Draper Park Middle

Draper Park Middle is one of the heavily attended 6-8 campuss in DRAPER, Utah, part of Canyons District, with 1,411 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. That puts it 70% larger than the typical public school in Utah, which averages around 831 students.

Within Canyons District, which oversees 47 schools and 32,688 students, Draper Park Middle is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Draper Park Middle reports that 77% of the student body identifies as White; the rest reads as 12% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Asian.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 24.5:1. The state averages around 21.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 12% of students at Draper Park Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Salt Lake County's rate of about 34%.

After controlling for student poverty, Draper Park Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 53.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 59.0%.

Zooming out to the county, Salt Lake County reports that median household earnings sit near $97,494, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Salt Lake County's 325 public schools (combined enrollment of about 209,757 students), Draper Park Middle is one campus in the mix.

Summit Academy - Draper Campus is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Draper Park Middle. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Draper Park Middle ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 55.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 6%: 1,503 students in 2018 compared to 1,411 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 85% to 77%.

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