Summary:
ZIP code 84747 has one listed school, Loa School, serving pre-kindergarten through sixth grade in the Wayne District. With 254 students, it is a small elementary school, and there are no middle schools, high schools, or alternative schools listed in the ZIP code. Families should therefore consider the school’s elementary performance and plan to look outside the ZIP code for later grades.
Loa School has a notable attendance strength: chronic absenteeism was 7.3%, substantially below the Wayne District rate of 17.7% and Utah’s 23.8%. The student-teacher ratio was 17:1, and 52.36% of students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch, providing important context about the school community. Academic results were strongest in several younger grades. Third-grade math was reported at 60–78% proficient, fourth-grade science at 60–78%, and third- and fourth-grade English language arts at 50–68%; these results compared favorably with statewide figures.
The main concern is a drop in achievement in the upper elementary grades. Fifth-grade English language arts was reported at 20–39%, while sixth-grade English language arts and mathematics were 28.5% and 31.7%, respectively—both below Utah results. Sixth-grade science, at 56.2%, was much closer to the statewide rate of 58.2%. The school’s latest ranking was 406th out of 563 Utah schools, at the 28th percentile, although rankings should be interpreted cautiously because the data covers separated years and may reflect changes in methodology. Overall, Loa School appears strongest in attendance, early-grade achievement, and selected math and science areas, with the greatest need for improvement in fifth- and sixth-grade literacy and mathematics.
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