Summary:
ZIP code 84001 has one elementary school, Altamont School, serving students from Pre-K through sixth grade in the Duchesne District. The school enrolls 357 students and is located in an area where the district’s overall ranking is lower than Altamont’s individual school performance. With no other elementary schools in the ZIP code, families are primarily comparing Altamont’s results with district and Utah averages.
Altamont’s recent academic performance is generally strong. In 2025–2026, the school exceeded both district and state proficiency rates in every reported grade for English language arts, mathematics, and science. Science is the clearest strength, with about 69% of students proficient across grades four through six, compared with approximately 54% statewide. Mathematics averaged about 57% proficiency, including an exceptional fourth-grade result of 73.5%, while English language arts averaged about 52%. The main academic areas to watch are sixth-grade mathematics, at 42%, and fifth-grade English language arts, at 46.6%, although both remained slightly above Utah averages.
The school’s longer-term direction is encouraging: its SchoolDigger ranking improved from the 68th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 75th percentile in 2025–2026, and its rating rose from three stars to four. Science improved particularly sharply year over year, while mathematics gains were uneven by grade. Altamont’s student-teacher ratio is 18.3 to 1, and 36.41% of students participate in free or reduced-price lunch programs. Chronic absenteeism was 29.4% in 2024–2025, slightly below the district’s 31% but above Utah’s 23.8%, making attendance an important area for continued attention. Overall, Altamont combines strong comparative achievement with some grade-level variation and an opportunity to improve attendance and consistency in literacy and mathematics.
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