# Merit Academy

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{{Use American English|date=September 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox school
 | name                    = Merit Preparatory Academy
 | logo                    = Merit academy.png
 | caption                 = Logo of Merit Preparatory Academy (Created in 2014)
 | city                    = [Springville](/source/Springville%2C_Utah)
 | state                   = [Utah](/source/Utah)
 | zipcode                 = 84663
 | coordinates             = {{coord|40|10|03|N|111|38|09|W|display=inline,title}}
 | type                    = [Public](/source/Public_school_(government_funded)), [charter](/source/Charter_schools_in_the_United_States)
 | established             = {{circa}} 2008; 17 years old
 | director                = Mike Condie <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.meritacademy.org/directory |publisher=Merit Preparatory Academy|title=Faculty/Staff|date=January 29, 2026|accessdate=22 January 2026}}</ref>
 | authorizer              = Utah State Charter School Board
 | grades                  = 7–12
 | website                 = {{URL|https://www.meritacademy.org}}
 | enrollment              = 493 (2023–2024)<ref name=NCES>{{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=4900131&ID=490013101220|title=Merit College Preparatory Academy|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|accessdate=May 3, 2025}}</ref>
 | colors                  = {{Color box|navy|border=darkgray}}{{Color box|maroon|border=darkgray}}{{Color box|silver|border=darkgray}} Navy,  maroon, silver
 | mascot                  = Knight
 | address                 = 1440 West Center Street
 | footnotes               = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.qualifiedcharters.com/schools/185870/merit-college-preparatory-academy |publisher=Qualified Utah Charters|title=Merit Preparatory Academy|accessdate=20 April 2021}}</ref>
}}
'''Merit Preparatory Academy''' ('''MPA''') is a [charter](/source/Charter_schools_in_the_United_States) [high school](/source/Secondary_school) located in [Springville](/source/Springville%2C_Utah), [Utah](/source/Utah), U.S., established in 2008, it serves students grades 7-12.

==Facilities==
The [school](/source/school) building is a {{convert|63000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} facility on approximately {{convert|12|acre|m2}} of grounds.  It has features such as classrooms, foreign language labs, a [gymnatorium](/source/Gym) (gym/auditorium), an art classroom, a dance studio, music rooms, a [kitchen](/source/kitchen), a cafeteria, and both indoor and outdoor [sports](/source/Sport) facilities.

==Instructional Focus Tracks==
[[File:Northeast at Merit Academy, Springville, Utah, Jan 16.jpg|thumb|Looking northeast at Merit Academy in [Springville](/source/Springville%2C_Utah), [Utah](/source/Utah), January 2016]]
Instructional Focus Tracks (IFTs): 
* [Concurrent Enrollment](/source/Concurrent_enrollment) ([College Credit](/source/College_credit))
* [Business](/source/Business)
* [Science](/source/Science) & [Engineering](/source/Engineering)
* [Science](/source/Science) & [Mathematics](/source/Mathematics)
* [Computers](/source/Computer) & [Technology](/source/Technology)
* [English](/source/English_language) & [Humanities](/source/Humanities)
* [Foreign Languages](/source/Language)
* [Fine Arts](/source/Fine_art)
* [General Studies](/source/General_Studies)
* Individualized Focus

==References==
{{reflist|22em}}

==External links==
*{{official website}}
*{{commons category-inline|Merit Academy}}

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Category:Public high schools in Utah
Category:Public middle schools in Utah
Category:Charter schools in Utah
Category:Schools in Utah County, Utah
Category:2008 establishments in Utah
Category:Buildings and structures in Springville, Utah

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