Summary:
Perry, Utah, has two listed elementary schools serving grades 2–8: Three Mile Creek School serves grades 2–5, while Promontory School of Expeditionary Learning serves kindergarten through eighth grade.
Three Mile Creek School is the stronger-performing option based on the available data. It ranked 201st of 563 Utah schools, placing it in the 64th percentile. Students performed above state averages in seven of eight reported subject-and-grade comparisons, with especially strong results in science and fifth-grade English language arts. Its main academic concern is third-grade math, where proficiency was below the state rate, and math results declined across grades compared with the prior year. The school’s chronic absenteeism rate was 38.2%, higher than the statewide 23.8% rate. It has 531 students, a 20.4-to-1 student-teacher ratio, and 19.59% free or reduced-price lunch participation. The school is part of the Box Elder District.
Promontory School of Expeditionary Learning offers broader grade coverage and a lower student-teacher ratio of 17.4, but its academic results are considerably weaker. It ranked 473rd of 563 schools, in the 16th percentile, and exact reported proficiency rates were below state averages in every comparison. Science is its strongest relative subject, with notable year-over-year improvement in fifth- and sixth-grade science. However, math and English language arts remain major challenges. Chronic absenteeism is especially serious at 57.4%, more than twice the state rate, and 41.53% of students receive free or reduced-price lunch. Families comparing the schools should consider the different grade spans, attendance patterns, and student needs, not just class-size ratios.
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