Summary:
Manti, Utah, has three listed schools serving students from prekindergarten through grade 12: Manti School for PK–5, Manti High for grades 9–12, and South Sanpete Education Support Center, an alternative K–12 program. All are part of the South Sanpete District, which ranks 34th of 92 Utah districts. The two main schools enroll most of the area’s students, while the Education Support Center serves only 12 students.
Manti High has the strongest overall profile for families comparing outcomes. It reports a 94.0% graduation rate, a 4.2% dropout rate, and 14.8% chronic absenteeism, all better than district and statewide comparisons. Its statewide ranking improved from the 46th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 72nd percentile in 2025–2026, with a four-star rating in the two most recent years. Science and 9th-grade mathematics are particular strengths. However, 10th-grade mathematics proficiency was only 26.2%, and 10th-grade English language arts declined notably from the prior year. These are the clearest academic areas for improvement.
Manti School has also improved its statewide standing, reaching the 55th percentile and a three-star rating in 2025–2026. Its strongest results are in science, especially 4th grade, where 65.2% of students were proficient. Mathematics generally exceeded the state average, although results were below the district, while 3rd- and 5th-grade English language arts were weaker. The main concern is attendance: chronic absenteeism was 29.6%, considerably higher than at the high school and above district and state rates. The South Sanpete Education Support Center has a very small, specialized program and should not be directly compared with the larger schools; its student-teacher ratio is 2.7.
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