Summary:
Zip code 84124 in Salt Lake City has four public elementary schools serving grades prekindergarten through sixth grade, all part of the Granite District, and each ranks well above the statewide average. The schools enroll about 1,797 students altogether. Howard R. Driggs School is the strongest overall performer, ranking fifth statewide and placing in the 99th percentile. Morningside School ranks eighth and has shown the most impressive recent improvement. Oakridge School ranks 28th, while Crestview School ranks 73rd, still placing in the 87th percentile statewide.
For families focused on consistently high academic results, Howard R. Driggs School stands out. Its average proficiency was about 82% across tested subjects, with especially strong mathematics and science results, including 91.3% proficiency in fifth-grade science. Morningside School averaged about 79% and has risen from 30th to eighth statewide over two years. It also offers the most consistent grade-level results and the lowest chronic absenteeism rate, at 12.2%. Oakridge School remains excellent, particularly in science, and has the lowest student-teacher ratio, although its ranking and mathematics results have varied more from year to year.
Crestview School has the lowest recent averages among the four schools, about 66% overall, but its statewide ranking improved substantially and its science performance increased by roughly 11 percentage points. Parents may want to look closely at its upper-grade results: fifth-grade proficiency was about 50% in both ELA and mathematics, compared with more than 70% in several third-grade measures. Across the area, science is the strongest subject, averaging about 82% proficiency, and every school has lower chronic absenteeism than both district and state comparison rates. Overall, the 84124 schools form a notably strong group, with the main differences involving relative academic consistency, recent improvement, and specific grade-level strengths.
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