Summary
Dry Creek School is a large public elementary school in Lehi, Utah, serving 1,157 students in pre-K through sixth grade within the Alpine District. It ranks 143rd out of 563 Utah elementary schools, placing it at the 75th percentile statewide, and holds a four-star rating. Its ranking has been steady over the past three years, suggesting that the school remains a consistently above-average option even though its statewide position is below its earlier 2020–2022 peak.
Academically, the school’s clearest strength is science, where about 64.6% of students are proficient overall. It exceeds state and district averages in science across fourth, fifth, and sixth grades, with especially strong sixth-grade results at 71.8%. Mathematics proficiency averages about 55.3%, and every tested grade is above the state average, although third-grade math is below the district average. English Language Arts averages about 53.9% and also exceeds the state in every grade. Sixth grade is a particular bright spot, with 57.8% proficiency in ELA and 71.8% in science. Parents may want to pay closer attention to third-grade ELA, where the school trails the district, and to sixth-grade math, which fell from 64.6% the previous year to 53.0%.
Among nearby schools, Riverview School is the local benchmark at the 91st percentile, while River Rock School and North Point School also rank above Dry Creek. Snow Springs School is an especially close comparison, ranking at the 74th percentile. Dry Creek is larger than all of these nearby schools and has a relatively high student-teacher ratio of 26.5, despite improvement in recent years. Overall, it offers broad, above-state academic performance, with science and upper-grade achievement standing out most clearly.
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