Arcadia School

Arcadia School is a public elementary school in Taylorsville, Utah, serving 433 students in prekindergarten through sixth grade as part of the Granite District. The school is located near several other Granite District elementary schools, making nearby comparisons useful. Arcadia’s student-teacher ratio is 20.1, and its reported free/reduced-price lunch rate is 43.88%.

Arcadia’s current academic results are a significant concern. It ranked 530th of 563 Utah elementary schools in 2025–26, placing it at the 6th percentile and lowest among the nearby comparison schools. Proficiency was below district and state averages in every reported grade and subject. Fifth grade was the clearest priority: 19.2% of students were proficient in English language arts, 13.0% in math, and 19.3% in science. The 5th-grade math result was lower than the exact results reported for nearby schools, including Bennion School, Rolling Meadows School, and Robert Frost School. In contrast, Fox Hills School ranked at the 50th percentile, while Bennion School ranked at the 36th percentile.

Attendance is another major challenge. Chronic absenteeism was 37.4% in 2024–25—above the district’s 30.6% and Utah’s 23.8%, and higher than eight of the ten nearby schools. Although absenteeism improved from 42.3%, it remains high enough to disrupt learning and interventions. Arcadia’s relatively favorable staffing ratio suggests that weak results cannot be explained simply by having the largest student-teacher ratio nearby. There are some encouraging signs: the low-SES subgroup’s statewide ranking improved to the 25th percentile, and absenteeism declined. Still, sustained improvement will likely require focused attention to attendance, instructional consistency, and fifth-grade math, science, and English language arts.