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C

Tooele School District

Public school districtGrades PK–12Regional · 8 towns

Serves Tooele, Grantsville, Erda, Lake Point, Wendover, Stockton, Rush Valley and Vernon.

Tooele’s School Grade C better than 26% of Utah school districts

Students
16,088
Schools
27
Spent per student
$12,548
UT $11,467
Students per teacher
21:1
Free or reduced lunch
24%
Debt
$244.4M
fiscal 2024
The gist

What stands out about Tooele School District

  • Its letter, C: results better than 26% of Utah districts
  • Math proficiency 7 pts below the state
  • Graduation rate 11 pts below the state
  • Spends 9% more per student than the UT average
  • 21 students per teacher
  • Enrollment down 25% since 2020–21
  • Debt of $244.4M, about $15,191 per student
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

C: better than 26% of the 153 Utah school districts we grade. Each town’s School Grade weighs its districts by the students they test; spending and class size are shown but don’t count.

Test scoresReading and math well below the state, 2020–21
C+
GraduationFour-year graduation well below the state, class of 2023
D
The towns it serves, and their School Grades

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Tooele. Grade by grade →

PK–67 schoolsThis district
7–82 middle schoolsThis district
9–122 high schoolsThis district

Test scores vs. UT

2020–21 · class of 2023
Math proficiency32%
State average 38.8% · 7,012 students tested
Graduation rate (4-year)77%
State average 88.3% · 1,425 in the class

Reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute); the newest year for each measure.

Where the money goes

fiscal 2024
$12,548 per student · 9% above UT
Spending
Classroom instruction 58%Support & administration 38%Other 5%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 31%State 62%Federal 7%

Fiscal 2022–24 includes federal pandemic relief (ESSER).

U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.

Enrollment over time
21,449’20
23,119’21
24,055’22
16,087’23
16,088’24

Down 25% since 2020–21.

Students
White 72%Hispanic 20%Two or more races 3%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 2%Black 1%Asian <1%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%

Schools in the district

27 public schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Utah’s other public schools.

Sterling School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Tooele
C−
772 students20:1
Stansbury Park School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Stansbury Park
B
712 students23:1
Grantsville School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Grantsville
C−
695 students22:1
Northlake School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Tooele
C
684 students19:1
Old Mill School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Tooele
B−
665 students21:1
Twenty Wells Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Grantsville
625 students22:1
Copper Canyon School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Tooele
D
544 students22:1
Rose Springs School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Stansbury Park
B
541 students21:1
West School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Tooele
C+
297 students17:1
Anna Smith School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Wendover
D
203 students14:1
Overlake School
Elementary · Grades K–6 · Tooele
C
690 students22:1
Middle Canyon School
Elementary · Grades K–6 · Tooele
C+
571 students21:1
Settlement Canyon School
Elementary · Grades K–6 · Tooele
D
519 students20:1
Willow School
Elementary · Grades K–6 · Grantsville
D
425 students19:1
Digital Education Center
Other · Grades K–12 · Tooele
230 students30:1
Blue Peak High
Other · Grades K–12 · Tooele
C
128 students8:1
Dugway
Other · Grades K–12 · Dugway
C−
112 students7:1
Vernon School
Elementary · Grades K–6 · Vernon
20 students10:1
Ibapah School
Elementary · Grades K–6 · Ibapah
18 students9:1
Clarke N. Johnsen Jr High
Middle · Grades 7–8 · Tooele
B−
840 students21:1
Tooele Jr High
Middle · Grades 7–8 · Tooele
C
769 students17:1
Grantsville Jr High
Middle · Grades 7–8 · Grantsville
B−
550 students19:1
Wendover High
High · Grades 7–12 · Wendover
D
169 students13:1
Stansbury High
High · Grades 9–12 · Stansbury Park
C+
2,314 students30:1
Tooele High
High · Grades 9–12 · Tooele
C
1,900 students24:1
Grantsville High
High · Grades 9–12 · Grantsville
C
1,094 students21:1
Tooele Community Learning Center
High · Grades 9–12 · Tooele
1 students0:1

Left off: 2 schools reporting no students for 2024–25.

District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory 2024–25 and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau’s school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: state results reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute). The letters are our own summary, graded within Utah.