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Northlake School
Test scores
RISE / Utah Aspire+ 2024-25 . % Proficient + Highly ProficientWhat this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Northlake School
Northlake School operates as a mid-tier primary school in TOOELE, Utah, overseen by Tooele District. Current enrollment sits at 684 students spanning grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Utah's public schools average about 491 students each, so Northlake School sits 39% bigger than that benchmark.
Tooele District comprises 27 schools with combined enrollment of 16,088 students; Northlake School is among them.
On demographics, Northlake School reports that 64% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 26% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Black. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 84%.
In terms of school funding signals, Northlake School records 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.8:1, putting Northlake School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 45% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Tooele County's rate of about 24%.
After controlling for student poverty, Northlake School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 37.8%; this one delivers 27.7%.
Zooming out to the county, census data for Tooele County shows the typical household earns roughly $106,587 per year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Tooele County's 32 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,521 students), Northlake School is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is Tooele High, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Northlake School at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 29.5%.
The school occupies a small-town site.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Northlake School has grew 8%, going from 633 students in 2018 to 684 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 76% to 64%.
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Tooele County at a glance
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