Good Foundations Academy

Good Foundations Academy is the only school in the Good Foundations Academy district, serving 441 students in kindergarten through sixth grade in Riverdale, Utah. As an elementary school, it offers a relatively small, focused school community with a 19.1-to-1 student-teacher ratio.

Good Foundations Academy generally performs better than Utah schools statewide. In 2025–2026, English language arts proficiency was higher than the state average in every tested grade, with the strongest result in third grade at 61.8%. Mathematics was also strong in fourth grade, at 66.1%, and fifth grade, at 64.8%. Science is the school’s clearest strength: proficiency averaged about 69% in grades four through six, compared with about 54% statewide. Fourth-grade science was especially strong, with 72% of students proficient. The school has maintained a four-star rating and ranked in approximately the top quarter of Utah schools in the most recent year.

Results are uneven by grade, so parents may want to look closely at mathematics. Sixth-grade math proficiency was 39.1%, down 12 percentage points from the previous year, while third-grade math fell to 50%. In contrast, fifth-grade math improved by nearly 12 points, suggesting that performance varies by grade or student cohort rather than reflecting a schoolwide weakness. Attendance is another important consideration: chronic absenteeism was 32.6%, compared with 23.8% statewide. Although the available data do not show that attendance caused lower scores, reducing missed school days could support learning, especially in grades with weaker results. Overall, the school shows strong academic performance—particularly in science—while sixth-grade math, third-grade math, and attendance are the main areas to investigate.