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What's the biggest difference between Ellison Park School and what you expected?
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Enrollment
565
Elementary
DISTRICT 549 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DAVIS DISTRICT·NCES 490021001195
Ellison Park School
800 N COLDCREEK WAY, LAYTON, UT 84041 · (801) 402-7300 · Davis County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL565 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.4:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.7:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
85 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
49.1%
UT avg 41.4% . -2.4pp since 2023
Math
49.3%
UT avg 41.8% . +0.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
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
52.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.5%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
565
-433 (-43%) vs 2017
% White
82%
was 84%
% Hispanic
13%
was 10%
% Black
0%
was 1%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Ellison Park School
Ellison Park School is one of the reasonably sized elementary-level communitys in LAYTON, Utah, run under Davis District, with 565 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6.
Within Davis District, which oversees 95 schools and 71,703 students, Ellison Park School is one campus in the system.
In terms of who attends, Ellison Park School records that nearly all students (82%) are White. The remainder breaks down as 13% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Davis County as a whole.
Looking at school resources, On paper, Ellison Park School has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.4:1. The state averages around 21.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 15% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
With demographic context factored in, Ellison Park School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 52.5%; this one delivers 52.6%.
In the broader community, ACS estimates for Davis County put median household earnings sit near $110,884, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Ellison Park School is one of 118 public schools in Davis County (combined enrollment of about 81,110 students).
The closest other public school is North Davis Preparatory Academy, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Ellison Park School. On composite proficiency, Ellison Park School comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 37.3%.
Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Ellison Park School has shrank 43%, going from 998 students in 2018 to 565 in 2025.
Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 LAYTON
- Layton HighHigh · 2,231 students
- Northridge HighHigh · 1,984 students
- Shoreline Junior HighMiddle · 1,225 students
- Legacy Jr HighMiddle · 1,125 students
- North Davis Preparatory AcademyCombined · 966 students
- North Layton Jr HighMiddle · 959 students
Nearby schools
- North Davis Preparatory Academy0.3 mi · 966
- Vae View School0.8 mi · 394
- Sunburst School1.4 mi · 871
- North Layton Jr High1.4 mi · 959
- Sand Springs School1.5 mi · 682
- Davis Connect 7-121.5 mi · 262
Frequently asked questions
About Ellison Park SchoolHow large is Ellison Park School?
Ellison Park School enrolls approximately 565 students in grades PK-06.
Is Ellison Park School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Ellison Park School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Ellison Park School have?
Ellison Park School employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Ellison Park School?
Student demographics at Ellison Park School are roughly 82% White, 13% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Ellison Park School?
Ellison Park 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.