Best Public Schools in Zip Code 84534

Summary:

The 84534 zip code area in Utah is home to 3 schools - 2 elementary schools and 1 high school. While the elementary schools, Montezuma Creek School and Aneth Community School, do not have extensive performance data available, the high school, Whitehorse High, appears to be significantly underperforming.

Whitehorse High has consistently ranked near the bottom of Utah high schools, placing 137th out of 138 in the 2023-2024 school year and 138th out of 139 in 2022-2023. The school has a 0 out of 5 star rating from SchoolDigger, indicating very poor performance, with extremely low proficiency rates on state assessments (only 6-17% of students scoring proficient or better). Whitehorse High also has a high dropout rate of 9.4% and a chronic absenteeism rate of 23.8%.

In contrast, the two elementary schools, while still struggling, do not have the same level of poor performance data. Montezuma Creek School is ranked 531 out of 547 Utah elementary schools. All three schools in the 84534 zip code area have extremely high rates of free/reduced lunch recipients, ranging from 96.71% to 100%, indicating high levels of poverty in the community. Additional support and resources may be needed to help improve educational outcomes for students in this area.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking ()				RISE Mathematics (2025)		RISE Science (2025)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	Rank Change from Previous Year	RISE Mathematics 3rd Grade	RISE Mathematics 4th Grade	RISE Science 4th Grade	RISE Science 7th Grade	RISE Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Montezuma Creek School	Public	PK, KG-6	1470 East Highway 162	Montezuma Creek	84534	San Juan County	San Juan District	No	No	No	Yes	(435) 678-1261	282	18	15.2	100.0%	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	271 (96.1%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.5%)	5.3	531^st of 547 public elementary schools	2.9%					(n/a)	15.4	23.4	22.9			$15,571	$3,605	$11,966
Whitehorse High	Public	7-12	300 W 100 N	Montezuma Creek	84534	San Juan County	San Juan District	No	No	No	Yes	(435) 678-1209	303	18	16.9	97.0%	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	297 (98.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)								(n/a)				6.4	14.0	$18,211	$2,338	$15,873
Aneth Community School	Public	K-6	East Highway 162 San Juan Coun	Montezuma Creek	84534	San Juan County	Aneth Community School	(n/a)	No	No	Yes	(435) 651-3271	91	7	13.0	96.7%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	91 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)

Cities Near Zip Code 84534

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Montezuma Creek	0.51 mi	3	129^th
Bluff	13.21 mi	1
Blanding	26.72 mi	3	105^th
Monticello	42.39 mi	2	73^rd

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Utah State Board of Education.

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