Summary:
South Summit District has two elementary schools serving grades PK–5 in a small Utah community: South Summit School, serving PK–4, and Silver Summit School, serving K–5.
South Summit School is the larger school, enrolling 496 of the district’s 551 elementary students, and has the stronger and more complete academic profile. Its 2025–2026 mathematics proficiency was 61.7% in third grade and 52.4% in fourth grade, slightly above district results and clearly above state averages in both grades. Fourth-grade math improved by 10.2 percentage points from the prior year, while fourth-grade science rose by 8.5 points. The school also exceeded district results in English language arts, though its ELA and science scores remained below state averages. Chronic absenteeism was 21.2%, better than the state rate of 23.8% but higher than the district rate of 15.2%.
Silver Summit School is much smaller, with 55 students, and has a lower student–teacher ratio of 14.4 compared with 18.3 at South Summit School. However, its chronic absenteeism rate of 46.7% is the district’s most serious concern—more than twice the rate at the larger school. Academic results are limited because of the small enrollment: fourth-grade ELA was under 40%, while fourth-grade math and science were reported only as ranges of 20–49%. Overall, families seeking the strongest documented academic performance will find it at South Summit School, while attendance should be a major consideration when evaluating Silver Summit School.
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