Summary:
Garland, Utah, has two public schools in the Box Elder District: Garland School, serving kindergarten through fifth grade, and Bear River High, serving grades 10–12. Together, they enroll about 1,852 students. The supplied list does not include schools for grades 6–9 or an alternative school, so it does not show a complete K–12 pathway within Garland. The district ranks around the middle of Utah districts, at about the 46th percentile.
Garland School is the strongest performer in the area. It ranked in the 81st percentile statewide and received four stars in 2025–2026, improving substantially from the two previous years. Its reading, mathematics, and science results were generally above both district and state averages. Mathematics was especially strong, including 67.9% proficiency in fourth grade and 64.7% in fifth grade. Fifth-grade science also improved sharply, from 39.5% to 65.5%. Attendance is a major strength: chronic absenteeism was only 2.3%, compared with 32.0% in the district and 23.8% statewide. The school’s student–teacher ratio was 20.5, and about 29% of students were reported as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Bear River High has a mixed profile. Its 91.4% graduation rate and 6.6% dropout rate were slightly better than district and state comparisons, but it ranked in only the 18th percentile and received one star. Tenth-grade proficiency was below both district and state levels in English, mathematics, and science, with science showing the largest gap. Science improved from 18.2% to 24.2%, but remained low. Chronic absenteeism is the school’s most serious warning sign at 38.8%, well above the district and state. Families comparing the schools should view Garland as the stronger academic and attendance option, while recognizing that Bear River’s graduation outcomes are more positive than its test scores.
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