Sunburst School

As a high-enrollment elementary school in LAYTON, Utah, Sunburst School educates 871 students from grades pre-K through 6, part of Davis District. Enrollment runs roughly 77% bigger than the state mean of about 491.

Davis District comprises 95 schools with combined enrollment of 71,703 students; Sunburst School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Sunburst School reports that nearly all students (83%) are White. Other groups include 12% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Davis County as a whole.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 24.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.8:1, putting Sunburst School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 14% of students at Sunburst School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Sunburst School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 53.1%; this one delivers 52.9%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Davis County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $110,884 per year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Sunburst School is one of 118 public schools in Davis County (combined enrollment of about 81,110 students).

Sand Springs School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Sunburst School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 51.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

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