Best Cities in Utah for Schools

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the test scores by the Utah State Board of Education. The most recent update was on Wednesday, September 10, 2025.

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Rank (of 129)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2025)	Rank (2024)	Rank change from 2024
1^st	Hyde Park	1	0	0	0	0	0.958	5	4
2^nd	Mountain Green	1	0	0	0	0	0.954	4	2
3^rd	Lewiston	1	0	0	0	0	0.952	9	6
4^th	Mona	1	0	0	0	0	0.945	17	13
5^th	Mendon	1	0	0	0	0	0.916	10	5
6^th	Midway	1	0	0	0	0	0.914	1	5
7^th	Highland	3	1	1	0	0	0.903	2	5
8^th	Alpine	2	1	0	1	0	0.901	12	4
9^th	Eden	1	1	0	0	0	0.88	6	3
10^th	North Logan	4	0	2	0	0	0.872	11	1
11^th	Richmond	1	1	0	0	0	0.862	8	3
12^th	Nibley	3	0	0	0	0	0.861	7	5
13^th	Park City	11	1	3	1	3	0.853	16	3
14^th	Cedar Hills	2	0	0	0	0	0.85	3	11
15^th	Morgan	3	2	1	1	0	0.839	19	4
16^th	Cottonwood Heights	1	0	0	0	0	0.837	40	24
17^th	Smithfield	3	0	1	0	0	0.834	14	3
18^th	Mapleton	3	2	0	0	1	0.824	29	11
19^th	Draper	7	1	3	0	6	0.811	18	1
20^th	Coalville	2	1	1	0	0	0.808	13	7
21^st	Kaysville	11	3	4	1	0	0.808	15	6
22^nd	Millville	1	0	1	0	0	0.789	20	2
23^rd	Heber City	6	2	1	0	1	0.782	23
24^th	Lindon	3	0	1	1	2	0.778	24
25^th	Plain City	1	0	1	0	0	0.777	30	5
26^th	Fillmore	1	1	1	0	0	0.767	21	5
27^th	Farmington	5	1	3	1	0	0.762	22	5
28^th	Parowan	1	0	1	0	0	0.738	39	11
29^th	Kanab	2	1	1	0	0	0.736	26	3
30^th	Saint George	4	3	4	3	0	0.731	33	3
31^st	Ephraim	1	1	0	0	0	0.701	35	4
32^nd	Providence	2	1	0	0	0	0.687	68	36
33^rd	Centerville	4	1	0	0	0	0.687	34	1
34^th	Lehi	13	3	3	2	4	0.669	36	2
35^th	Hyrum	2	1	1	0	0	0.656	65	30
36^th	South Jordan	11	3	4	3	4	0.648	50	14
37^th	Washington	6	1	2	1	0	0.648	28	9
38^th	Sandy	20	6	7	1	6	0.647	37	1
39^th	Monroe	1	1	1	0	0	0.629	31	8
40^th	Bluffdale	4	1	1	2	0	0.626	38	2
41^st	West Bountiful	1	0	0	0	0	0.62	57	16
42^nd	Wellsville	1	0	0	0	2	0.614	27	15
43^rd	West Point	3	1	0	0	0	0.611	47	4
44^th	Salem	3	2	1	2	0	0.611	51	7
45^th	Gunnison	1	1	1	0	0	0.603	71	26
46^th	Fielding	1	0	0	0	0	0.601	43	3
47^th	Manti	1	0	1	1	0	0.6	87	40
48^th	Bear River City	1	0	0	0	0	0.594	105	57
49^th	Cedar City	8	2	4	1	5	0.593	44	5
50^th	Saratoga Springs	9	1	1	3	1	0.592	46	4
51^st	Riverton	7	2	2	1	5	0.591	63	12
52^nd	Hildale	1	0	1	0	0	0.572	79	27
53^rd	St George	14	0	5	5	4	0.57	54	1
54^th	Orem	14	3	5	2	4	0.569	49	5
55^th	Bountiful	9	4	2	0	3	0.568	53	2
56^th	West Haven	3	1	0	1	0	0.554	76	20
57^th	Delta	2	1	1	0	1	0.55	41	16
58^th	Pleasant View	1	1	1	0	0	0.539	32	26
59^th	Enterprise	1	0	1	0	0	0.539	48	11
60^th	Santa Clara	2	1	0	0	0	0.534	59	1
61^st	Clinton	4	0	0	0	0	0.533	62	1
62^nd	Salt Lake City	63	13	16	5	37	0.524	74	12
63^rd	Vernal	7	2	2	1	1	0.524	67	4
64^th	Syracuse	5	1	1	1	1	0.523	56	8
65^th	Hooper	2	0	0	0	0	0.502	78	13
