Wallace Stegner Academy

The Wallace Stegner Academy network includes three Utah schools serving 2,162 students across grades K–12: Wallace Stegner Academy and Wallace Stegner Academy West Valley serve grades K–8, while Wallace Stegner Academy Kearns K-12 also serves high school students.

For elementary and middle grades, West Valley stands out most in mathematics and science. Its average 2025–26 math proficiency across grades 3–8 was about 52.8%, compared with 41.0% at Wallace Stegner Academy and 43.6% at Wallace Stegner Academy Kearns K-12. West Valley also had the strongest science average, about 54.4%, and showed the largest recent improvement in both subjects. Its ranking rebounded from the 27th percentile in 2024–25 to the 52nd percentile in 2025–26. The school named Wallace Stegner Academy had the strongest English Language Arts average, about 45.4%, along with the lowest chronic absenteeism rate at 12.8% and the lowest student-teacher ratio at 19.7. Its main academic concern is mathematics, particularly fifth grade, where proficiency was 37.3%.

Wallace Stegner Academy Kearns K-12 offers the network’s only high school program, making its grades 9–10 results especially important for families seeking continued enrollment through graduation. Although Kearns had some competitive middle-grade results, its high school proficiency was below state averages in ELA, mathematics, and science; math proficiency was below 30% in both tested grades. Attendance is favorable across the network: all three schools had lower chronic absenteeism than the statewide rate of 23.8%. Overall, the Wallace Stegner Academy network offers distinct choices: West Valley for stronger recent math and science performance, the school named Wallace Stegner Academy for ELA and attendance, and Kearns for families needing a K–12 pathway.