Summary
East Midvale School is an elementary school located in Midvale, Utah, serving 543 students in grades K-5. It is part of the Canyons School District, which is ranked 34 out of 93 districts in the state and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger. However, over the past 10 years, East Midvale School has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Utah elementary schools, with a ranking between 350 and 511 out of around 550 schools.
East Midvale School significantly underperforms compared to the Canyons District and state averages on RISE assessments for Math, Science, and English Language Arts across grades 3-5. For example, in 2024-2025, only 15.4% of 3rd graders were proficient or better in Math, compared to 52.2% for the district and 48.6% for the state. The school also has very high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 16.0% to 43.9% over the past few years, significantly higher than the state average. Additionally, East Midvale School has a very high percentage of low-socioeconomic status students, with 69.8% to 98.87% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch over the past few years.
When comparing East Midvale School to other nearby schools in the Canyons District and Murray District, it is clear that East Midvale is an outlier in terms of academic performance and student demographics. Schools like East Sandy, Midvalley, and Mcmillan perform significantly better on RISE assessments, with proficiency rates 20-40 percentage points higher than East Midvale across Math, Science, and ELA. Schools with lower percentages of low-socioeconomic status students, such as Grant School and Woodstock School, also have much higher academic performance.
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