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What's the biggest difference between Spanish Fork High and what you expected?
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Enrollment
1,640
High
DISTRICT 1,690 · STATE 980
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEBO DISTRICT·NCES 490063000399
Spanish Fork High
158 N 630 West, SPANISH FORK, UT 84660 · (801) 798-4060 · Utah County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,640 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 25% of Utah public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Utah public high schools
Student : Teacher
23.6:1
69 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.0:1 · STATE 21.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
324 students
DISTRICT 28% · STATE 33%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 3 | 0% |
| Grade 7 | 2 | 0% |
| Grade 8 | 1 | 0% |
| Grade 9 | 1 | 0% |
| Grade 10 | 587 | 36% |
| Grade 11 | 519 | 32% |
| Grade 12 | 527 | 32% |
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · STATE 47% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of UT schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
31.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.1%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 50% typical for Utah schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Spanish Fork High
Spanish Fork High's state test result (31.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spanish Fork High this school | 1,640 | 19.8% | 31.4% |
| West Field High School OGDEN | 1,257 | 18.1% | N/A |
| Green Canyon High School NORTH LOGAN | 1,677 | 19.9% | 50.6% |
| Salem Hills High SALEM | 1,593 | 16.7% | 41.0% |
| Ridgeline High School MILLVILLE | 1,894 | 19.1% | 43.0% |
| Layton High LAYTON | 2,231 | 16.5% | 32.2% |
Matched among Utah high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Spanish Fork High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Utah County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.4% | #108 of 149 | #19 of 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,640 | #50 of 189 | #14 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.6:1 | #83 of 145 | #10 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.1% | #89 of 145 | #18 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.8% | #108 of 169 | #12 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +19.5% | #28 of 84 | #7 of 15 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,640
+171 (+12%) vs 2020
+55% since 1990-91, when it was 1,059
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,640 | 69.4 | 23.6:1 | 20% (324) |
| 2023-24 | 1,546 | 61.7 | 25.1:1 | 18% (283) |
| 2022-23 | 1,519 | 61.6 | 24.6:1 | 18% (267) |
| 2020-21 | 1,469 | N/A | N/A | 17% (257) |
| 2017-18 | 1,372 | N/A | N/A | 16% (214) |
| 2015-16 | 1,285 | N/A | N/A | 24% (311) |
| 2010-11 | 1,009 | 43 | 23.5:1 | 30% (301) |
| 2000-01 | 1,624 | 64 | 25.4:1 | 13% (215) |
| 1990-91 | 1,059 | 50 | 21.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Spanish Fork High.
About Spanish Fork High
At 158 N 630 West in SPANISH FORK, Utah, Spanish Fork High operates as a large high school. The school counts 1,640 students across grades 9 through 12. The school's enrollment is 67% bigger than the 980 average for high schools in Utah.
Nebo District has a total of 49 schools and 43,696 students, Spanish Fork High among them.
White students make up a majority at Spanish Fork High, at 79%. Smaller groups are 15% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. For comparison, Utah County is about 81% White. Spanish Fork High's diversity index is 35%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teachers at the school number 69.4 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 23.6:1. On average, high schools in Utah have 21.1:1, compared with 23.6:1 here. The school's lunch program data list 20% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That tracks the 22% average for public schools in Utah County.
The allk12 Grade for Spanish Fork High is C. Compared with Utah public high schools, the school scored higher than 25% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Spanish Fork High trails its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests by 18.7 points (31.4% versus 50.1%), a bottom-10% result in Utah on BeatsExpectations.
County data help place the school in context: in Utah County, the median household income is $100,671, about 44% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. In all, Utah County has 202 public schools and roughly 164,467 students.
The nearest other public school, Brockbank School, is about 0.4 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Spanish Fork High is 8th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment is up 12% from 2020-21, when Spanish Fork High had 1,469 students, to 2024-25, when it had 1,640.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Utah County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
705,400
Census ACS
Median income
$100,671
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
44%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
202
164,467 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Nebo District
- Nebo Online SchoolCombined · 7,791 students
- Maple Mountain HighHigh · 1,902 students
- Springville HighHigh · 1,665 students
- Payson HighHigh · 1,648 students
- Salem Hills HighHigh · 1,593 students
- Mapleton Junior HighMiddle · 1,312 students
Other schools in SPANISH FORK
- Maple Mountain HighHigh · 1,902 students
- American Leadership AcademyCombined · 1,597 students
- Diamond Fork MiddleMiddle · 1,074 students
- Spanish Fork Jr HighMiddle · 1,070 students
- Riverview SchoolElementary · 738 students
- Rees SchoolElementary · 728 students
Nearby schools
- Brockbank School0.4 mi · 456
- Riverview School0.7 mi · 738
- Landmark High0.8 mi · 323
- Park School1.1 mi · 469
- American Leadership Academy1.1 mi · 1,597
- Spanish Fork Jr High1.4 mi · 1,070
Frequently asked questions
About Spanish Fork HighHow large is Spanish Fork High?
Spanish Fork High enrolls approximately 1,640 students in grades 09-12.
Is Spanish Fork High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Spanish Fork High is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Spanish Fork High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Spanish Fork High is approximately 23.6:1 (69 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Spanish Fork High?
At Spanish Fork High, the student body is approximately 79% White, 15% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Spanish Fork High public or private?
Spanish Fork High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Nebo District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.