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Spanish Fork High
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Spanish Fork High
Spanish Fork High operates as a high-enrollment 9-12 campus in SPANISH FORK, Utah, operated by Nebo District. Current enrollment sits at 1,640 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 67% above the state mean of about 980.
Spanish Fork High is one of 49 schools operated by Nebo District, a district that caters to 43,696 students overall.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Spanish Fork High records that 79% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school logs 15% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. Compared to Utah County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Spanish Fork High has 69 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 23.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 21.1:1 average. An estimated 20% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Spanish Fork High is in the bottom 10% of Utah public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 50.1%; Spanish Fork High posts 31.4%, -18.7 points below that line.
Across the wider county, 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 roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Utah County's 202 public schools (combined enrollment of about 164,467 students), Spanish Fork High is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is Brockbank School, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Spanish Fork High comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 42.4%.
The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 20%: 1,372 students in 2018 compared to 1,640 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 85% to 79% over that span.
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