Summary:
ZIP code 84115 has three traditional elementary schools serving prekindergarten through sixth grade: Woodrow Wilson School, Whittier School, and Lincoln School. Together, they enroll about 1,639 students. Woodrow Wilson and Lincoln are part of Granite District, while Whittier belongs to Salt Lake District. The schools differ considerably in academic results, staffing levels, and recent ranking trends.
Whittier School is the clear standout. It ranked in the 56th statewide percentile in 2025–2026, earned three stars, and had an average proficiency of about 50.5% across reported tests. Its strongest results were in the upper grades, including 61.8% proficiency in sixth-grade English language arts, 52.9% in sixth-grade mathematics, and 72.0% in sixth-grade science. It also had the lowest student-teacher ratio, at 17.8, although chronic absenteeism remained high at 33.1%. Its results were not strong in every subject, but its overall performance and three-year ranking history were substantially better than those of the other schools.
Woodrow Wilson School ranked in the 9th percentile, while Lincoln School ranked in the 3rd percentile; both received zero stars. Woodrow Wilson performed somewhat better overall than Lincoln, but its 30.5 student-teacher ratio was the highest, and fifth-grade mathematics proficiency fell to 9.8%. Lincoln had the weakest academic results, broad declines in mathematics and science, and the highest chronic absenteeism at 34.3%. Attendance is a shared concern: all three schools exceeded the statewide chronic absenteeism rate of 23.8%. Parents comparing these schools will find the largest overall differences in academic performance and student-teacher ratios, with Whittier currently providing the strongest reported outcomes.
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