Mountain Heights Academy

Mountain Heights Academy provides a laptop computer to each full-time student (unless they opt out) instead of basing it solely on financial need or not providing devices at all. BUILDS CONTENT, EMPOWERS TEACHERS TO USE DATA TO ADJUST COURSES. Mountain Heights Academy creates all of its own curriculum and empowers teachers to have the ability to ad... just it based on data. If students miss an important concept, teachers can track that and add additional practice to ensure students have every opportunity for mastery. In short, Mountain Heights Academy has granular local control whereas the great majority of other online schools and programs purchase curriculum from national providers or are national corporations themselves. Their content is developed out of state and distributed across the country without the simple ability to personalize to fit the needs of each state, or school. HIGHER TEST SCORES AND COMPLETION RATES. Mountain Heights Academy (formerly known as Open High School of Utah) is #31 in the 50 Best-Scoring High Schools in Utah based on CRT scores. The state of Utah has an online school which has a course completion rate in the 30 percent range. Mountain Heights Academy has a consistent completion rate of 75-82%. Review the 2015 Annual Report for supporting data. Even the company's part-time Statewide Online students perform significantly better than students in other online schools. Additional information can be found in theUSOE Audit of Online and Distance Education Programs. HIGHER RETURN AND RETENTION RATES, LOWER TRANSFER RATES. Mountain Heights Academy has significantly lower transfer rates, higher return rates and completion rates than the other online schools or programs in the state. Transfer and return rates indicate how many students leave a school during the school year and how many return to the same school the next year.Read More