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Tolman School
Test scores
RISE / Utah Aspire+ 2024-25 . % Proficient + Highly ProficientWhat this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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 are up about 3 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 Tolman School
Tolman School is an intimate K-5 school in BOUNTIFUL, Utah, part of Davis District. The school works with 363 students in grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 26% below the state mean of about 491.
Davis District runs 95 schools in total, collectively educating 71,703 students. Tolman School is one of those campuses.
In terms of who attends, Tolman School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (83%). The remainder consists of 11% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Davis County as a whole.
In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.8:1, putting Tolman School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 17% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Tolman School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 51.5%; this one delivers 56.2%.
In the broader community, the surrounding county (Davis County) records that median household income runs about $110,884, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Davis County runs 118 public schools (combined enrollment of about 81,110 students), of which Tolman School is one.
The closest other public school is Viewmont High, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Tolman School at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 46.7%.
The school occupies an outer-ring site.
Five-year trend. Tolman School's enrollment has decreased 13% since 2018, when it stood at 419 (now 363). The White share of enrollment declined from 90% to 83% over that span.
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