Summary:
Draper, Utah, has one middle school serving grades 6–8: Draper Park Middle. Located in the Canyons District, the school enrolls 1,411 students and offers a strong overall academic profile, with results well above Utah averages in English Language Arts, mathematics, and science.
Draper Park Middle ranked 20th out of 217 Utah schools in 2025–2026, placing it in the 91st percentile and earning a 5-star rating. It also improved from 30th place the prior year. Science is the school’s strongest subject, with proficiency ranging from 69.7% to 77.8% across grades and reaching 77.8% in eighth grade. Mathematics is another major strength, especially in seventh grade, where 71% of students were proficient—nearly 25 percentage points above the state rate. English Language Arts performance was also strong, though eighth-grade ELA had a smaller advantage over the district than the school’s other subject areas.
The school showed broad improvement from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026. Mathematics proficiency increased in every grade, while science improved by at least 6.2 percentage points in each grade. Attendance is also comparatively favorable: chronic absenteeism was 14.2%, below both the Canyons District rate of 18.8% and Utah’s rate of 23.8%. Families should note that the school is relatively large, with a 24.4-to-1 student-teacher ratio, but its high ranking and consistent results indicate strong performance at scale. Sixth-grade mathematics and eighth-grade ELA are the main areas to monitor, although both remain above district and state levels.
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