Jeremy Ranch School vs Parley's Park School

Jeremy Ranch School and Parley's Park School are both high-performing elementary schools in Park City, Utah, but Jeremy Ranch School holds a measurable edge at the top of Utah's rankings. Jeremy Ranch School sits at #6 of 1014 schools statewide while Parley's Park School ranks #28 of 1014 — a 22-position gap that reflects a real, if narrow, performance difference. Their overall ratings are 9.5/10 and 9.0/10 respectively, a 0.5-point gap that separates two genuinely exceptional schools.

On academics, Jeremy Ranch School scores 9.8/10 versus Parley's Park School's 9.3/10 — a 0.5-point difference that places Jeremy Ranch among Utah's elite academic performers. The growth score delta follows the same pattern: Jeremy Ranch School earns a 9.1/10 while Parley's Park School earns an 8.6/10, a 0.5-point gap indicating Jeremy Ranch students are also making stronger year-over-year learning gains relative to their peers statewide. Both numbers reflect consistent outperformance, not a single-year anomaly.

Enrollment at the two schools is nearly identical — Jeremy Ranch School at 402 students versus Parley's Park School at 408 — so class size isn't the story. The student-teacher ratio tells a more meaningful tale: Jeremy Ranch School runs at 13.9:1 compared to Parley's Park School's 15.7:1, meaning students at Jeremy Ranch have meaningfully more access to teacher attention on average. On socioeconomic composition, Parley's Park School has a slightly higher free and reduced lunch rate at 17% versus Jeremy Ranch School's 13%, a modest but consistent difference across both schools' low-FRL profiles.

Both schools serve kindergarten through 5th grade and sit 4.1 miles apart within the same Park City community. Families who prioritize maximum access to instruction time will find Jeremy Ranch School's lower student-teacher ratio a concrete structural advantage, while Parley's Park School's slightly broader demographic mix and nearly identical enrollment make it a strong alternative for families in its attendance zone who want a top-30 Utah school without the commute.