Mountain Heights Academy
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| Mountain Heights Academy | |
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9067 S 1300 W Suite 204, West Jordan, Utah United States 40°35′33″N 111°55′14″W / 40.592427°N 111.92059°W | |
| Information | |
| Type | Public charter |
| Established | 2009 |
| Authorizer | Utah State Charter School Board |
| Director | DeLaina Tonks |
Teaching staff | 70.99 (FTE)[1] |
| Grades | 7-12 |
| Enrollment | 882 (2023–2024)[1] |
Student to teacher ratio | 12.42[1] |
| Website | www |
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Mountain Heights Academy is a non-profit online charter high school[3] in the United States. It opened in 2010 as Open High School of Utah and was renamed Mountain Heights Academy in 2013.
History
[edit]Open High School of Utah was founded by David A. Wiley in 2009.[4][5] It received its charter in 2007 and opened in 2010.[4] In January 2013, the school was renamed Mountain Heights Academy.[6]
Teaching
[edit]Open High School of Utah existed as a virtual high school, with students attending online. Teachers curated Open Educational Resources aligned to the content to Utah state standards.[7]
Creating Open Educational Resources was a fundamental aspect of the school's charter.[4] On 7 September 2010, Open High School of Utah released ten semesters of high school curriculum under a CC-BY license.[8]
Performance
[edit]In 2016, Mountain Heights Academy received an "F" from the state. In 2019, it ranked at 411th place out of 950 Utah schools. It spent $819,000 on marketing.[9]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Mountain Heights Academy". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved April 27, 2025.
- ↑ "Mountain Heights Academy". Qualified Utah Charters. Retrieved April 26, 2021.
- ↑ "Virtual Schools in the U.S. 2014: Politics, Performance, Policy, and Research Evidence". National Education Policy Center. March 4, 2014.
- 1 2 3 ""Opening" a New Kind of School: The Story of the Open High School of Utah". International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
- ↑ "The pandemic threw a spotlight on the virtues of virtual school". Deseret News. December 20, 2023. Retrieved May 7, 2024.
- ↑ "About Us". Mountain Heights Academy. Archived from the original on July 4, 2014. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
- ↑ "Open Source Goes to High School". OpenSource.com. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
- ↑ "The Open High School of Utah Releases Open Educational Curriculum under CC-BY". Creative Commons. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
- ↑ Pflaum, Chris Jones and Nadia (January 17, 2019). "Beyond the Books: Charter schools spend millions on advertising". Retrieved May 15, 2024.
External links
[edit]- Mountain Heights Academy home page
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