Summary:
ZIP code 84542 has one listed school, Wellington School, a Pre-K–5 elementary school serving 264 students in the Carbon District.
Because it is the only school in the ZIP code, there is no local school-to-school comparison. Wellington provides a small-school setting, but its student-teacher ratio is 21.1 to 1, and 52.27% of students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024–25. Parents should also note the school’s high chronic absenteeism rate: 34.1%, compared with 28.1% in the district and 23.8% statewide. This means attendance is a significant challenge and may affect how consistently students receive classroom instruction. The school’s ranking also declined from the 57th percentile in 2023–24 to the 12th percentile in 2025–26, when it received a one-star rating.
Recent academic results show that mathematics is the most urgent concern. In 2025–26, fourth-grade math proficiency was 26.1%, compared with 43.8% in the district and 50.4% statewide; third-grade math was reported at 10–29%. English language arts and science results were also generally below district and state levels, particularly in fourth grade. A relative bright spot is fifth-grade ELA, reported at 40–58%, a range that overlaps district and state performance. Overall, parents may want to focus on the school’s plans for improving math instruction, supporting fourth-grade learning, and reducing chronic absenteeism. Historical spending was $11,135 per student in 2018–19, but that figure is too old to describe current resources.
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