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How has Willow School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
425
Elementary
DISTRICT 499 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TOOELE DISTRICT·NCES 490105000776
Willow School
439 S WILLOW ST, GRANTSVILLE, UT 84029 · (435) 884-4527 · Tooele County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY32-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL425 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.5:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.9:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
75 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 | 48 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 74 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is 35% smaller than its 6th grade class (74).
Student demographics
31%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
30.4%
UT avg 41.4% . -7.6pp since 2023
Math
24.0%
UT avg 41.8% . -11.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 11 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.4% | 24.0% |
| 2023-24 | 38.0% | 35.2% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of UT schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
34.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.2%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 51% typical for Utah schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Willow School
Willow School's state test result (34.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willow School this school | 425 | 17.6% | 34.5% |
| Northridge School OREM | 397 | 16.9% | 57.0% |
| Tolman School BOUNTIFUL | 363 | 17.1% | 56.2% |
| Highland Park School SALT LAKE CITY | 478 | 19.7% | 73.3% |
| East Layton School EAST LAYTON | 510 | 18.0% | 47.3% |
| Kings Peak School ROOSEVELT | 479 | 19.6% | 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 Willow School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Tooele County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.5% | #434 of 562 | #9 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #495 of 578 ▼ 79 | #10 of 16 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.4% | #461 of 578 ▼ 55 | #11 of 16 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 425 | #426 of 613 | #13 of 18 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.5:1 | #153 of 556 | #5 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.3% | #413 of 559 | #14 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.6% | #455 of 582 | #16 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -37.3% | #16 of 388 | #3 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
425
-253 (-37%) vs 2020
-57% since 2010-11, when it was 983
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 | 425 | 21.8 | 19.5:1 | 18% (75) |
| 2023-24 | 448 | 24 | 18.7:1 | 22% (100) |
| 2022-23 | 430 | 20 | 21.5:1 | 19% (82) |
| 2020-21 | 678 | N/A | N/A | 21% (142) |
| 2017-18 | 678 | N/A | N/A | 23% (155) |
| 2015-16 | 694 | N/A | N/A | 29% (203) |
| 2010-11 | 983 | 25 | 39.3:1 | 37% (362) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Willow School.
About Willow School
Willow School is classified as an elementary school. It is located in GRANTSVILLE, Utah. It had 425 students in 2024-25, spanning kindergarten through 6.
Tooele District is made up of 27 schools with 16,088 students in all.
The share of White students at Willow School is 82%. Other groups include 12% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. In Tooele County overall, the White share is about 84%. The diversity index for Willow School is 31%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 21.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 19.5:1. The average for elementary schools in Utah, 21.8:1, is higher. Of all students at Willow School, 18% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Willow School falls short of its prediction by 16.7 points. The model expects 51.2% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Utah; the school's rate is 34.5%.
In Tooele County, the median household earns about $106,587 a year, about 23% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 3% of residents are in poverty. Tooele County has 32 public schools with about 18,521 students, including Willow School.
Measured in a straight line, Grantsville High is about 0.8 miles from Willow School. Within five miles are 4 other public schools. On proficiency, Willow School is behind the 36.2% nearby average, ranking 5th of 8.
Its location is classified as Town: Distant by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The school shrank from 678 students in 2020-21 to 425 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Willow School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 GRANTSVILLE
- Grantsville HighHigh · 1,094 students
- Grantsville SchoolElementary · 695 students
- Twenty Wells ElementaryElementary · 625 students
- Grantsville Jr HighMiddle · 550 students
Other Willow schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Willow. Willow School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Willow SchoolHomewood, IL · 603 students
- Willow SchoolLANSING, MI · 273 students
Nearby schools
- Grantsville High0.8 mi · 1,094
- Grantsville Jr High0.9 mi · 550
- Twenty Wells Elementary1.0 mi · 625
- Grantsville School1.3 mi · 695
- Clarke N. Johnsen Jr High7.3 mi · 840
- Bonneville Academy7.4 mi · 337
Frequently asked questions
About Willow SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Willow School?
Willow School enrolls approximately 425 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Willow School serve?
Willow School serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Willow School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Willow School is approximately 19.5:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Willow School?
At Willow School, the student body is approximately 82% White, 12% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Willow School?
Willow School is overseen by Tooele District in Tooele County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.