Best Public Schools in Zip Code 83654

In zip code 83654, there is one school: Meadows Valley School, an alternative school serving grades PK–12 in the Meadows Valley District. Because this is the only school in the district, the district and school statistics are exactly the same, so this small, rural school’s outcomes represent the entire district.

Meadows Valley enrolls 142 students across 13 grade levels, giving it a very low student-teacher ratio of 8.8 to 1. Nearly 70% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch, yet the school’s chronic absenteeism rate is just 9.8% — well below the state average of 13.8%. The graduation rate of 82.5% matches the state rate exactly. On the most recent state tests, the school’s 6th grade math (50% proficient) and 7th grade math (50% proficient) both exceeded state averages (42.5% and 43.6%), and 7th grade English Language Arts (58.3%) also topped the state (56.8%). However, the all-grades proficiency rates tell a different story: math at 37.1%, science at 39.1%, and ELA at 50.0%, all slightly below state averages.

The biggest concern is a sharp decline from the prior year. In 2024–2025, Meadows Valley outperformed the state in all three subjects — math 48.4% vs. 43.1%, science 50.0% vs. 42.6%, and ELA 55.4% vs. 53.9% — but in 2025–2026 it fell below state averages in every subject. Given the school’s small size, with roughly 10–11 students per grade, a difference of just a few proficient students can cause large percentage-point swings. This means the decline may reflect small-sample variation rather than a true academic shift, but it is worth monitoring. Overall, Meadows Valley is a high-poverty, low-absenteeism school with strong middle-grade math results and a graduation rate on par with the state, though recent all-grades test scores warrant cautious attention.