Summary
Ellis School is a public PK–5 elementary school in Logan, Utah, serving 349 students in the Logan City District. Located near several other Logan schools, it serves a higher-need community, with 60.74% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. Its 2025–2026 statewide ranking was 495th out of 563 schools, placing it in the 12th percentile with a 1-star rating. That is below nearby Adams School, Wilson School, and Woodruff School, though slightly above Bridger School.
Attendance is one of Ellis’s most serious challenges. Chronic absenteeism reached 57.1% in 2024–2025, compared with 43.7% across the district and 23.8% statewide. It was the highest rate among the nearby Logan schools listed, including Bridger at 53.4%, Adams at 52.3%, Wilson at 51.5%, and Woodruff at 48.6%. Academic results were also below district and state levels in every reported subject. English language arts proficiency was 23.9% in 3rd grade, 26.0% in 4th grade, and 23.5% in 5th grade. Math was especially weak in 3rd grade, at 15.2%, while 4th-grade math was a relative strength at 36.5%. Science proficiency was 38.9% in 4th grade and 27.5% in 5th grade.
Families should also consider the school’s long-term trend: Ellis fell from the 82nd percentile in 2015–2016 to the 12th percentile in 2025–2026 and has remained in Utah’s bottom quarter since 2021–2022. Its student-teacher ratio of 23.2 is higher than Adams, Wilson, Bridger, and several nearby alternatives. Comparisons with River Heights School, Providence School, and Edith Bowen Laboratory School are less direct because those schools serve different populations. One encouraging sign is Ellis’s historical 80th-percentile statewide rating for serving low-income students in 2022–2023, suggesting the school may have effective practices worth rebuilding. Attendance, early-grade math, literacy, and 5th-grade science appear to be the most important areas to investigate.
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