Summary:
Santaquin, Utah, has four elementary schools serving 2,277 students in grades PK–6 or K–6: Orchard Hills School, Apple Valley School, and Santaquin School in the Nebo District, plus C.S. Lewis Academy in its own district. The three Nebo schools are much larger, enrolling about 579–742 students each, while C.S. Lewis serves 224 students.
Orchard Hills School is the highest-ranked school locally, at the 31st percentile statewide, and has the strongest overall mathematics results, including 47.8% proficiency in fifth grade. However, its ranking has declined recently, and its third-grade ELA result is a notable weakness. Apple Valley School ranks second and has the strongest ELA performance among the Nebo schools. Its ranking has improved modestly, but fifth-grade mathematics and science results drop sharply compared with fourth grade. Santaquin School has the best attendance and lowest student-teacher ratio among the Nebo schools, yet it experienced the largest ranking decline and currently posts comparatively weak mathematics and science results.
C.S. Lewis Academy is the clear outlier. It ranks at the fifth percentile statewide, has the highest chronic absenteeism rate at 52.3%, and reports lower academic results than the other schools, although several results are ranges or unavailable rather than exact figures. Its small student-teacher ratio does not appear to translate into stronger outcomes. Across the three Nebo schools, ELA is generally weaker than mathematics and science, and all three exceed the statewide chronic absenteeism rate. Parents comparing schools should pay particular attention to attendance support, fifth-grade achievement trends, and the difference between statewide rankings and individual grade-level results.
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