Summary:
ZIP code 84534 has two elementary schools serving grades from pre-kindergarten through sixth grade: Montezuma Creek School in the San Juan District and Aneth Community School in the Aneth Community School district, serving 373 students in a rural area with very high levels of economic need.
Montezuma Creek School is the larger school, enrolling 282 students in pre-kindergarten through sixth grade, compared with 91 students in kindergarten through sixth grade at Aneth Community School. Aneth has the lower student-teacher ratio—13 students per teacher versus 15.2 at Montezuma Creek—which may support smaller instructional groups, although this measure does not show teacher quality or available services. Both schools serve families with substantial economic needs: free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is reported at 100% at Montezuma Creek and 96.7% at Aneth. These figures provide important context for families evaluating school resources and support needs.
The available academic information is much more extensive for Montezuma Creek School. Its 2025–2026 ranking was 557th out of 563 Utah elementary schools, and its chronic absenteeism rate was 50.4%, higher than both the San Juan District rate of 32.3% and Utah’s 23.8%. Reported reading, mathematics, and science proficiency rates were below statewide rates across all tested grades, with fourth-grade mathematics especially low at 9.3%. No ranking, attendance, or test-score results are provided for Aneth Community School, so its academic performance cannot fairly be compared with Montezuma Creek from this information alone. Parents may want to ask both schools about attendance supports, academic intervention, class sizes, and current multi-year results.
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