Most Improved Utah Elementary Schools

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2025 vs 2024)					ID
Rank (of 547)	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 (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Rank (2024)	Rank Change from 2024	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	ID
278	Nibley Park School	Public	PK, KG-8	2785 S 800 E	Salt Lake City	84106	Salt Lake County	Salt Lake District	No	No	No	Yes	(801) 481-4842	483	32	15	54.9%	219 (45.3%)	17 (3.5%)	183 (37.9%)	14 (2.9%)	3 (0.6%)	11 (2.3%)	36 (7.5%)	$10,232			$898			$9,334	50.5	13.5	489	211		490087000511
137	Heber Valley School	Public	PK, KG-5	730 S 600 W	Heber City	84032	Wasatch County	Wasatch District	No	No	No	Yes	(435) 654-0112	561	35	15.9	43.5%	315 (56.1%)	1 (0.2%)	228 (40.6%)	7 (1.2%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	7 (1.2%)	$11,103			$609			$10,495	72.6	42.6	335	198		490111000499
102	Enoch School	Public	K-5	4701 N Wagon Wheel Dr	Enoch	84721	Iron County	Iron District	No	No	No	Yes	(435) 586-2855	516	31	16.9	37.6%	448 (86.8%)	3 (0.6%)	49 (9.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (2.7%)	$7,902			$835			$7,067	78.4	55.1	254	152		490039000682
222	Century School	Public	K-5	5820 N 4800 W	Bear River City	84301	Box Elder County	Box Elder District	No	No	No	No	(435) 515-4100	440	22	20	29.1%	392 (89.1%)	3 (0.7%)	38 (8.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.4%)	$7,436			$654			$6,781	59.7	38.8	358	136		490009000042
264	Oakcrest School	Public	K-6	8462 S Hilltop Oak Dr	West Jordan	84088	Salt Lake County	Jordan District	No	No	No	No	(801) 280-7243	694	32	21.6	24.6%	419 (60.4%)	3 (0.4%)	194 (28.0%)	19 (2.7%)	2 (0.3%)	20 (2.9%)	37 (5.3%)	$6,366			$404			$5,962	54.2	35.7	379	115		490042001090
130	Gunnison Valley School	Public	PK, KG-5	550 S 100 E	Gunnison	84634	Sanpete County	South Sanpete District	No	No	No	Yes	(435) 528-7880	584	27	21.4	51.4%	483 (82.7%)	0 (0.0%)	85 (14.6%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	12 (2.1%)	$9,776			$1,089			$8,687	73.5	56.9	239	109		490096000551
89	Ridgecrest School	Public	K-5	1800 E 7200 S	Cottonwood Heights	84121	Salt Lake County	Canyons District	No	No	No	No	(801) 826-9250	491	26	18.8	26.3%	298 (60.7%)	4 (0.8%)	92 (18.7%)	24 (4.9%)	6 (1.2%)	5 (1.0%)	62 (12.6%)	$7,653			$412			$7,241	80.7	64.1	197	108		490014200319
219	Park View School	Public	PK, KG-6	360 S 100 E	Payson	84651	Utah County	Nebo District	No	No	No	No	(801) 465-6010	356	18	20	33.1%	285 (80.1%)	0 (0.0%)	58 (16.3%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (0.8%)	8 (2.2%)	$7,995			$371			$7,625	60.6	44.2	322	103		490063000389
159	Parowan School	Public	K-6	128 W 100 N	Parowan	84761	Iron County	Iron District	No	No	No	Yes	(435) 477-3368	418	23	18	47.6%	364 (87.1%)	1 (0.2%)	37 (8.9%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	11 (2.6%)	$8,990			$886			$8,104	69.5	54.2	257	98		490039000285
314	Timpanogos Academy	Public, Charter	K-6	70 S 100 E	Lindon	84042	Utah County	Timpanogos Academy	Yes	No	No	No	(801) 785-4979	490	24	20.6	4.1%	337 (68.8%)	4 (0.8%)	107 (21.8%)	9 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	31 (6.3%)	$6,663			$118			$6,545	44.2	28.8	411	97		490001600830

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on RISE Mathematics, RISE Science test scores released by the Utah State Board of Education.
These rankings were last updated on September 10, 2025, 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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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Utah State Board of Education.