Cherry Creek School

Cherry Creek School is a reasonably sized primary school in SPRINGVILLE, Utah, one of the schools within Nebo District. The school caters to 455 students in grades pre-K through 6.

Across the 49 schools in Nebo District (43,696 students total), Cherry Creek School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Cherry Creek School lists that the largest single group is White, at 66% of enrollment; the rest reads as 26% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Utah County as a whole is about 81% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Cherry Creek School has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.8:1, putting Cherry Creek School higher than the state norm the norm. About 50% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Utah County's rate of about 22%.

After controlling for student poverty, Cherry Creek School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.5%; this one delivers 43.4%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Utah County shows median household income runs about $100,671, roughly 44% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Utah County's 202 public schools (combined enrollment of about 164,467 students), Cherry Creek School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Brookside School, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cherry Creek School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Cherry Creek School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 42.9%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 25%: 608 students in 2018 compared to 455 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 71% to 66%.

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