Silver Lake Elementary

Silver Lake Elementary is an elementary-level community of sprawling scale in EAGLE MOUNTAIN, Utah, one of the schools within Alpine District, hosting 870 students in grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 491 students per school, that is 77% larger than typical.

Silver Lake Elementary is one of 89 schools operated by Alpine District, a district that works with 86,645 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Silver Lake Elementary reports that the largest single group is White, at 72% of enrollment. Other groups include 19% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 81%.

On the resource side, Silver Lake Elementary shows 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 24.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.8:1, putting Silver Lake Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 22% of students at Silver Lake Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Silver Lake Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.1%; this one delivers 51.9%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Utah County put median household income runs about $100,671, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Silver Lake Elementary is one of 202 public schools in Utah County (combined enrollment of about 164,467 students).

Brookhaven School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Silver Lake Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 46.0%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

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