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Public charter school in the United States
Mountain Heights Academy
Location
9067 S 1300 W Suite 204, West Jordan, Utah
United States
Coordinates40°35′33″N 111°55′14″W / 40.592427°N 111.92059°W / 40.592427; -111.92059
Information
TypePublic charter
Established2009
AuthorizerUtah State Charter School Board
DirectorDeLaina Tonks
Teaching staff71.15 (FTE)
Grades7-12
Enrollment928 (2022–2023)
Student to teacher ratio13.04
Websitewww.mountainheightsacademy.org

Mountain Heights Academy is a non-profit online charter high school in the United States. It opened in 2010 and was renamed Mountain Heights Academy in 2013.

History

Open High School of Utah was founded by David A. Wiley in 2009. It received its charter in 2007 and opened in 2010 as Open High School of Utah. In January 2013, the school was renamed Mountain Heights Academy.

Teaching

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.

Creating Open Educational Resources was a fundamental aspect of the school's charter. On 7 September 2010, Open High School of Utah released ten semesters of high school curriculum under a CC-BY license.

Performance

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.

References

  1. ^ "Mountain Heights Academy". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved November 19, 2024.
  2. "Mountain Heights Academy". Qualified Utah Charters. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  3. "Virtual Schools in the U.S. 2014: Politics, Performance, Policy, and Research Evidence". National Education Policy Center. 2014-03-04.
  4. ^ ""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 2014-07-19.
  5. "The pandemic threw a spotlight on the virtues of virtual school". Deseret News. 2023-12-20. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
  6. "About Us". Mountain Heights Academy. Archived from the original on 2014-07-04. Retrieved 2014-07-19.
  7. "Open Source Goes to High School". OpenSource.com. Retrieved 2014-07-19.
  8. "The Open High School of Utah Releases Open Educational Curriculum under CC-BY". Creative Commons. Retrieved 2014-07-19.
  9. Pflaum, Chris Jones and Nadia (2019-01-17). "Beyond the Books: Charter schools spend millions on advertising". Retrieved 2024-05-15.

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