66^th	American Fork	8	1	3	2	1	0.5	45	21
67^th	Hurricane	4	0	0	2	1	0.498	90	23
68^th	Woods Cross	2	0	1	1	1	0.489	83	15
69^th	Altamont	1	0	1	0	0	0.485	82	13
70^th	North Salt Lake	3	0	0	1	1	0.48	66	4
71^st	Price	2	1	1	2	0	0.478	69	2
72^nd	Pleasant Grove	6	1	1	2	1	0.478	95	23
73^rd	Monticello	1	0	1	0	1	0.477	61	12
74^th	Richfield	3	1	3	0	2	0.476	60	14
75^th	Eagle Mountain	9	1	2	1	0	0.463	85	10
76^th	Spanish Fork	9	2	2	2	2	0.462	81	5
77^th	Springville	7	2	2	2	2	0.461	88	11
78^th	South Weber	1	0	0	1	0	0.459	98	20
79^th	Salina	1	1	1	0	0	0.455	42	37
80^th	Provo	16	2	4	4	4	0.453	77	3
81^st	Murray	8	2	2	1	3	0.452	92	11
82^nd	Moroni	1	1	0	0	0	0.45	103	21
83^rd	Castle Dale	1	0	1	0	0	0.449	58	25
84^th	Garland	1	0	1	1	0	0.444	73	11
85^th	Kamas	2	1	1	0	0	0.443	86	1
86^th	Herriman	8	2	3	2	0	0.435	84	2
87^th	Erda	1	0	0	0	3	0.435	80	7
88^th	Enoch	2	0	0	0	0	0.433	104	16
89^th	Farr West	1	1	0	0	0	0.432	94	5
90^th	Nephi	2	1	2	0	0	0.425	93	3
91^st	West Valley	1	0	0	0	0	0.424	72	19
92^nd	Vineyard	4	0	0	0	0	0.423	102	10
93^rd	Layton	14	4	4	1	5	0.411	91	2
94^th	Helper	1	1	0	0	0	0.411	52	42
95^th	Payson	5	2	1	0	0	0.41	113	18
96^th	Logan	12	1	3	0	1	0.406	96
97^th	Ivins	1	0	0	1	0	0.393	99	2
98^th	Beaver	2	0	1	0	0	0.39	75	23
99^th	Mt Pleasant	1	0	1	0	0	0.387	109	10
100^th	Brigham City	3	1	2	1	3	0.381	100
101^st	Riverdale	1	0	1	0	0	0.38	107	6
102^nd	Ferron	1	1	0	0	0	0.379	89	13
103^rd	Perry	2	0	0	0	0	0.366	106	3
104^th	Stansbury Park	3	0	1	0	0	0.362	101	3
105^th	Blanding	1	1	1	0	0	0.361	111	6
106^th	Huntington	1	1	0	0	0	0.352	120	14
107^th	Santaquin	4	0	0	0	0	0.347	110	3
108^th	Tremonton	2	1	0	0	0	0.306	118	10
109^th	West Jordan	18	5	8	3	4	0.305	112	3
110^th	Clearfield	5	1	2	0	1	0.298	121	11
111^th	Ogden	33	6	11	8	9	0.29	115	4
112^th	Taylorsville	4	2	1	1	4	0.277	117	5
113^th	Grantsville	3	1	1	0	0	0.275	108	5
114^th	Wellington	1	0	0	0	0	0.271	55	59
115^th	Harrisville	0	1	0	0	0	0.264	97	18
116^th	Roosevelt	4	1	1	1	1	0.261	124	8
117^th	Goshen	1	0	0	0	0	0.221	125	8
118^th	Duchesne	1	0	1	0	0	0.205	116	2
119^th	West Valley City	24	4	5	2	3	0.198	126	7
120^th	Tooele	9	2	2	2	1	0.194	123	3
121^st	Holladay	1	0	0	0	0	0.189	119	2
122^nd	Sunset	3	1	0	0	0	0.182	114	8
123^rd	Roy	7	2	1	0	1	0.164	127	4
124^th	Moab	3	1	1	0	0	0.154	128	4
125^th	La Verkin	1	0	0	0	2	0.154	129	4
126^th	Midvale	4	0	1	1	0	0.139	122	4
127^th	Kearns	7	2	1	1	1	0.123	130	3
128^th	Magna	5	1	1	1	1	0.081	131	3
129^th	Montezuma Creek	2	0	1	0	0	0.029	132	3

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* Private schools are not used in determining city rank.
Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on 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.
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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.