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What advice would you give to incoming students at Garland School?
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Enrollment
658
Elementary
DISTRICT 440 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BOX ELDER DISTRICT·NCES 490009000053
Garland School
450 S. 100 W., GARLAND, UT 84312 · (435) 515-4300 · Box Elder County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL658 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 70% 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.
- B+Beats 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
20.6:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
191 students
DISTRICT 34% · 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 | 90 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 96 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 106 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 117 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 126 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 123 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (90) is 27% smaller than its 5th grade class (123).
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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
52.0%
UT avg 41.4% . +0.1pp since 2023
Math
58.3%
UT avg 41.8% . -1.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Utah schools, those numbers are about 41 and 42. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.0% | 58.3% |
| 2023-24 | 51.9% | 59.9% |
% 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
54.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.6%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Garland School
Garland School's state test result (54.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garland School this school | 658 | 29.0% | 54.3% |
| Discovery School VERNAL | 656 | 29.6% | 56.9% |
| Apple Valley School SANTAQUIN | 732 | 32.8% | 36.0% |
| Thomas Edison - South NIBLEY | 699 | 25.9% | 67.1% |
| Central School PLEASANT GROVE | 596 | 29.7% | 44.0% |
| Rees School SPANISH FORK | 728 | 29.3% | 42.9% |
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 Garland School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Box Elder County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.3% | #189 of 562 | #2 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.3% | #125 of 578 ▼ 4 | #1 of 10 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #158 of 578 ▲ 54 | #2 of 10 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 658 | #129 of 613 | #3 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.6:1 | #235 of 556 | #5 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.3% | #429 of 559 | #7 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.0% | #305 of 582 | #9 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.4% | #212 of 388 | #1 of 6 |
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
658
+9 (+1%) vs 2020
+93% since 1990-91, when it was 341
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 | 658 | 32 | 20.6:1 | 29% (191) |
| 2023-24 | 662 | 31 | 21.4:1 | 29% (191) |
| 2022-23 | 660 | 30 | 22.0:1 | 28% (182) |
| 2020-21 | 649 | N/A | N/A | 27% (176) |
| 2017-18 | 778 | N/A | N/A | 38% (299) |
| 2015-16 | 705 | N/A | N/A | 43% (304) |
| 2010-11 | 420 | 23 | 18.3:1 | 54% (228) |
| 2000-01 | 357 | 17 | 21.0:1 | 48% (170) |
| 1990-91 | 341 | 12 | 28.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Garland School.
About Garland School
Garland School is an elementary school with a street address in GARLAND, Utah. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 5, with 658 students on the rolls. On average, elementary schools in Utah enroll around 491, and this school is 34% above that mark.
Box Elder District is made up of 22 schools with 12,554 students in all.
White students account for 82% of the school's enrollment. The school is also 16% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 30, compared with 70 nationally.
Garland School has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.6:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Utah is 21.8:1. At Garland School, 29% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
Garland School earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 70% of Utah public elementary schools.
Garland School is 8.6 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (54.3% versus 45.6%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Utah.
Looking at the county, Box Elder County, median household income comes to about $84,550, about 27% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. The county's public schools total 24, with about 12,997 students.
Bear River Middle sits about 0.8 miles from Garland School. There are 5 other public schools within five miles. Garland School places 2nd of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Garland School is coded as Town: Distant in federal locale data.
Enrollment went from 649 in 2020-21 to 658 in 2024-25, a change of 9 students.
This page collects posts and questions about Garland School, such as fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Box Elder County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
61,246
Census ACS
Median income
$84,550
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
24
12,997 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Box Elder District
- Box Elder HighHigh · 1,641 students
- Bear River HighHigh · 1,194 students
- Box Elder MiddleHigh · 1,124 students
- Young IntermediateMiddle · 1,003 students
- Golden Spike ElementaryElementary · 924 students
- Harris IntermediateMiddle · 862 students
Other schools in GARLAND
- Bear River HighHigh · 1,194 students
- Bear River MiddleHigh · 841 students
Nearby schools
- Bear River Middle0.8 mi · 841
- Bear River High0.8 mi · 1,194
- North Park School1.0 mi · 661
- Harris Intermediate1.4 mi · 862
- Mckinley School2.1 mi · 586
- Fielding School6.0 mi · 574
Frequently asked questions
About Garland SchoolHow many students attend Garland School?
Garland School enrolls approximately 658 students in grades KG-05.
Is Garland School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Garland School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Garland School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Garland School is approximately 20.6:1 (32 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Garland School?
Garland School reports a student body of 82% White, 16% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Garland School in?
Garland School is part of Box Elder District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.