Cherry Hill School

Cherry Hill School is one of the medium-sized elementary-level communitys in OREM, Utah, part of Alpine District, with 690 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 41% bigger than the state mean of about 491.

Cherry Hill School is one of 89 schools operated by Alpine District, a district that enrolls 86,645 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Cherry Hill School lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 41% White, 5% multiracial, 2% Pacific Islander. The wider county runs roughly 15% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Cherry Hill School has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.1:1. The state averages about 21.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 54% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Utah County's rate of about 22%.

With demographic context factored in, Cherry Hill School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 33.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 43.3%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Utah County indicate median household earnings sit near $100,671, about 44% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Utah County runs 202 public schools (combined enrollment of about 164,467 students), of which Cherry Hill School is one.

Westmore School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cherry Hill School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Cherry Hill School at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 43.9%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Cherry Hill School's enrollment has decreased 13% since 2018, when it stood at 794 (now 690). The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 34% to 51% over that span.

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