Central School

Central School is an elementary campus of medium-sized scale in PLEASANT GROVE, Utah, one of the schools within Alpine District, enrolling 596 students in grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 491 students per school, that is 21% above typical.

Alpine District runs 89 schools in total, collectively educating 86,645 students. Central School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Central School records that the largest single group is White, at 74% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 20% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.6:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 30% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Utah County (around 22%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Central School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 45.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 44.0%.

Around the school, census data for Utah County shows the typical household earns roughly $100,671 per year, about 44% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Utah County runs 202 public schools (combined enrollment of about 164,467 students), of which Central School is one.

John Hancock Charter School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Central School comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 45.5%.

Central School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Looking at the recent track record. Central School's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 609 (now 596). Over the same period, the White share declined from 80% to 74%.

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