Summary:
ZIP code 84098 has two small secondary schools serving 209 students: Winter Sports School serves grades 9–12, while Silver Summit Academy serves grades 6–12. The schools are similar in size, with 105 and 104 students, respectively, but they have different structures, attendance patterns, staffing levels, and available academic data.
The clearest difference is attendance. Winter Sports School reports chronic absenteeism of 6.0%, far below Silver Summit Academy’s 28.6% and Utah’s 23.8% rate. Silver Summit’s rate is also higher than the South Summit District rate of 15.2%, making attendance an important issue for families to investigate. Winter Sports School’s specialized program may contribute to its lower absenteeism, but the data do not explain why. Silver Summit has the smaller student–teacher ratio, 12.4:1 compared with 16.7:1, and its historical 2018–2019 spending was higher at $10,738 per student versus $8,323 at Winter Sports School. These figures are useful for context but do not measure current spending or guarantee a particular classroom experience.
Silver Summit Academy reports strong high-school assessment ranges. In 9th-grade ELA and science, results are listed at 80–98%; 10th-grade results range from 60–78% in ELA, 40–69% in mathematics, and 60–89% in science. In each case, even the lower end is above the corresponding district and state figures. Its 7th-grade results are more mixed, and school-level scores are not available for several 6th- and 8th-grade subjects. Winter Sports School has no school-level assessment results in the supplied data, so academic comparisons are incomplete. Overall, Winter Sports stands out for attendance, while Silver Summit offers a lower student–teacher ratio and promising reported high-school results, alongside a substantial attendance challenge.
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