Taylor School

Taylor School operates as a reasonably sized primary school in PAYSON, Utah, one of the schools within Nebo District. Current enrollment sits at 424 students spanning grades pre-K through 6.

Nebo District comprises 49 schools with combined enrollment of 43,696 students; Taylor School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Taylor School reports that the largest single group is White, at 67% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 29% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 81%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 21.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 48% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Utah County runs at roughly 22%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Taylor School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 36.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 48.4%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Utah County) logs that median household income runs about $100,671, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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), Taylor School is one campus in the mix.

Wilson School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Taylor School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Taylor School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 39.4%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 20%: 527 students in 2018 compared to 424 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 78% to 67% over that span.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.