Summary:
Kamas, a small community in Utah’s South Summit area, has three public schools serving the full PK–12 progression through the South Summit District: South Summit School for PK–4, South Summit Middle for grades 5–8, and South Summit High for grades 9–12. Together, they enroll about 1,457 students, with enrollment distributed almost evenly across the three levels.
South Summit High has the strongest current state standing, ranking 69th of 139 schools, at the 50th percentile, and it has improved notably in recent years. Its graduation rate is 89.5%, and its mathematics performance is above the state average in both reported grades. Science results also improved, although ninth-grade ELA and science remain areas to watch. South Summit Middle is the attendance standout, with just 1.4% chronic absenteeism compared with 23.8% statewide. It also performs particularly well in sixth-grade science and eighth-grade mathematics, but results vary considerably by grade, with seventh-grade ELA and mathematics among the weakest areas.
South Summit School shows its clearest strength in mathematics: third-grade proficiency is 61.7% and fourth-grade proficiency is 52.4%, both above state results. However, elementary ELA and chronic absenteeism deserve attention, with 21.2% of students chronically absent. Across Kamas schools, mathematics is generally stronger than ELA, while literacy is the most consistent academic challenge. Families may also note that the district ranks near the middle of Utah’s districts, at 53rd of 92, suggesting a mix of solid strengths and targeted opportunities for improvement rather than uniformly high or low performance.
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