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What's one thing Cherry Creek School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
455
Elementary
DISTRICT 536 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEBO DISTRICT·NCES 490063001253
Cherry Creek School
484 S 200 E, SPRINGVILLE, UT 84663 · (801) 489-2810 · Utah County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL455 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.8:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.9:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
226 students
DISTRICT 28% · STATE 33%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 49 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (67).
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · STATE 47% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
RISE / Utah Aspire+ 2024-25 . % Proficient + Highly ProficientEnglish Language Arts
44.4%
UT avg 41.4% . +0.6pp since 2023
Math
44.6%
UT avg 41.8% . +6.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Utah schools, those numbers are about 41 and 42. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.4% | 44.6% |
| 2023-24 | 43.8% | 38.1% |
% Proficient + Highly Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: RISE / Utah Aspire+. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
43.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.5%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% typical for Utah schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Utah's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Cherry Creek School
Cherry Creek School's state test result (43.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cherry Creek School this school | 455 | 49.7% | 43.4% |
| Barnett School PAYSON | 508 | 50.2% | 41.3% |
| Forbes School AMERICAN FORK | 550 | 48.9% | 37.9% |
| Wilson School PAYSON | 405 | 47.7% | 30.1% |
| Roy School ROY | 423 | 49.9% | 30.3% |
| Taylor School PAYSON | 424 | 48.1% | 48.4% |
Matched among Utah elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Cherry Creek School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Utah County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.4% | #337 of 562 | #82 of 116 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.6% | #294 of 578 ▲ 92 | #73 of 117 ▲ 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.4% | #274 of 578 ▲ 55 | #63 of 117 ▲ 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 455 | #383 of 613 | #97 of 118 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.8:1 | #434 of 556 | #70 of 115 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.1% | #208 of 559 | #33 of 115 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.7% | #131 of 582 | #13 of 117 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.2% | #112 of 388 | #29 of 74 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
455
-54 (-11%) vs 2020
-36% since 2010-11, when it was 708
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 455 | 19.9 | 22.8:1 | 50% (226) |
| 2023-24 | 483 | 19.2 | 25.1:1 | 49% (235) |
| 2022-23 | 505 | 19.8 | 25.5:1 | 45% (226) |
| 2020-21 | 509 | N/A | N/A | 38% (193) |
| 2017-18 | 608 | N/A | N/A | 41% (249) |
| 2015-16 | 904 | N/A | N/A | 47% (427) |
| 2010-11 | 708 | 27 | 26.2:1 | 50% (353) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cherry Creek School.
About Cherry Creek School
Families in SPRINGVILLE, Utah, are served by Cherry Creek School, a medium-sized elementary school. Its 455 students are spread across pre-K through 6.
The 49 schools of Nebo District, including Cherry Creek School, enroll 43,696 students.
White students are the majority at Cherry Creek School, with 66% of enrollment. It is also 26% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. Utah County's residents are about 81% White, 15 points above the school's share. Pick two students at random and there is a 49% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its teaching staff equals 19.9 full-time positions, a ratio of 22.8:1. On average, elementary schools in Utah have 21.8:1, compared with 22.8:1 here. Around 50% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. Among public schools in Utah County, the average eligibility rate is 22%.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Cherry Creek School is 7.9 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 43.4% actual, 35.5% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Utah.
Across Utah County, the median household income is $100,671, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 44% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Utah County is home to 202 public schools and about 164,467 public school students.
Of nearby public schools, Brookside School is the closest, at about 0.5 miles. Cherry Creek School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Cherry Creek School ranks 4th on proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Federal data show an 11% enrollment decrease, from 509 in 2020-21 to 455 in 2024-25.
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Utah County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
705,400
Census ACS
Median income
$100,671
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
44%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
202
164,467 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Nebo District
- Nebo Online SchoolCombined · 7,791 students
- Maple Mountain HighHigh · 1,902 students
- Springville HighHigh · 1,665 students
- Payson HighHigh · 1,648 students
- Spanish Fork HighHigh · 1,640 students
- Salem Hills HighHigh · 1,593 students
Other schools in SPRINGVILLE
- Springville HighHigh · 1,665 students
- Springville Jr HighMiddle · 1,086 students
- Spring Canyon MiddleMiddle · 1,038 students
- Reagan AcademyElementary · 683 students
- Meadow Brook SchoolElementary · 679 students
- Westside SchoolElementary · 640 students
Nearby schools
- Brookside School0.5 mi · 362
- Bridges Nebo Transition Center0.6 mi · 175
- Spring Canyon Middle0.7 mi · 1,038
- Sage Creek School0.7 mi · 466
- Art City School0.9 mi · 433
- Westside School1.0 mi · 640
Frequently asked questions
About Cherry Creek SchoolHow many students attend Cherry Creek School?
Cherry Creek School enrolls approximately 455 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Cherry Creek School serve?
Cherry Creek School serves grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Cherry Creek School have?
Cherry Creek School employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cherry Creek School?
At Cherry Creek School, the student body is approximately 66% White, 26% Hispanic, 1% Black, 5% Two or more.
Is Cherry Creek School public or private?
Cherry Creek School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Nebo District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.