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What advice would you give to incoming students at Sunburst School?
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Enrollment
871
Elementary
DISTRICT 549 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DAVIS DISTRICT·NCES 490021001597
Sunburst School
2504 W Sunburst Drive, LAYTON, UT 84041 · (801) 402-8750 · Davis County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL871 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
24.4:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.7:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
120 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 2 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 124 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 111 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 114 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 126 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 143 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 120 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 131 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (124) is 5% smaller than its 6th grade class (131).
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 36% · 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
52.5%
UT avg 41.4% . -2.3pp since 2023
Math
46.9%
UT avg 41.8% . +0.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.5% | 46.9% |
| 2023-24 | 54.8% | 46.8% |
% 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
52.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.1%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 Sunburst School
Sunburst School's state test result (52.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunburst School this school | 871 | 13.8% | 52.9% |
| Syracuse School SYRACUSE | 865 | 13.6% | 47.9% |
| Sage Hills School SARATOGA SPRINGS | 870 | 15.7% | 47.9% |
| Lakeside School WEST POINT | 864 | 15.2% | 53.1% |
| Springside School SARATOGA SPRINGS | 827 | 12.7% | 54.5% |
| Monte Vista School SOUTH JORDAN | 783 | 11.9% | 54.2% |
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 Sunburst School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Davis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.9% | #209 of 562 | #31 of 67 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.9% | #263 of 578 ▲ 7 | #35 of 68 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.5% | #148 of 578 ▲ 16 | #24 of 68 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 871 | #23 of 613 | #2 of 70 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.4:1 | #512 of 556 | #59 of 69 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.3% | #430 of 559 | #48 of 70 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.8% | #498 of 582 | #44 of 70 |
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
871
+201 (+30%) vs 2020
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 | 871 | 35.7 | 24.4:1 | 14% (120) |
| 2023-24 | 862 | 35 | 24.6:1 | 14% (121) |
| 2022-23 | 813 | 30.5 | 26.7:1 | 13% (105) |
| 2020-21 | 670 | N/A | N/A | 14% (91) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sunburst School.
About Sunburst School
Sunburst School is a public high-enrollment elementary school in LAYTON, Utah. A total of 871 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 6. Against the 491-student average for elementary schools in Utah, enrollment here is 77% higher.
Davis District is made up of 95 schools with 71,703 students in all.
The student body at Sunburst School is 83% White. Other groups include 12% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. The county population is about 84% White, within a few points of the school. Pick two students at random and there is a 30% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The ratio of students to teachers is 24.4:1, with 35.7 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. That is 2.6 students per teacher above the 21.8:1 average for elementary schools in Utah. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 14%.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Sunburst School is -0.2 points: 52.9% actual, 53.1% predicted.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Davis County show that the median household income is $110,884, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Besides Sunburst School, Davis County has 117 other public schools.
The next-closest public school is Sand Springs School, about 0.8 miles away. Sunburst School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Sunburst School's average proficiency of 52.9% compares with 51.9% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 201 more students in 2024-25.
The Sunburst School community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
Other Sunburst schools
One other US public school is named Sunburst. Sunburst School is the largest of the 2.
- Sunburst SchoolGLENDALE, AZ · 556 students
Nearby schools
- Sand Springs School0.8 mi · 682
- Legacy Jr High1.1 mi · 1,125
- North Davis Preparatory Academy1.1 mi · 966
- Shoreline Junior High1.2 mi · 1,225
- Heritage School1.3 mi · 623
- Ellison Park School1.4 mi · 565
Frequently asked questions
About Sunburst SchoolHow large is Sunburst School?
Sunburst School enrolls approximately 871 students in grades PK-06.
Is Sunburst School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sunburst School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Sunburst School have?
Sunburst School employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.4:1.
How diverse is Sunburst School?
Sunburst School reports a student body of 83% White, 12% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Sunburst School public or private?
Sunburst School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Davis District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.