Summary:
ZIP code 84301 has one elementary school, Century School, serving students in kindergarten through fifth grade in Bear River City, Utah, with 440 students and a 20:1 student-teacher ratio. The school is part of Box Elder District. Its overall profile is mixed, with mathematics standing out as a relative strength while English language arts and science need more improvement. About 29% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and the available attendance data points to chronic absenteeism as an important concern.
Century School performed best in 2025–2026 mathematics, with 57.8% of third graders and 57.8% of fourth graders reaching proficiency. Those results were above both district and state levels. However, fifth-grade mathematics fell to 38.8%, below both comparison groups. English language arts showed an even sharper grade-level drop: 51.6% proficiency in grade 3 compared with 35.2% in grade 4 and 35.0% in grade 5. Science was also below district and state results in both tested grades, averaging about 47.6% proficiency. For parents, the clearest academic priority is support in grades 4 and 5, particularly reading, writing, and fifth-grade mathematics.
The school’s ranking has varied in recent years, moving from the 36th percentile to the 59th and then to the 44th percentile in 2025–2026, suggesting that performance has not followed a steady upward or downward trend. Chronic absenteeism was reported at 32.3% for the school in 2022–2023, while the district later reported 32.0%, compared with 23.8% statewide. Because attendance figures come from different years, they are not exact comparisons, but they indicate that missed instructional time may be an important issue to investigate. Families considering the school may want to ask about attendance supports, upper-grade literacy intervention, fifth-grade mathematics instruction, and science improvement plans.
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