Forbes School

Forbes School is one of the moderately sized elementary schools in AMERICAN FORK, Utah, operated by Alpine District, with 550 students on its rolls from grades K through 6.

Forbes School is one of 89 schools operated by Alpine District, a district that caters to 86,645 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Forbes School reports that 64% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school reports 26% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 2% Pacific Islander. By comparison, Utah County as a whole is about 81% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.8:1 average. About 49% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Utah County (around 22%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Forbes School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.9%; this one delivers 37.9%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Utah County shows median household earnings sit near $100,671, about 44% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Forbes School is one of 202 public schools in Utah County (combined enrollment of about 164,467 students).

The closest other public school is Alpine Online School, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Forbes School comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 49.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Looking at the recent track record. Forbes School's enrollment has rose 10% since 2018, when it stood at 498 (now 550). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 81% to 64%.

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