Best Cities in Utah for Schools

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the test scores by the Utah State Board of Education. The most recent update was on Wednesday, September 18, 2024.

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Rank (of 132)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2024)	Rank (2023)	Rank change from 2023
1^st	Midway	1	0	0	0	0	0.97	1
2^nd	Highland	3	1	1	0	0	0.934	2
3^rd	Cedar Hills	2	0	0	0	0	0.93	3
4^th	Mountain Green	1	0	0	0	0	0.922	4
5^th	Hyde Park	1	0	0	0	0	0.92	7	2
6^th	Eden	1	1	0	0	0	0.918	16	10
7^th	Nibley	3	0	0	0	0	0.902	9	2
8^th	Richmond	1	1	0	0	0	0.898	11	3
9^th	Lewiston	1	0	0	0	0	0.889	8	1
10^th	Mendon	1	0	0	0	0	0.877	5	5
11^th	North Logan	3	0	2	0	0	0.865	12	1
12^th	Alpine	2	1	0	1	0	0.86	10	2
13^th	Coalville	1	1	1	0	0	0.848	6	7
14^th	Smithfield	3	0	1	0	0	0.818	14
15^th	Kaysville	10	3	4	1	0	0.817	15
16^th	Park City	6	1	3	0	3	0.811	27	11
17^th	Mona	1	0	0	0	0	0.804	46	29
18^th	Draper	7	1	3	0	6	0.798	13	5
19^th	Morgan	1	2	1	1	0	0.786	25	6
20^th	Millville	1	0	1	0	0	0.774	19	1
21^st	Fillmore	1	1	1	0	0	0.771	34	13
22^nd	Farmington	5	1	2	1	0	0.771	33	11
23^rd	Heber City	6	2	1	0	1	0.764	17	6
24^th	Lindon	3	0	1	0	2	0.763	21	3
25^th	Milford	1	0	1	0	0	0.739	20	5
26^th	Kanab	1	1	1	0	0	0.731	41	15
27^th	Wellsville	1	0	0	0	2	0.729	38	11
28^th	Washington	6	1	2	0	0	0.719	37	9
29^th	Mapleton	3	2	0	0	1	0.713	39	10
30^th	Plain City	1	0	1	0	0	0.706	52	22
31^st	Monroe	1	1	1	0	0	0.705	63	32
32^nd	Pleasant View	1	1	1	0	0	0.69	26	6
33^rd	Saint George	4	3	4	2	0	0.685	35	2
34^th	Centerville	4	1	0	0	0	0.683	28	6
35^th	Ephraim	1	1	0	0	0	0.676	22	13
36^th	Lehi	13	3	3	2	4	0.671	30	6
37^th	Sandy	19	6	7	1	6	0.671	18	19
38^th	Bluffdale	4	1	1	2	0	0.66	49	11
39^th	Parowan	1	0	1	0	0	0.653	29	10
40^th	Cottonwood Heights	1	0	0	0	0	0.649	54	14
41^st	Delta	2	1	1	0	1	0.636	23	18
42^nd	Salina	1	1	1	0	0	0.619	61	19
43^rd	Fielding	1	0	0	0	0	0.615	32	11
44^th	Cedar City	6	2	4	1	5	0.607	42	2
45^th	American Fork	8	1	3	2	1	0.606	31	14
46^th	Saratoga Springs	9	1	1	2	1	0.603	40	6
47^th	West Point	3	1	0	0	0	0.599	50	3
48^th	Enterprise	1	0	1	0	0	0.597	57	9
49^th	Orem	14	3	5	2	4	0.593	44	5
50^th	South Jordan	11	3	4	3	4	0.592	47	3
51^st	Salem	3	2	1	2	0	0.59	64	13
52^nd	Helper	1	1	0	0	0	0.581	72	20
53^rd	Bountiful	9	4	2	0	3	0.581	51	2
54^th	St George	13	0	5	3	4	0.574	58	4
55^th	Wellington	1	0	0	0	0	0.569	24	31
56^th	Syracuse	5	1	1	1	1	0.568	55	1
57^th	West Bountiful	1	0	0	0	0	0.567	78	21
58^th	Castle Dale	1	0	1	0	0	0.565	43	15
59^th	Santa Clara	2	1	0	0	0	0.563	60	1
60^th	Richfield	2	1	3	0	2	0.561	73	13
61^st	Monticello	1	0	1	0	1	0.56	99	38
62^nd	Clinton	4	0	0	0	0	0.549	70	8
63^rd	Riverton	6	2	2	1	5	0.546	65	2
64^th	Neola	1	0	0	0	0	0.545		(n/a)
65^th	Hyrum	2	1	1	0	0	0.54	36	29
66^th	North Salt Lake	3	0	0	1	1	0.533	59	7
67^th	Vernal	6	2	2	1	1	0.53	90	23
68^th	Providence	2	1	0	0	0	0.528	45	23
69^th	Price	2	1	1	2	0	0.524	56	13
70^th	Fairview	1	0	0	0	0	0.52		(n/a)
