Summary:
Saint George, Utah, has 12 listed schools serving about 8,089 students from prekindergarten through grade 12, including traditional elementary, intermediate, and high schools as well as online, charter, career, performing arts, and specialized programs. Most are connected to Washington District, while others serve specific programs or student populations. School sizes range from 13 students at Southern Utah School of the Deaf to 1,547 students at Utah Online 7-12.
The strongest traditional school profile belongs to Desert Hills High, ranked third among Utah high schools, with a 96.3% graduation rate, a 1.0% dropout rate, low chronic absenteeism, and assessment results above both district and state levels. Among specialized schools, Career Technical High School is especially notable for strong English and science results, lower-than-district absenteeism, and a relatively low student-teacher ratio. At the elementary level, South Mesa Elementary leads the group, followed by Desert Canyons Elementary; both rank above the statewide median. Sunrise Ridge Intermediate is the clear middle-school leader, particularly in sixth-grade science.
Parents comparing schools should look beyond rankings because attendance and grade-level results vary considerably. Utah Arts Academy has the highest chronic absenteeism rate, while Pine View Intermediate at Fossil Ridge and Dixie Intermediate have weaker mathematics and English results than Sunrise Ridge Intermediate. Utah Online 7-12 reports the area’s highest graduation rate, but its ranking has declined notably in recent years and its assessment results are uneven. Heritage School and Freedom Preparatory Academy Washington also show mixed results. Overall, the main concerns are chronic absenteeism, middle-school mathematics and English, and sharp differences between grade levels.
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