Schools in Zip Code 84655

ZIP code 84655 includes four elementary schools serving pre-kindergarten or kindergarten through sixth grade, with about 2,277 students in total; three large schools are part of Nebo District, while the smaller C.S. Lewis Academy operates in a separate district, and no middle or high schools are listed.

Orchard Hills School has the strongest overall position in the area, ranking 389th of 563 Utah schools and performing especially well in current math. Its fifth-grade math proficiency is 47.8%, above both district and state results, although its English language arts and fourth-grade science scores are weaker. Apple Valley School ranks second locally and shows the largest recent improvement: its average math proficiency rose about 9.5 percentage points in one year. It also leads the area in fourth-grade science, but its fifth-grade math score remains a concern. Santaquin School has the lowest absenteeism rate, at 27.4%, and had an outstanding fifth-grade science result the prior year, but its current math and science scores are less consistent.

C.S. Lewis Academy is the clear outlier. It is much smaller, with 224 students, and has the lowest student-teacher ratio, but it also ranks near the bottom statewide and reports substantially lower achievement results. Its chronic absenteeism rate is 52.3%, compared with 23.8% statewide, making attendance a major concern. More broadly, absenteeism is elevated at every school: the three Nebo schools range from 27.4% to 30.1%. Families comparing these schools should consider not only statewide rankings, but also grade-level results, recent trends, attendance, school size, and the fact that some C.S. Lewis results are reported as ranges because of smaller tested groups.