Hobble Creek School

Located at 1145 E 1200 N, in MAPLETON, Utah, Hobble Creek School is a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school that educates 453 students (grades pre-K through 6), one of the schools within Nebo District.

Hobble Creek School is one of 49 schools operated by Nebo District, a district that enrolls 43,696 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Hobble Creek School lists that nearly all students (90%) are White; the rest looks like 7% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 81%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.5:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 10% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Utah County runs at roughly 22%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Hobble Creek School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 55.0%; this one delivers 61.6%.

Across the wider county, census data for Utah County shows median household income runs about $100,671, about 44% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Hobble Creek School is one of 202 public schools in Utah County (combined enrollment of about 164,467 students).

The closest other public school is Mapleton Junior High, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Hobble Creek School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hobble Creek School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 46.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Hobble Creek School's enrollment has fell 25% since 2018, when it stood at 606 (now 453).

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.