NCES CCD 2024-25 13 schools UT

Best-Resourced Schools in American Fork, UT

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13 public K-12 schools in American Fork from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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13
Schools
9,123
Students
25.3/100
Avg Resource Index
21.1:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, American Fork has more public-school enrollment than 78% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. American Fork's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

8 of American Fork's 13 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 51-point gap between Polaris High School and Barratt School shows the range hidden by American Fork's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 22%
School count
Top 28%
Resource Index average
4th percentile
Teacher staffing
11th percentile

American Fork High accounts for 25.4% of all American Fork public-school enrollment

That concentration means American Fork-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

American Fork school enrollment varies 22× across entities

American Fork school enrollment ranges from 104 students (lowest) to 2,316 students (highest), a spread of 2,212 students. That spread is wider than typical and predicts noticeable gaps in service quality between the highest and lowest areas. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

American Fork student-teacher ratio is 21.1:1 — high (typically associated with larger urban scale or staffing constraints that have widened the headcount gap)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

2 of American Fork's 13 listed schools are charters

15% of the city's listed public-school campuses are reported as charter schools in NCES CCD. Charter status identifies a different governance arrangement; it does not establish admissions availability, academic quality, or the share of city students enrolled in those campuses. Open each school record to compare enrollment and staffing directly.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

# School Score
1. Polaris High School 63
2. Summit High 48
3. American Fork Jr High 36
4. American Fork High 31
5. Dan W. Peterson 24
6. Alpine Online School 20
7. Legacy School 18
8. Athenian Eacademy 17
9. Odyssey Charter School 17
10. Greenwood School 16
11. Shelley School 14
12. Forbes School 13
13. Barratt School 12

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in American Fork

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Alpine Online School 57.4/100
  2. 2 Forbes School 52.5/100
  3. 3 Greenwood School 52.2/100
  4. 4 Polaris High School 51.8/100
  5. 5 Odyssey Charter School 48.9/100

What do families ask about schools in American Fork?

Which American Fork school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Polaris High School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the American Fork schools in this federal-data comparison at 63/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in American Fork, UT? ▼

American Fork has 13 public schools with a total enrollment of 9,123 students. 2 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 21.1:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.