The top reported proficiency rate is 70% in Math. The lowest is 57% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Mona School
Mona School serves kindergarten through sixth grade in the small, rural community of Mona, Utah, and is part of Juab District. The school’s enrollment is relatively small for an elementary school serving those grades, and the student body is predominantly white. A modest share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Hispanic students and Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander students each make up a small portion of the enrollment. Data on the share of students with disabilities or English learners was not available in the source materials reviewed.
State testing results are available for math, English language arts, and science for the grades that are tested. In math, a strong majority of students met the proficiency benchmark. In science, a similar majority met that benchmark. In English language arts, a more modest majority did so. Compared to the very small set of other districts within Juab County, the school’s overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades placed at the top.
Because the school ends at sixth grade, there is no graduation rate to report. The school does not serve high school grades, so measures such as AP course access or career pathways are not present here. Families looking ahead to secondary options would need to consider where their child would attend after sixth grade, which the available data did not address. The school’s status as a Title I school was not specified in the data reviewed.
Mona itself sits along Interstate 15 between Santaquin and Nephi. It retains an agricultural character, and the essential oils company Young Living operates a large lavender farm on the north side of town. The town has seen population growth in recent years, though it remains rural in its designation. The housing market in the area carries a value above the national median, and the estimated median household income in the town is above the state median. The town’s small scale means civic and school functions are closely integrated. Parks and a reservoir provide local recreational options.
No recent district-level changes of lasting impact were identified in the available materials for Juab District. The district’s own data was limited in what it provided for the public record on this front.
For a parent or resident, Mona School presents itself as a neighborhood elementary school in a rural, growing community. The testing results are solid, particularly in math and science, where the share of students meeting the standard is quite high. The school’s size is small, and its student body is not very diverse. The lack of data on special education and English learner populations is worth noting, and a parent with a child in those categories may want to ask the school directly about the supports available. The question of where children go after sixth grade is an important one that the available data does not answer, but it is a natural part of evaluating this as an elementary-only option.
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