 (65.1%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	6 (1.0%)	13 (2.2%)	19.2	442^nd of 547 public elementary schools	19.2%		16.6	468^th of 561 public elementary schools	16.6%	26	39.3	22.8	34.6	26.4	24.2	35.1	37.9
Cherry Hill School	Public	PK, KG-6	250 E 1650 S	Orem	84097	Utah County	Alpine District	No	No	No	Yes	(801) 610-8105	690	31	22.1	54.1%	284 (41.2%)	2 (0.3%)	354 (51.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	15 (2.2%)	33 (4.8%)	54.6	262^nd of 547 public elementary schools	52.1%		46.8	314^th of 561 public elementary schools	44.0%	52	46.7	45.6	55.6	38.6	45.6	52.8	62.7	$7,981	$1,081	$6,899
Orchard School	Public	PK, KG-6	1035 N 800 E	Orem	84097	Utah County	Alpine District	No	No	No	No	(801) 610-8115	625	25	25.0	28.2%	388 (62.1%)	2 (0.3%)	182 (29.1%)	4 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	15 (2.4%)	33 (5.3%)	80.3	93^rd of 547 public elementary schools	83.0%		85	59^th of 561 public elementary schools	89.5%	34	55.3	62.8	58.9	44.9	72.1	74.4	72.6	$6,812	$261	$6,551
Canyon Crest School	Public	K-6	4664 N Canyon Rd	Provo	84604	Utah County	Provo District	No	No	No	No	(801) 221-9873	487	23	21.4	20.5%	348 (71.5%)	2 (0.4%)	106 (21.8%)	7 (1.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (4.7%)	69.6	158^th of 547 public elementary schools	71.1%		83.8	66^th of 561 public elementary schools	88.2%	92	68.8	60.3	37.9	57.4	59.0	46.2	74.2	$8,082	$493	$7,589

Frequently Asked Questions about Noah Webster Academy

What is the racial makeup of Noah Webster Academy?

Students at Noah Webster Academy are 53% White, 38% Hispanic, 5% Two or more races, 2% Asian, 2% African American.

What district is Noah Webster Academy in?

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Is Noah Webster Academy a good school?

Noah Webster Academy ranks 246^th of 547 Utah elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Noah Webster Academy?

In the 2024-25 school year, 520 students attended Noah Webster Academy.

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