Willow Springs School

Willow Springs School is one of the average-sized elementary campuss in DRAPER, Utah, one of the schools within Canyons District, with 562 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

Canyons District runs 47 schools in total, collectively educating 32,688 students. Willow Springs School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Willow Springs School records that White students make up the majority at 73%. Beyond that, the school shows 17% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Willow Springs School has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 22% of students at Willow Springs School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below Salt Lake County's rate of about 34%.

With demographic context factored in, Willow Springs School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.3%, the actual is 51.6%, a residual of +2.4 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Salt Lake County put the typical household earns roughly $97,494 per year, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Salt Lake County's 325 public schools (combined enrollment of about 209,757 students), Willow Springs School is one campus in the mix.

Channing Hall is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Willow Springs School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 59.1%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 19%: 690 students in 2018 compared to 562 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 85% to 73% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.