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Best Public Schools in Wellington, UT

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264

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Top rankedWellington School399^th of 547 Utah elementary schools

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Summary:

The city of Wellington, Utah has only one school, the Wellington School, which serves grades PK-5 with an enrollment of 245 students. The school is part of the Carbon District, which is ranked 57th out of 93 districts in Utah and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

The Wellington School's statewide ranking among Utah elementary schools has fluctuated in recent years, from 159th out of 561 in 2022-2023 (4-star rating) to 242nd out of 561 in 2023-2024 (3-star rating) to 399th out of 547 in 2024-2025 (1-star rating). The school's test scores in RISE/Mathematics, RISE/Science, and RISE/English Language Arts show a mixed performance compared to the Carbon District and Utah state averages, with some grade levels performing better and others lagging behind. Additionally, the school has a relatively high chronic absenteeism rate of 23.8%, which is higher than the state average.

Other key metrics for the Wellington School include a free/reduced lunch rate of 55.92%, indicating a high proportion of economically disadvantaged students, and a student-teacher ratio of 18.8, which is slightly higher than the typical recommended ratio. The school's spending per student for the 2018-2019 school year was $11,135.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				RISE Mathematics (2025)			RISE Science (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	RISE Mathematics 3rd Grade	RISE Mathematics 4th Grade	RISE Mathematics 5th Grade	RISE Science 4th Grade	RISE Science 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Wellington School	Public	PK, KG-5	250 W 200 N	Wellington	84542	Carbon County	Carbon District	No	No	No	Yes	(435) 637-2570	264	13	21.1	52.3%	220 (83.3%)	2 (0.8%)	34 (12.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.7%)	27.9	399^th of 547 public elementary schools	27.1%		56.2	242^nd of 561 public elementary schools	56.9%	157	42.3	25.0	38.1	29.6	47.6	$11,135	$1,583	$9,552

Cities Near Wellington

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Price	5.05 mi	6	71^st
Helper	11.67 mi	2	94^th
Cleveland	15.55 mi	1
Sunnyside	17.56 mi	1
Huntington	19.73 mi	2	106^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Utah State Board of Education.

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