71^st	Gunnison	1	1	1	0	0	0.519	98	27
72^nd	West Valley	1	0	0	0	0	0.519	48	24
73^rd	Garland	1	0	1	0	0	0.513	95	22
74^th	Salt Lake City	61	13	17	5	37	0.511	66	8
75^th	Beaver	1	0	1	0	0	0.505	68	7
76^th	West Haven	3	1	0	1	0	0.505	81	5
77^th	Provo	15	2	4	3	4	0.501	80	3
78^th	Hooper	2	0	0	0	0	0.501	67	11
79^th	Hildale	1	0	1	0	0	0.486	71	8
80^th	Erda	1	0	0	0	3	0.483	74	6
81^st	Spanish Fork	9	2	2	2	2	0.471	75	6
82^nd	Altamont	1	0	1	0	0	0.468	86	4
83^rd	Woods Cross	2	0	1	1	1	0.454	62	21
84^th	Herriman	8	2	3	2	0	0.45	93	9
85^th	Eagle Mountain	9	1	2	1	0	0.449	79	6
86^th	Kamas	1	1	1	0	0	0.449	96	10
87^th	Manti	1	0	1	1	0	0.445	91	4
88^th	Springville	7	2	2	2	2	0.443	83	5
89^th	Ferron	1	1	0	0	0	0.443	76	13
90^th	Hurricane	4	0	0	2	1	0.442	97	7
91^st	Layton	14	4	4	1	5	0.441	89	2
92^nd	Murray	7	2	2	1	3	0.441	92
93^rd	Nephi	2	1	2	0	0	0.426	105	12
94^th	Farr West	1	1	0	0	0	0.424	106	12
95^th	Pleasant Grove	6	1	1	2	1	0.422	82	13
96^th	Logan	10	1	3	0	1	0.418	84	12
97^th	Harrisville	0	1	0	0	0	0.405	53	44
98^th	South Weber	1	0	0	1	0	0.402	85	13
99^th	Ivins	1	0	0	1	0	0.401	88	11
100^th	Brigham City	3	1	2	0	3	0.395	69	31
101^st	Stansbury Park	3	0	1	0	0	0.389	77	24
102^nd	Vineyard	4	0	0	0	0	0.381	99	3
103^rd	Moroni	1	1	0	0	0	0.376	87	16
104^th	Enoch	2	0	0	0	0	0.376	101	3
105^th	Bear River City	1	0	0	0	0	0.362	112	7
106^th	Perry	2	0	0	0	0	0.352	103	3
107^th	Riverdale	1	0	1	0	0	0.351	111	4
108^th	Grantsville	3	1	1	0	0	0.343	102	6
109^th	Mt Pleasant	1	0	1	0	0	0.34	94	15
110^th	Santaquin	4	0	0	0	0	0.34	113	3
111^th	Blanding	1	1	1	0	0	0.324	110	1
112^th	West Jordan	18	5	8	3	4	0.299	109	3
113^th	Payson	5	2	1	0	0	0.296	114	1
114^th	Sunset	3	1	0	0	0	0.296	120	6
115^th	Ogden	31	6	11	8	9	0.29	117	2
116^th	Duchesne	1	0	1	0	0	0.279	104	12
117^th	Taylorsville	4	2	1	1	4	0.278	115	2
118^th	Tremonton	2	1	0	0	0	0.269	119	1
119^th	Holladay	1	0	0	0	0	0.248	116	3
120^th	Huntington	1	1	0	0	0	0.243	108	12
121^st	Clearfield	5	1	2	0	1	0.216	107	14
122^nd	Midvale	4	0	1	1	0	0.212	122
123^rd	Tooele	9	2	2	2	1	0.212	118	5
124^th	Roosevelt	4	1	1	1	1	0.209	127	3
125^th	Goshen	1	0	0	0	0	0.193	124	1
126^th	West Valley City	24	4	5	2	3	0.192	125	1
127^th	Roy	7	2	1	0	1	0.187	126	1
128^th	Moab	2	1	1	0	0	0.174	123	5
129^th	La Verkin	1	0	0	0	2	0.173	121	8
130^th	Kearns	7	2	1	1	1	0.122	128	2
131^st	Magna	5	1	1	1	1	0.06	129	2
132^nd	Montezuma Creek	2	0	1	0	0	0.004	130	2

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About our rankings:

* Private schools are not used in determining city rank.
Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on test scores released by the Utah State Board of Education.
These rankings were last updated on September 18, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Utah State Board of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Utah State Board of Education.
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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.