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What's the biggest difference between Settlement Canyon School and what you expected?
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Enrollment
519
Elementary
DISTRICT 499 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TOOELE DISTRICT·NCES 490105001179
Settlement Canyon School
935 WEST TIMPIE ROAD, TOOELE, UT 84074 · (435) 882-4597 · Tooele County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY32-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL519 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 8% of Utah public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
19.8:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.9:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
172 students
DISTRICT 32% · 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 | 58 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 87 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 106 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is 45% smaller than its 6th grade class (106).
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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
24.4%
UT avg 41.4% . +0.7pp since 2023
Math
24.5%
UT avg 41.8% . -1.6pp since 2023
What 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 25 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 | 24.4% | 24.5% |
| 2023-24 | 23.7% | 26.1% |
% 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
27.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.6%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Settlement Canyon School
Settlement Canyon School's state test result (27.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Settlement Canyon School this school | 519 | 33.1% | 27.6% |
| Orchard Springs Pleasant View | 472 | 33.7% | 52.1% |
| Good Foundations Academy RIVERDALE | 441 | 33.8% | 61.0% |
| Midland School ROY | 583 | 32.4% | 36.9% |
| West Haven School West Haven | 488 | 35.7% | 31.6% |
| Layton School LAYTON | 552 | 30.1% | 43.4% |
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 Settlement Canyon School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Tooele County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.6% | #489 of 562 | #14 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.5% | #491 of 578 ▼ 5 | #9 of 16 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.4% | #507 of 578 ▲ 15 | #13 of 16 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 519 | #292 of 613 | #12 of 18 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.8:1 | #168 of 556 | #6 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.6% | #252 of 559 | #7 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.1% | #267 of 582 | #5 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.3% | #336 of 388 | #6 of 7 |
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
519
+83 (+19%) vs 2020
-25% since 2010-11, when it was 689
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 | 519 | 26.3 | 19.8:1 | 33% (172) |
| 2023-24 | 597 | 28.3 | 21.1:1 | 42% (251) |
| 2022-23 | 604 | 27.3 | 22.1:1 | 33% (199) |
| 2020-21 | 436 | N/A | N/A | 36% (157) |
| 2017-18 | 548 | N/A | N/A | 39% (214) |
| 2015-16 | 587 | N/A | N/A | 44% (259) |
| 2010-11 | 689 | 28 | 24.6:1 | 46% (318) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Settlement Canyon School.
About Settlement Canyon School
Federal records list Settlement Canyon School as an elementary school in TOOELE, Utah. School enrollment was 519 students in 2024-25, in kindergarten through 6.
Tooele District has 16,088 students spread across 27 schools.
Settlement Canyon School's enrollment is 71% White. The remaining shares are 24% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Tooele County's population at about 84%. Settlement Canyon School has a diversity index of 45%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school reports 26.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 19.8 students per teacher. The 21.8:1 average for elementary schools in Utah is higher than this school's figure. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 33%. The average for public schools in Tooele County is 24%.
allk12 grades Settlement Canyon School a D. The grade compares the school only with Utah public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Settlement Canyon School falls in the middle 80% of Utah schools: 27.6% actual against 43.6% predicted.
According to the American Community Survey, in Tooele County, median household income is about $106,587, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 32 public schools operate in Tooele County, serving about 18,521 students.
The nearest other public school, Blue Peak High, is about 0.9 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Settlement Canyon School. Of the 6 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Settlement Canyon School is 5th on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Town: Distant: the school is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Settlement Canyon School went from 436 students to 519.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Tooele County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
79,347
Census ACS
Median income
$106,587
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
32
18,521 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Tooele District
- Stansbury HighHigh · 2,314 students
- Tooele HighHigh · 1,900 students
- Grantsville HighHigh · 1,094 students
- Clarke N. Johnsen Jr HighMiddle · 840 students
- Sterling SchoolElementary · 772 students
- Tooele Jr HighMiddle · 769 students
Other schools in TOOELE
- Tooele HighHigh · 1,900 students
- Clarke N. Johnsen Jr HighMiddle · 840 students
- Sterling SchoolElementary · 772 students
- Tooele Jr HighMiddle · 769 students
- Overlake SchoolElementary · 690 students
- Scholar AcademyElementary · 690 students
Nearby schools
- Blue Peak High0.9 mi · 128
- Tooele Community Learning Center0.9 mi · 1
- Digital Education Center0.9 mi · 230
- West School1.0 mi · 297
- Tooele Jr High1.2 mi · 769
- Tooele High1.3 mi · 1,900
Frequently asked questions
About Settlement Canyon SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Settlement Canyon School?
Settlement Canyon School enrolls approximately 519 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Settlement Canyon School serve?
Settlement Canyon School serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many teachers does Settlement Canyon School have?
Settlement Canyon School employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Settlement Canyon School?
At Settlement Canyon School, the student body is approximately 71% White, 24% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Settlement Canyon School public or private?
Settlement Canyon School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Tooele District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.