Shelley School

Shelley School is one of the mid-tier elementary-level communitys in AMERICAN FORK, Utah, one of the schools within Alpine District, with 731 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 49% above the typical public school in Utah, which averages around 491 students.

Within Alpine District, which oversees 89 schools and 86,645 students, Shelley School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Shelley School reports that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 11% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Utah County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Shelley School reports 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.8:1, putting Shelley School higher than the state norm the norm. About 17% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Shelley School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 51.5%; this one delivers 68.2%, a residual of +16.6 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Utah County) shows that median household income runs about $100,671, roughly 44% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Shelley School is one of 202 public schools in Utah County (combined enrollment of about 164,467 students).

Nearest neighbor: Alpine Online School, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Shelley School. On composite proficiency, Shelley School comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 47.5%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 23%: 952 students in 2018 compared to 731 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 88% to 82% over that span.

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