Desert Sky

Desert Sky, a large elementary school in EAGLE MOUNTAIN, Utah, operated by Alpine District, hosts 1,096 students, covering grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 123% above the state mean of about 491.

Within Alpine District, which oversees 89 schools and 86,645 students, Desert Sky is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Desert Sky reports that 76% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 15% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 21.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 17% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Desert Sky tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 51.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 44.7%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Utah County put the typical household earns roughly $100,671 per year, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Desert Sky is one of 202 public schools in Utah County (combined enrollment of about 164,467 students).

The closest other public school is Frontier Middle School, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Desert Sky at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 48.1%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

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