Summary
Brookside School is a public elementary school in Springville, Utah, serving 362 students in prekindergarten through sixth grade within the Nebo District. The school is in a community with a wide range of nearby elementary options, but its current academic results remain below most local comparisons. In 2025–2026, Brookside ranked in the 34th percentile statewide, or 369th of 563 Utah schools, earning two stars. That was a meaningful improvement from the 18th percentile the previous year, although the school has not yet returned to its stronger rankings from earlier years.
Brookside’s latest test results show improvement in mathematics, but performance is still below district averages in every tested grade. The clearest concern is fifth grade: 28.9% of students were proficient in English language arts and 27.0% in math, both under 30% and below every nearby comparison school listed. Fourth-grade science is a bright spot, with 58.6% proficiency—higher than both district and state rates. Nearby Maple Ridge School, Hobble Creek School, and Sage Creek School rank substantially higher overall, while Meadow Brook School and Westside School are closer to Brookside’s results.
Attendance is another important consideration. Brookside’s chronic absenteeism rate was 27.6% in 2024–2025, higher than the district’s 26.6% and Utah’s 23.8%, though it improved from 30.4% the year before. The school’s student-teacher ratio, 20.9 to 1, is fairly typical among nearby schools, so staffing numbers alone do not explain the performance differences. Overall, Brookside appears to be in an early recovery phase: recent math gains and stronger fourth-grade science results are encouraging, while fifth-grade academics and attendance deserve focused attention. Families comparing options may also look at Reagan Academy, which ranks higher but serves different grades, belongs to a different district, and has different student and staffing characteristics.
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