The top reported proficiency rate is 33% in Math. The lowest is 32% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Red Mountain School
Red Mountain School serves students from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade in Ivins, a rapidly growing residential community on the northwestern edge of the St. George metropolitan area. The school is part of Washington District, a system that has seen substantial enrollment growth in recent years, a trend that shapes class sizes, school construction, and boundary planning across the area.
Ivins itself is a place of contrasts. It is primarily a bedroom community for St. George, but it also hosts major resort properties, the Tuacahn Center for the Arts, and a significant retiree population. The city is growing quickly, and housing costs are notably higher than in neighboring towns, with affordability identified as a critical local challenge. The school sits within this context of rapid development, open-space preservation, and a community that skews older and largely owner-occupied.
Red Mountain School enrolls a student body that is predominantly white, with a substantial Hispanic population and smaller shares of students who are American Indian or Alaska Native, two or more races, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, and Asian. More than half of the students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a rate that places the school in a higher-need context relative to many schools in the area. The school serves pre-kindergarten through fifth grade, so there is no graduation rate to report, and the grade band means that state testing results cover only the elementary years.
On state assessments, the school's proficiency rates in math, English language arts, and science all cluster in a similar range, with roughly a third of students meeting the state's proficiency standard in each subject. When compared with other elementary schools in Washington County, Red Mountain School's overall proficiency index places it in the bottom quartile among the county's districts. This is a soft spot in the school's academic profile, and a parent may want to look into this further with the school to understand what supports are in place and how the school is working to raise achievement.
The school does not report data on chronic absenteeism, discipline, or staffing ratios, so those dimensions of the school environment are not available for review. Information on special education and English learner populations is also missing from the data provided.
Ivins itself is a high-cost housing market relative to the surrounding area, and the school's student body reflects a community where a majority of families qualify for income-based meal assistance. The town is growing quickly, with new developments and resort properties reshaping the landscape, and the district as a whole has seen a significant enrollment increase in recent years, which drives school construction and boundary adjustments.
For a family considering Red Mountain School, the picture is one of a school in a fast-growing, high-cost community where a majority of students come from households that qualify for meal assistance, and where state test scores are below the county median. The school serves only elementary grades, so the full arc of a child's K-12 experience would involve transitions to other schools in the district. The broader Ivins context offers extensive outdoor recreation, a strong arts scene, and a retiree-heavy population, but also rising housing costs and water constraints that shape the community's growth.
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