Summary
Loa School is a public elementary school in the rural community of Loa, Utah, serving 254 students in prekindergarten through sixth grade through Wayne District. The school’s 2025–2026 ranking is 406th out of 563 Utah schools, placing it in the 28th percentile with a one-star rating—a substantial decline from earlier years, when it ranked around the middle or above the state. About 52.36% of students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024–2025, and the student-teacher ratio was 17:1.
Academic results vary considerably by grade and subject. Mathematics is a relative strength in third and fifth grade, while fourth-grade science is especially promising: proficiency was reported at 60–78%, compared with 52.6% statewide. Early-grade English Language Arts results are broadly competitive, but performance drops sharply in fifth grade, at 20–39%, and sixth grade, at 28.5%, compared with 45.9% and 44.1% statewide. Sixth grade is also below the state in mathematics, at 31.7% versus 37.4%, making it the clearest grade for parents and school leaders to watch. The most recent chronic absenteeism rate, 7.3%, is a major positive, falling well below both Wayne District at 17.7% and Utah at 23.8%.
Koosharem School, about 15 miles away, is much smaller, with 26 students, a 10.4:1 student-teacher ratio, and a similar free-or-reduced-price-lunch rate of 53.85%. Because of its very small enrollment, its results may change more dramatically from year to year, so it is not a direct model for Loa School. Overall, Loa School shows encouraging attendance, mathematics, and fourth-grade science results, but upper-grade literacy—especially fifth and sixth grade—should be the central improvement priority.
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