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Enrollment
701
Elementary
DISTRICT 669 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JORDAN DISTRICT·NCES 490042001069
Daybreak School
4544 W HARVEST MOON DR, SOUTH JORDAN, UT 84009 · (801) 302-0553 · Salt Lake County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL701 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 39% of Utah public elementary schools
- B-Test 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
19.5:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.1:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
150 students
DISTRICT 28% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 63 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 109 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 97 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 106 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 153 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 59% smaller than its 6th grade class (153).
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
39.9%
UT avg 41.4% . -9.5pp since 2023
Math
41.6%
UT avg 41.8% . -0.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.9% | 41.6% |
| 2023-24 | 49.4% | 41.9% |
% 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
46.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.4%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Daybreak School
Daybreak School's state test result (46.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daybreak School this school | 701 | 21.4% | 46.6% |
| Orchard Hills School SANTAQUIN | 742 | 24.3% | 40.1% |
| Mountain Point Elementary BLUFFDALE | 830 | 23.1% | 42.3% |
| Silver Lake Elementary EAGLE MOUNTAIN | 870 | 22.0% | 51.9% |
| Twenty Wells Elementary GRANTSVILLE | 625 | 22.4% | 36.9% |
| Desert Canyons Elementary SAINT GEORGE | 670 | 20.4% | 56.2% |
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 Daybreak School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Salt Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.6% | #297 of 562 | #77 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.6% | #335 of 578 ▲ 12 | #81 of 180 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.9% | #341 of 578 ▼ 95 | #88 of 180 ▼ 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 701 | #95 of 613 | #25 of 184 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.5:1 | #149 of 556 | #53 of 178 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.9% | #246 of 559 | #119 of 179 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.4% | #390 of 582 | #123 of 179 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.0% | #90 of 128 | #25 of 33 |
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
701
-50 (-7%) vs 2020
-26% since 2010-11, when it was 948
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 | 701 | 36 | 19.5:1 | 21% (150) |
| 2023-24 | 746 | 38 | 19.6:1 | 21% (156) |
| 2022-23 | 777 | 35.6 | 21.8:1 | 17% (131) |
| 2020-21 | 751 | N/A | N/A | 14% (104) |
| 2017-18 | 674 | N/A | N/A | 20% (132) |
| 2015-16 | 1,014 | N/A | N/A | 14% (147) |
| 2010-11 | 948 | 41 | 23.1:1 | 15% (145) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Daybreak School.
About Daybreak School
Daybreak School is a mid-sized elementary school in Utah, with an address in SOUTH JORDAN. There are 701 students enrolled, covering kindergarten through 6. That puts enrollment 43% larger than the 491-student average for elementary schools in Utah.
Daybreak School is one of the 67 schools that make up Jordan District (58,788 students in total).
The share of White students at Daybreak School is 72%, a majority. After that, the student body is 17% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 2% Black. Census estimates put Salt Lake County at about 70% White, close to the school's figure. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 45, compared with 70 nationally.
For every teacher at Daybreak School, there are about 19.5 students; the school has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Utah, 21.8:1, is higher. There are 150 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 21% of enrollment. Among public schools in Salt Lake County, the average eligibility rate is 34%.
Among Utah public elementary schools, Daybreak School outscored 39%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Daybreak School is -2.8 points: 46.6% actual, 49.4% predicted.
Salt Lake County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $97,494 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Public schools in Salt Lake County number 325, with about 209,757 students.
Daybreak School's nearest public school is Midas Creek School (about 0.3 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Daybreak School is 4th on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 7% decline, from 751 to 701.
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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 Jordan District
- Copper Hills HighHigh · 2,837 students
- Mountain Ridge HighHigh · 2,738 students
- Herriman HighHigh · 2,522 students
- Bingham HighHigh · 2,461 students
- Riverton HighHigh · 2,295 students
- PreschoolElementary · 1,773 students
Other schools in SOUTH JORDAN
- Bingham HighHigh · 2,461 students
- Mountain Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,313 students
- South Jordan MiddleMiddle · 1,182 students
- Elk Ridge MiddleMiddle · 1,151 students
- Early Light Academy at DaybreakCombined · 1,022 students
- Aspen ElementaryElementary · 901 students
Nearby schools
- Midas Creek School0.3 mi · 759
- Mountain West Montessori Academy0.6 mi · 450
- Early Light Academy at Daybreak0.7 mi · 1,022
- Eastlake School1.1 mi · 792
- Paradigm High School1.3 mi · 361
- Copper Mountain Middle1.4 mi · 1,093
Frequently asked questions
About Daybreak SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Daybreak School?
Daybreak School enrolls approximately 701 students in grades KG-06.
Is Daybreak School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Daybreak School is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Daybreak School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Daybreak School is approximately 19.5:1 (36 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Daybreak School?
At Daybreak School, the student body is approximately 72% White, 17% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Daybreak School public or private?
Daybreak School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Jordan District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.