Mountain Trails School

Mountain Trails School operates as a substantial elementary-level community in EAGLE MOUNTAIN, Utah, run under Alpine District. Current enrollment sits at 846 students spanning grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 72% larger than the typical public school in Utah, which averages around 491 students.

Mountain Trails School is one of 89 schools operated by Alpine District, a district that works with 86,645 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Mountain Trails School lists that the largest single group is White, at 67% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 23% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 81% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Mountain Trails School has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 35% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Utah County (around 22%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Mountain Trails School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 42.5%, the actual is 31.6%, a residual of -10.8 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Utah County put median household income runs about $100,671, roughly 44% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Utah County runs 202 public schools (combined enrollment of about 164,467 students), of which Mountain Trails School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Eagle Valley School, around 1.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Mountain Trails School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 48.6%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 25%: 676 students in 2018 compared to 846 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 84% to 67%.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.