Best Elementary Schools in Utah

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 561)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
490013601272	321	Excelsior Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	124 E Erda Way	Erda	84074	Tooele County	Excelsior Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(435) 882-3062	1,397	24	57.5	20.8%	1,112 (79.6%)	11 (0.8%)	192 (13.7%)	5 (0.4%)	5 (0.4%)	9 (0.6%)	63 (4.5%)	$6,530			$511			$6,019	44.3	39.3	345	24
490063000389	322	Park View School	Public	PK, KG-6	360 S 100 E	Payson	84651	Utah County	Nebo District	No	No	No	No	(801) 465-6010	358	17	21.5	30.4%	294 (82.1%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (14.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	3 (0.8%)	8 (2.2%)	$7,995			$371			$7,625	44.2	43.1	323	1
490063000397	323	Santaquin School	Public	PK, KG-6	25 S 400 W	Santaquin	84655	Utah County	Nebo District	No	No	No	No	(801) 754-3611	623	27	23.2	27.3%	507 (81.4%)	4 (0.6%)	90 (14.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.5%)	18 (2.9%)	$7,302			$375			$6,927	44.2	29.8	393	70
490021000129	324	Layton School	Public	PK, KG-6	369 W Gentile	Layton	84041	Davis County	Davis District	No	No	No	Yes	(801) 402-3500	573	26	22.3	25.7%	422 (73.6%)	0 (0.0%)	120 (20.9%)	7 (1.2%)	2 (0.3%)	4 (0.7%)	18 (3.1%)	$8,119			$865			$7,254	44.2	39.4	344	20
490120000646	325	West Weber School	Public	K-6	1033 N 1200 W	Ogden	84404	Weber County	Weber District	No	No	No	No	(801) 452-4280	568	23	24.6	16.7%	511 (90.0%)	10 (1.8%)	35 (6.2%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	3 (0.5%)	6 (1.1%)	$7,992			$583			$7,409	44.1	41.6	336	11
490021000132	326	Meadowbrook School	Public	PK, KG-6	700 N 325 W	Bountiful	84010	Davis County	Davis District	No	No	No	Yes	(801) 402-1600	419	18	23.2	39.1%	259 (61.8%)	10 (2.4%)	81 (19.3%)	9 (2.1%)	10 (2.4%)	24 (5.7%)	26 (6.2%)	$8,502			$1,019			$7,483	44	30.9	387	61
490114000903	327	Paradise Canyon	Public	PK, KG-5	1795 W 1230 N	St George	84770	Washington County	Washington District	No	No	No	Yes	(435) 673-8978	478	25	19.1	61.5%	139 (29.1%)	5 (1.0%)	298 (62.3%)	2 (0.4%)	9 (1.9%)	3 (0.6%)	22 (4.6%)	$7,937			$1,204			$6,733	43.8	25.5	424	97
490036000199	328	Bennion School	Public	PK, KG-6	5775 S Sierra Grande Dr	Salt Lake City	84118	Salt Lake County	Granite District	No	No	No	No	(385) 646-4774	453	20	23.2	31.1%	254 (56.1%)	13 (2.9%)	126 (27.8%)	20 (4.4%)	1 (0.2%)	22 (4.9%)	17 (3.8%)	$8,363			$841			$7,522	43.8	39	350	22
490003000012	329	Greenwood School	Public	PK, KG-6	50 E 200 S	American Fork	84003	Utah County	Alpine District	No	No	No	Yes	(801) 610-8708	928	44	21.1	43.4%	618 (66.6%)	9 (1.0%)	221 (23.8%)	6 (0.6%)	7 (0.8%)	22 (2.4%)	45 (4.8%)	$7,814			$1,169			$6,646	43.6	32.6	378	49
490014501378	330	Weilenmann School of Discovery	Public, Charter	K-8	4199 W Kilby Road	Park City	84098	Summit County	Weilenmann School of Discovery	Yes	No	No	No	(435) 575-5411	535	28	19.3	1.3%	455 (85.0%)	6 (1.1%)	41 (7.7%)	9 (1.7%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	20 (3.7%)	$8,323			$492			$7,831	43.6	29.9	391	61

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on RISE English Language Arts, RISE Mathematics, RISE Science test scores released by the Utah State Board of Education.
These rankings were last updated on September 18, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Utah State Board of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Utah State Board of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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