Apple Valley School

Apple Valley School, a medium-sized K-5 school in SANTAQUIN, Utah, overseen by Nebo District, educates 732 students, covering grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 49% larger than the state mean of about 491.

Nebo District runs 49 schools in total, collectively educating 43,696 students. Apple Valley School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Apple Valley School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (81%); the rest is composed of 15% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Apple Valley School logs 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.3:1. The state averages about 21.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 33% of students at Apple Valley School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Utah County runs at roughly 22%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Apple Valley School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 36.0%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Utah County indicate the typical household earns roughly $100,671 per year, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Utah County's 202 public schools (combined enrollment of about 164,467 students), Apple Valley School is one campus in the mix.

C.S. Lewis Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Apple Valley School. On composite proficiency, Apple Valley School comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 34.2%.

Apple Valley School operates from a low-density location.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.