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Enrollment
423
Elementary
DISTRICT 469 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRANITE DISTRICT·NCES 490036000211
David Gourley School
4905 S 4300 W, KEARNS, UT 84118 · (385) 646-4846 · Salt Lake County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL423 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 26% of Utah public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
21.7:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.9:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
200 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 | 37 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is 17% larger than its 5th grade class (59).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
30.3%
UT avg 41.4% . -3.2pp since 2023
Math
36.7%
UT avg 41.8% . +4.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.3% | 36.7% |
| 2023-24 | 33.5% | 31.8% |
% 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
35.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.7%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 David Gourley School
David Gourley School's state test result (35.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| David Gourley School this school | 423 | 47.3% | 35.2% |
| Philo T. Farnsworth School WEST VALLEY CITY | 448 | 49.1% | 23.4% |
| Jackling School WEST VALLEY CITY | 415 | 45.8% | 18.3% |
| Lake Ridge School MAGNA | 410 | 44.6% | 15.8% |
| Thomas W. Bacchus School KEARNS | 315 | 45.1% | 16.3% |
| Academy Park School WEST VALLEY CITY | 358 | 48.3% | 18.8% |
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 David Gourley School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Salt Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.2% | #425 of 562 | #105 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.7% | #385 of 578 ▲ 47 | #95 of 180 ▲ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.3% | #462 of 578 ▼ 17 | #113 of 180 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 423 | #429 of 613 | #127 of 184 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.7:1 | #341 of 556 | #117 of 178 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.9% | #64 of 559 | #57 of 179 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.3% | #148 of 582 | #50 of 179 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -36.4% | #23 of 388 | #11 of 133 |
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
423
-187 (-31%) vs 2020
-50% since 1990-91, when it was 843
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 | 423 | 19.5 | 21.7:1 | 47% (200) |
| 2023-24 | 448 | 22 | 20.4:1 | 68% (304) |
| 2022-23 | 477 | 21 | 22.7:1 | 74% (351) |
| 2020-21 | 610 | N/A | N/A | 78% (474) |
| 2017-18 | 665 | N/A | N/A | 84% (557) |
| 2015-16 | 686 | N/A | N/A | 85% (586) |
| 2010-11 | 728 | 31 | 23.5:1 | 89% (645) |
| 2000-01 | 630 | 28 | 22.5:1 | 41% (261) |
| 1990-91 | 843 | 33 | 25.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for David Gourley School.
About David Gourley School
David Gourley School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in KEARNS, Utah. The school has 423 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 6.
Granite District has 59,404 students in 85 schools, and David Gourley School is one of those schools.
The largest group at David Gourley School is Hispanic students, at 58%. Smaller groups are 24% White, 9% Pacific Islander, 5% Black, and 3% multiracial. County-wide, 21% of Salt Lake County residents are Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 60%.
On staff are 19.5 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 21.7:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Utah is similar, at 21.8:1. David Gourley School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 47%. Across public schools in Salt Lake County, the average is 34%.
David Gourley School earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 26% of Utah public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, David Gourley School would score about 36.7%. It scores 35.2%, 1.5 points below that figure.
The school is in Salt Lake County, where the median household earns about $97,494 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Across Salt Lake County, 325 public schools serve about 209,757 students.
A public school about 0.5 miles away, West Kearns School, is the closest to David Gourley School. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Among its closest neighbors with test data, David Gourley School is 1st of 8 on proficiency.
Federal data place David Gourley School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
A 31% decline took enrollment from 610 in 2020-21 to 423 in 2024-25.
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Salt Lake County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,196,523
Census ACS
Median income
$97,494
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
325
209,757 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Granite District
- Granger HighHigh · 3,267 students
- Cyprus HighHigh · 2,762 students
- Taylorsville HighHigh · 2,685 students
- Hunter HighHigh · 2,480 students
- Kearns HighHigh · 2,313 students
- Skyline HighHigh · 2,186 students
Other schools in KEARNS
- Kearns HighHigh · 2,313 students
- Thomas Jefferson Jr HighMiddle · 915 students
- Kearns Jr HighMiddle · 732 students
- Entheos Academy KearnsCombined · 579 students
- West Kearns SchoolElementary · 548 students
- South Kearns SchoolElementary · 536 students
Nearby schools
- West Kearns School0.5 mi · 548
- Kearns Jr High0.5 mi · 732
- Academy Park School0.6 mi · 358
- South Kearns School0.9 mi · 536
- John F. Kennedy Jr High0.9 mi · 772
- Arcadia School1.0 mi · 433
Frequently asked questions
About David Gourley SchoolHow many students attend David Gourley School?
David Gourley School enrolls approximately 423 students in grades PK-06.
Is David Gourley School an elementary, middle, or high school?
David Gourley School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does David Gourley School have?
David Gourley School employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.7:1.
What is the student diversity at David Gourley School?
Student demographics at David Gourley School are roughly 24% White, 58% Hispanic, 5% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is David Gourley School public or private?
David Gourley School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Granite District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.