NCES CCD 2024-25 10 schools UT

Best-Resourced Schools in Draper, UT

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

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10
Schools
9,192
Students
27.6/100
Avg Resource Index
21.2:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Draper has more public-school enrollment than 78% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Draper'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.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

6 of Draper's 10 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 1 middle and 0 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

Governance mix is central to a fair comparison

5 of 10 listed Draper campuses are reported as charters, so district-run and charter records occupy substantial shares of the same city view. They may follow different governance, enrollment, and program structures even when their mailing city matches. The 33-point gap between Summit Academy - Draper Campus and Draper School should be read within that context, not as a single-system league table. Check charter status and district affiliation before comparing two nearby schools, and verify current admissions rules with the operator.

City enrollment
Top 22%
School count
Top 41%
Resource Index average
8th percentile
Teacher staffing
11th percentile

Corner Canyon High accounts for 26.5% of all Draper public-school enrollment

That concentration means Draper-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Combined. 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

Draper school enrollment varies 5.0× across entities

Draper school enrollment ranges from 488 students (lowest) to 2,437 students (highest), a spread of 1,949 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. 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

Draper student-teacher ratio is 21.2:1 — 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

5 of Draper's 10 listed schools are charters

50% 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. Summit Academy - Draper Campus 49
2. Draper Park Middle 40
3. American Preparatory Academy - Draper #3 34
4. American Preparatory Academy - Draper #1 30
5. Corner Canyon High 27
6. American Preparatory Academy - Draper #2 26
7. Willow Springs School 19
8. Oak Hollow School 18
9. Channing Hall 17
10. Draper School 16

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Draper

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 American Preparatory Academy - Draper #2 70.0/100
  2. 2 American Preparatory Academy - Draper #3 65.1/100
  3. 3 American Preparatory Academy - Draper #1 64.5/100
  4. 4 Channing Hall 61.0/100
  5. 5 Summit Academy - Draper Campus 47.0/100

What do families ask about schools in Draper?

Which Draper school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Summit Academy - Draper Campus has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Draper schools in this federal-data comparison at 49/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Draper, UT? ▼

Draper has 10 public schools with a total enrollment of 9,192 students. 5 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 21.2:1.

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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.