Summary:
Moab, Utah, has four schools serving about 1,436 students from preschool through 12th grade: Grand Preschool, Helen M. Knight School for kindergarten through sixth grade, Margaret L. Hopkin Middle School for grades seven and eight, and Grand County High for grades nine through twelve. All are part of Grand District, which ranks below most Utah districts in the supplied data.
Grand County High has shown the strongest recent improvement. Its ranking rose from the 10th to the 30th percentile, while proficiency increased in English, math, and science. Tenth-grade English was a particular strength, exceeding the Utah average. However, math remains weak, and the school’s graduation rate is below the state rate. Its dropout rate and chronic absenteeism are substantially higher than Utah averages. Margaret L. Hopkin Middle School also improved its ranking. Eighth-grade English and science exceeded state averages, but math was the weakest subject, and seventh-grade results were generally lower than eighth-grade results.
Helen M. Knight School is the largest school, enrolling nearly half of the students in the list, but its statewide ranking has remained in the lower range. Its reading, math, and science results are below Utah averages, with math a particularly important area for improvement. Across the K–12 schools, mathematics is the most consistent academic weakness. Attendance is an even broader concern: chronic absenteeism ranges from 36.4% to 39.1%, compared with 23.8% statewide. Families comparing schools should weigh these challenges alongside encouraging signs, including high-school improvement, strong eighth-grade results in selected subjects, and relatively stronger upper-grade English performance.
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