East Meadows School

East Meadows School, a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in SPANISH FORK, Utah, one of the schools within Nebo District, enrolls 518 students, covering grades pre-K through 6.

Nebo District runs 49 schools in total, collectively educating 43,696 students. East Meadows School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, East Meadows School lists that 79% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school shows 14% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.8:1, putting East Meadows School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 22% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, East Meadows School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.0%; this one delivers 56.5%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Utah County) logs that median household earnings sit near $100,671, roughly 44% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 East Meadows School is one.

Canyon School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around East Meadows School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts East Meadows School at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 45.2%.

East Meadows School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 34%: 784 students in 2018 compared to 518 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 85% to 79% across the same window.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.