Waterford School

What Waterford School does

Waterford School is a private, independent K-12 educational institution located in Sandy, Utah, founded in 1981. The school provides liberal arts and college preparatory education to students across elementary, middle, and high school levels, combining classroom instruction with extracurricular programs including competitive athletics through the Utah High School Activities Association (UHSAA) at the 2A classification level. The institution serves families within the Utah market, with no evidence of digital delivery, online enrollment, or geographic expansion beyond the immediate region.

The institution operates with a staff headcount of 101–250 employees supporting its student body. No detailed curriculum framework, proprietary educational technology, technology platform, or learning management system was disclosed in the available source material. Similarly, no tuition structure, pricing model, financial disclosures, or ownership details (such as parent entity, board composition, or endowment structure) are publicly reported in the source data, consistent with the typical operational posture of an independent private school that funds itself primarily through tuition and, where applicable, donations and endowment income.

Waterford School's go-to-market motion is local and enrollment-based: families apply and enroll their children for the academic year, with no documented online channel, partner referral network, or geographic expansion strategy. The institution appears to be actively operating, as evidenced by its participation in Utah 2A high school boys soccer state semifinals in May 2026. No leadership team, management contacts, partnerships, certifications, regulatory actions, awards, or strategic transactions (funding rounds, M&A, restructurings) are documented in the source material.

Name

Waterford School

Website

https://waterfordschool.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1981

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Waterford School is a private K-12 institution in Sandy, Utah, founded in 1981, providing liberal arts and college preparatory education with extracurricular athletic programs through the Utah High School Activities Association at the 2A classification.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Private K-12 Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111), Elementary and Secondary Schools (61111)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDAJABAA

Nonsectarian Independent Day Schools

Education/K–12 / Primary & Secondary Education/Private & Independent K–12 Schools

SECONDARYEDAJAFAK

Arts Education Instruction (Visual/Performing)

Education/K–12 / Primary & Secondary Education/K–12 Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment (School-Delivered)

SECONDARYEDACABAM

Preschool Programs within Private K–12 Schools

Education/Early Childhood Education/Preschools & Pre-K Programs

Keywords

• Private K-12 education
• Liberal arts curriculum
• College preparatory programs
• Private day school
• Interscholastic athletics

Headquarters

HQ city

Sandy

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Core offering

Waterford School is a private K-12 institution offering liberal arts and college preparatory education to elementary, middle, and high school students. The school supplements its academic program with extracurricular activities, including competitive athletics through Utah High School Activities Association (UHSAA) programs at the 2A classification level.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Elementary School Education Liberal arts and college preparatory education at the elementary level for school-age children of families who select private K-12 schooling.
• Middle School Education Liberal arts and college preparatory middle school curriculum preparing students for high school level college preparatory work.
• High School Education College preparatory high school education for students preparing for university admission, including academic instruction and extracurricular activities such as UHSAA interscholastic athletics.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Recent moves2 records

Direct peers

• Rowland Hall: Rowland Hall is the most direct peer: a nonsectarian independent K-12 day school in Salt Lake City, Utah, also serving college-preparatory families. It is the closest geographic and curricular analogue to Waterford School.
• Judge Memorial Catholic High School: Judge Memorial is a private Catholic high school in Salt Lake City that competes with Waterford for Utah high school students seeking private, college-preparatory education and competitive athletics.
• Juan Diego Catholic High School: Juan Diego Catholic High School is a private Catholic college-preparatory school in Draper, Utah — directly in Waterford's Sandy backyard — competing for the same suburban Utah private-school families.
• American Heritage School: American Heritage School is an independent private K-12 school in American Fork, Utah, providing a classical, college-preparatory curriculum and extracurricular programs that mirror Waterford's positioning.
• Intermountain Christian School: Intermountain Christian School is a private K-12 institution in the Salt Lake City metro area, competing with Waterford for college-prep families in the same Utah market.

Broad incumbents

• Sidwell Friends School: Sidwell Friends School is a premier nonsectarian (Quaker-affiliated) independent K-12 day school in Washington, D.C., representing the elite tier of the same nonsectarian independent day-school model that Waterford operates.
• Harvard-Westlake School: Harvard-Westlake is a large, established nonsectarian independent K-12 school in Los Angeles offering college-preparatory academics and Division I athletics, illustrating the national benchmark for the type of institution Waterford aspires to emulate.
• Phillips Academy: Phillips Academy Andover is a leading U.S. independent college-preparatory school, serving as a benchmark for the academic positioning and college-prep identity that Waterford's "liberal arts college preparatory" branding evokes.

Regional players

• Eastmont Academy: Eastmont Academy is an alternative small private school in the Salt Lake City metro area offering personalized learning paths — a competing independent-school model in the same regional market as Waterford.

Emerging players

• American Preparatory Schools: American Preparatory Schools is a Utah-based public charter network that competes with Waterford for college-prep-minded families seeking rigorous K-12 education, funded by state tuition rather than private tuition.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/waterfordschool
• Facebookfacebook.com/WaterfordSchool

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Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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