Summary:
ZIP code 84036 has one elementary school, South Summit School in Kamas, serving students from pre-kindergarten through fourth grade. The school enrolls 496 students and is part of the South Summit District, a rural Utah district ranked 53rd out of 92 statewide. With no other elementary schools in the ZIP code, families are primarily choosing whether South Summit’s academic strengths and improvement areas fit their needs.
South Summit’s strongest academic area is mathematics. In 2025–2026, 61.7% of third graders and 52.4% of fourth graders reached proficiency, exceeding Utah’s results in both grades. The school also slightly outperformed its district in each grade. Recent progress is encouraging: fourth-grade math proficiency rose 10.2 percentage points from the prior year, while fourth-grade science increased 8.5 points to 46.6%. The school’s statewide ranking improved from the 37th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 45th percentile in 2025–2026, placing it near the middle of Utah schools but on a positive trajectory.
English language arts is the clearest area needing attention. Proficiency was 36.0% in third grade and 41.6% in fourth grade, both below statewide results. Science was close to the district average but remained below Utah’s 52.6% rate. Attendance is another consideration: chronic absenteeism affected 21.2% of students, higher than the district’s 15.2% but lower than the statewide rate of 23.8%. The school’s student-teacher ratio is 18.3 to 1, and 17.54% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Overall, South Summit offers comparatively strong and improving math performance, while parents may want to ask about plans for reading, science, and reducing missed school days.
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