Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Park School
Test scores
RISE / Utah Aspire+ 2024-25 . % Proficient + Highly ProficientBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Park School
Park School operates as a reasonably sized primary school in SPANISH FORK, Utah, run under Nebo District. Current enrollment sits at 469 students spanning grades pre-K through 6.
Nebo District comprises 49 schools with combined enrollment of 43,696 students; Park School is among them.
Looking at the student body, Park School lists that White students make up the majority at 72%. Beyond that, the school lists 24% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Utah County as a whole is about 81% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.
On the resource side, On paper, Park School has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.8:1 average. Around 57% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Utah County (around 22%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Park School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.9%, the actual is 40.7%, a residual of +8.8 points.
In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Utah County put 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. Park School is one of 202 public schools in Utah County (combined enrollment of about 164,467 students).
Diamond Fork Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Park School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Park School at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 43.2%.
Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.
Over the past 7-year window. Park School's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 472 (now 469). Over the same period, the White share declined from 78% to 72%.
Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
Utah County at a glance
View full county profileQuick facts
Related schools
- Nebo Online SchoolCombined · 7,791 students
- Maple Mountain HighHigh · 1,902 students
- Springville HighHigh · 1,665 students
- Payson HighHigh · 1,648 students
- Spanish Fork HighHigh · 1,640 students
- Salem Hills HighHigh · 1,593 students
- Maple Mountain HighHigh · 1,902 students
- Spanish Fork HighHigh · 1,640 students
- American Leadership AcademyCombined · 1,597 students
- Diamond Fork MiddleMiddle · 1,074 students
- Spanish Fork Jr HighMiddle · 1,070 students
- Riverview SchoolElementary · 738 students
- Diamond Fork Middle0.3 mi · 1,074
- Larsen School0.6 mi · 431
- Spanish Fork Jr High0.6 mi · 1,070
- Rees School0.9 mi · 728
- Landmark High1.0 mi · 323
- Brockbank School1.0 mi · 456