John Hancock Charter School

John Hancock Charter School is a very small elementary-level community in PLEASANT GROVE, Utah, overseen by John Hancock Charter School. The school serves 179 students in grades K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 491 students per school, that is 64% smaller than typical.

John Hancock Charter School is one of 2 schools operated by John Hancock Charter School, a district that works with 1,043 students overall.

Looking at the student body, John Hancock Charter School logs that 78% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school logs 13% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 2% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, John Hancock Charter School shows 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.8:1, putting John Hancock Charter School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 23% of students at John Hancock Charter School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, John Hancock Charter School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.3%; this one delivers 57.6%.

Around the school, Utah County reports that the typical household earns roughly $100,671 per year, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. John Hancock Charter School is one of 202 public schools in Utah County (combined enrollment of about 164,467 students).

Central School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around John Hancock Charter School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), John Hancock Charter School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 41.2%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site. John Hancock Charter School is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at John Hancock Charter School has ticked down 5%, going from 188 students in 2018 to 179 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 85% to 78%.

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