Summary:
ZIP code 84737 has four elementary schools serving grades from prekindergarten through 7th grade, with a combined enrollment of 2,509 students; three schools belong to Washington District, while Valley Academy operates as its own district.
Three Falls School is the strongest overall performer, ranking in the 61st percentile and outperforming the other schools in broad academic measures. It had particularly strong 3rd- and 4th-grade English language arts results, along with excellent 4th-grade mathematics and science scores. Its main weakness was 5th-grade mathematics, where 37.1% of students were proficient. Valley Academy posted the area’s strongest individual result: 66.0% proficiency in 3rd-grade mathematics, above the state comparison. However, it serves only kindergarten through 3rd grade, has older ranking information, and reported the highest chronic absenteeism rate at 33.2%.
Hurricane School ranks below Three Falls but shows encouraging improvement, especially in 5th-grade science, which reached 60.2% and improved substantially from the prior year. It also had the lowest absenteeism rate among the four schools. Hurricane Intermediate serves the broadest grade range, through 7th grade, and had stronger 7th-grade mathematics and science results than its 6th-grade performance; 6th-grade mathematics was its clearest concern. Chronic absenteeism is a common issue: all three Washington District schools exceeded the district’s 15.4% rate, and three schools were at or above the state rate of 23.8%. Parents comparing schools should consider grade-specific results, attendance, and grade coverage rather than relying only on overall rankings.
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