Summary:
ZIP code 84765 has three public schools serving prekindergarten through seventh grade: two elementary schools, Arrowhead School and Santa Clara School, and one middle school, Lava Ridge Intermediate; there are no high schools or alternative schools in the ZIP code, and all three schools are part of Washington District.
Lava Ridge Intermediate is the strongest overall performer, ranking in the 62nd state percentile compared with 55th for Santa Clara School and 44th for Arrowhead School. Lava Ridge’s seventh-grade students performed especially well in mathematics and science, with 59.1% and 63.6% proficient, respectively—both above district and state results. Sixth-grade scores were lower, particularly in mathematics and science, so families may want to consider the school’s support for students entering middle school. Among the elementary schools, Santa Clara has the stronger overall profile, with particularly good fourth-grade ELA and fourth- and fifth-grade science results. It also has the lowest chronic absenteeism rate of the three schools.
The clearest shared academic concern is fifth-grade mathematics: proficiency was 31.5% at Arrowhead School and 29.9% at Santa Clara School, both well below district and state levels. Arrowhead has shown steady improvement in its statewide ranking and strong recent gains in third- and fourth-grade mathematics, but it has the highest chronic absenteeism rate at 25.5%, above both the district and state rates. Overall, families comparing these schools will find Lava Ridge strongest academically, Santa Clara the more balanced elementary option, and Arrowhead a school with encouraging progress but greater attendance and fifth-grade math challenges.
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