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Enrollment
778
Elementary
DISTRICT 549 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DAVIS DISTRICT·NCES 490021001511
Canyon Creek School
755 S 1100 W, FARMINGTON, UT 84025 · (801) 402-0300 · Davis County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL778 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 79% of Utah public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Utah public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
22.9:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.7:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
6%
47 students
DISTRICT 22% · STATE 33%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 57 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 75 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 107 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 100 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 116 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 129 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 111 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 32% smaller than its 6th grade class (111).
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 47% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
RISE / Utah Aspire+ 2024-25 . % Proficient + Highly ProficientEnglish Language Arts
60.0%
UT avg 41.4% . -5.5pp since 2023
Math
60.9%
UT avg 41.8% . -0.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Utah schools, those numbers are about 41 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.0% | 60.9% |
| 2023-24 | 65.5% | 61.6% |
% Proficient + Highly Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: RISE / Utah Aspire+. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
63.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.9%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% typical for Utah schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Utah's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Canyon Creek School
Canyon Creek School's state test result (63.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canyon Creek School this school | 778 | 6.0% | 63.4% |
| Ridgeline School HIGHLAND | 746 | 8.8% | 66.0% |
| Saratoga Shores School SARATOGA SPRINGS | 777 | 8.6% | 64.5% |
| Kay's Creek Elementary KAYSVILLE | 718 | 4.3% | 71.6% |
| South Weber School SOUTH WEBER | 809 | 8.5% | 49.6% |
| River Rock School LEHI | 935 | 5.7% | 62.2% |
Matched among Utah elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Canyon Creek School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Davis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.4% | #79 of 562 | #11 of 67 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.9% | #95 of 578 ▲ 14 | #8 of 68 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #69 of 578 ▼ 14 | #9 of 68 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 778 | #48 of 613 | #7 of 70 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.9:1 | #438 of 556 | #48 of 69 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.9% | #524 of 559 | #65 of 70 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 6.0% | #572 of 582 | #69 of 70 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.0% | #311 of 388 | #47 of 57 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
778
-14 (-2%) vs 2020
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 778 | 34 | 22.9:1 | 6% (47) |
| 2023-24 | 798 | 34.5 | 23.1:1 | 8% (65) |
| 2022-23 | 832 | 29.3 | 28.4:1 | 6% (46) |
| 2020-21 | 792 | N/A | N/A | 3% (24) |
| 2017-18 | 837 | N/A | N/A | 6% (54) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Canyon Creek School.
About Canyon Creek School
Students in FARMINGTON, Utah, attend Canyon Creek School, a high-enrollment elementary school. It serves 778 students in pre-K through 6. The average among elementary schools in Utah is roughly 491 students; this school is 58% bigger than that.
Davis District is the local district for Canyon Creek School. It runs 95 schools with 71,703 students.
The student body at Canyon Creek School is 89% White. The rest of enrollment is 7% Hispanic. Canyon Creek School's diversity index is 20%, against a US figure of 70%.
Canyon Creek School operates with 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 22.9:1. On average, elementary schools in Utah have 21.8:1, compared with 22.9:1 here. Canyon Creek School reports 6% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The gap from the 19% average for public schools in Davis County is 13 points.
Canyon Creek School is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 79% of Utah public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Canyon Creek School is 6.6 points above its prediction. Actual: 63.4%. Predicted: 56.9%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Davis County show that the median household income is $110,884, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Besides Canyon Creek School, Davis County has 117 other public schools.
The next-closest public school is Farmington High, about 0.6 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Canyon Creek School is 2nd of 7 on proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Canyon Creek School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
The school's size has been steady, with 792 students in 2020-21 and 778 in 2024-25.
Community posts for Canyon Creek School can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Davis County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
370,924
Census ACS
Median income
$110,884
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
118
81,110 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Davis District
- Syracuse HighHigh · 2,608 students
- Davis HighHigh · 2,238 students
- Layton HighHigh · 2,231 students
- Farmington HighHigh · 2,198 students
- Clearfield HighHigh · 2,041 students
- Northridge HighHigh · 1,984 students
Other schools in FARMINGTON
- Farmington HighHigh · 2,198 students
- Farmington Jr HighMiddle · 1,266 students
- Knowlton SchoolElementary · 663 students
- Eagle Bay SchoolElementary · 477 students
- Farmington SchoolElementary · 444 students
- Ascent Academies of Utah FarmingtonCombined · 385 students
Other Canyon Creek schools
One other US public school is named Canyon Creek. Canyon Creek School is the largest of the 2.
- Canyon Creek SchoolBillings, MT · 147 students
Nearby schools
- Farmington High0.6 mi · 2,198
- Ascent Academies of Utah Farmington0.9 mi · 385
- Farmington Jr High1.1 mi · 1,266
- Farmington School1.3 mi · 444
- Eagle Bay School1.3 mi · 477
- Davis Connect K-61.5 mi · 105
Frequently asked questions
About Canyon Creek SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Canyon Creek School?
Canyon Creek School enrolls approximately 778 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Canyon Creek School serve?
Canyon Creek School serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Canyon Creek School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Canyon Creek School is approximately 22.9:1 (34 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Canyon Creek School?
Canyon Creek School reports a student body of 89% White, 7% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Canyon Creek School?
Canyon Creek School is overseen by Davis District in Davis County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.