The top reported proficiency rate is 75% in Science. The lowest is 56% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Mcpolin School
McPolin School is an elementary school in the Park City School District, serving pre-kindergarten through fifth grade. It is one of four elementary schools in the district and sits within a community defined by the transition from a silver mining past to a present-day tourism and outdoor recreation economy. The town of Park City is a mountain resort destination where the permanent population is regularly dwarfed by a large annual visitor count, and the local economy is anchored by two major ski resorts, a range of outdoor-oriented businesses that maintain headquarters in the city, and a dense hospitality and retail sector. The historic Main Street is the walkable civic core, while residential neighborhoods and school campuses are located in the surrounding mountain basin. The housing market reflects this resort-area dynamic, with home values well above national and state benchmarks and rents that have risen recently. For a family considering McPolin, the school sits within a district that has undergone a significant reconfiguration. Treasure Mountain Junior High School closed after the 2024-2025 school year and was demolished in 2025, shifting eighth graders to Ecker Hill Middle School and ninth graders to Park City High School. The district now has six schools, and the secondary feeder pattern a parent should plan for has changed permanently.
Academically, McPolin School posts results that place it favorably when measured against other districts in Summit County. Looking at overall proficiency across the tested subjects, the school lands in the top quartile relative to districts in the county. In math, a substantial majority of students scored at the proficient level on the state assessment for grades three through eight. Science proficiency was also strong, with a similar majority of students meeting the standard. English language arts showed a smaller but still solid share of students scoring proficient. The data available covers the state's RISE assessments, and the science and math results give a clear picture of a school that is performing well in those areas relative to its county peers. A parent interested in the school's trajectory over time should note that the multi-year trend data was not available, so the single year's results represent the most current snapshot. Because McPolin serves only through fifth grade, there is no graduation rate to report; that metric applies to the high school level, which is a different campus.
The student body at McPolin is diverse in its composition. A modest share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The racial and ethnic makeup includes a majority of white students, a substantial Hispanic population, and smaller shares of students who are two or more races, Asian, and Black. Data on students with an Individualized Education Program and English learners was not available in the dataset, which is a gap a parent may want to explore directly with the school to understand the full range of student support services. The school is not a charter school, and its Title I status was not reported in the data.
The district itself has faced environmental compliance issues tied to the demolition of Treasure Mountain Junior High. In 2023, the district was found to have breached an agreement with the Environmental Protection Agency involving lead- and arsenic-contaminated soil moved behind the school, and in 2025 the Utah Department of Environmental Quality issued a compliance notice related to improper discharge of contaminated water and asbestos handling at the demolition site. These were facility and remediation matters that played out during the school year and may be relevant to a parent assessing the district's operational oversight.
For a family weighing this school, McPolin offers an elementary education in a high-cost, resort-area community where the school itself performs well on state testing, especially in math and science, relative to Summit County. The district's recent grade reconfiguration means the secondary school pathway is altered, but at the elementary level the feeder pattern is straightforward. The gaps in available data on special education and English learner counts, as well as the absence of multi-year test trends, mean there are practical questions a parent should raise with the school before making a decision.
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