Summary:
Schools in ZIP code 84663 include 12 schools serving about 8,138 students from elementary through high school, along with an alternative transition center; most are part of Nebo District, while Reagan Academy and Merit College Preparatory Academy operate separately. School quality varies widely. The strongest current elementary options are Reagan Academy and Sage Creek School, ranked at the 79th and 73rd percentiles statewide. Reagan combines strong results in English, math, and especially science with the area’s lowest chronic absenteeism among elementary schools. Sage Creek stands out for grade 3 math proficiency of 81.3%. Art City School and Cherry Creek School are solid middle-range choices and have improved their rankings.
Among middle schools, Spring Canyon Middle is the stronger current performer, ranking at the 62nd percentile and posting particularly good grade 7 results in English, math, and science. Springville Junior High ranks at the 40th percentile and has notable weaknesses in grade 8 English and math, despite stronger grade 9 results. At the high-school level, Springville High offers the best completion outcomes, with a 95.7% graduation rate and a 3.7% dropout rate. Merit College Preparatory Academy has made the largest ranking improvement, rising to the 73rd percentile, and generally exceeds state assessment results, but its 49.9% chronic absenteeism rate and 8.0% dropout rate deserve close attention.
The main concerns are attendance and uneven elementary achievement. Only three schools—Reagan Academy, Art City School, and Sage Creek School—have chronic absenteeism below Utah’s 23.8% comparison rate. Meadow Brook School, Westside School, and Brookside School rank below the 40th percentile and need the most academic attention, particularly in math and science. Brookside is improving, while Cherry Creek School and Art City also show encouraging ranking gains. Historical spending figures are too old to reflect current resources, so families should weigh recent achievement, attendance, grade-level strengths, and school fit together.
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