Summary:
The San Juan District includes 12 schools serving 2,897 students across elementary, middle, and high school grades in communities including Blanding, Monticello, Montezuma Creek, Monument Valley, Bluff, La Sal, and Navajo Mountain. Overall, the district ranks 75th of 92 Utah districts, but school performance varies considerably.
Blanding School has the strongest current elementary profile, performing above the district in every listed 2025–2026 assessment and standing out especially in fourth-grade math. San Juan High is the strongest currently ranked high school, with above-district results across reported subjects, a 90.5% graduation rate, and a 7.1% dropout rate. Albert R. Lyman Middle has notably strong attendance and generally above-district English language arts and science results, although sixth-grade math is a weakness. Monticello High also shows strong academic results and a favorable historical ranking record. Monticello School has several impressive grade-level results, but its recent ranking decline and high absenteeism suggest inconsistent performance.
Attendance is one of the district’s biggest challenges: the district chronic absenteeism rate is 32.3%, with especially high rates at Tse’Bii’Nidzisgai School, Montezuma Creek School, and Monticello School. Whitehorse High has the weakest current academic ranking, while Monument Valley High has below-average assessment, graduation, and dropout outcomes. Parents should also interpret results from smaller schools such as Bluff School, Navajo Mountain High, and La Sal School cautiously because small enrollments can make yearly percentages fluctuate significantly.
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