The top reported proficiency rate is 33% in Science. The lowest is 24% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Settlement Canyon School
Settlement Canyon School serves kindergarten through sixth grade in Tooele, Utah, as part of the Tooele District. The school sits in a city that functions both as a bedroom community for Salt Lake City and as an industrial hub shaped by the Tooele Army Depot, Kennecott Utah Copper, and other large employers. Tooele has grown substantially over the past several decades, though new development is constrained by the need to acquire water rights. The school itself shares the district’s overall context: no recent district-level changes such as bond elections or new school construction were publicly reported in the last several years, so the operating environment appears stable.
Academically, the picture is mixed and warrants a close look. On the Utah RISE assessments, which measure proficiency across grades three through eight, the share of Settlement Canyon students scoring proficient or above in math and English language arts falls in the lower range. Science proficiency is higher but still below a majority of students. When the school’s overall proficiency index is placed against other districts in Tooele County, it sits below the midpoint among the four districts in that comparison set. This does not tell a parent everything about a particular child’s classroom experience, but it does suggest that the school’s aggregated academic results trail its county peers. There is no multi-year trend data available, so it is not possible to see whether performance is moving in any direction.
The student body is predominantly white, with a substantial Hispanic minority and smaller shares of Asian, Black, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, American Indian, and multiracial students. A notable share of students come from low-income households, based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. Data on students with disabilities and English learners was not available for this profile, so a parent may want to ask the school directly about supports for those groups. The school is neither a charter nor a magnet, and Title I status was not reported.
Housing in the school’s ZIP code reflects a market where typical home values are above the national median but slightly below the state median. Rents have been rising modestly year over year. The estimated monthly mortgage payment on a median-value home notably exceeds typical rent, which means buying carries a higher monthly cost than renting in this area, a pattern that may influence a family’s housing decision. The national unemployment rate and median household income context are given for reference, but Tooele’s own household income and employment figures were not provided at the local level in this data.
As a K-6 school, Settlement Canyon does not have a graduation rate; that metric applies only to high schools. The school’s environment and access data—such as discipline rates, staffing ratios, chronic absenteeism, and course access—were all absent from the available information. A parent considering this school may want to ask directly about class sizes, teacher experience, and the range of programs offered, since those details are not captured here.
Settlement Canyon is best understood as an elementary school in a growing, industrially rooted city where academic proficiency on state tests is lower than the county average. The school serves a diverse but majority-white student body with a notable share of families facing economic disadvantage. Housing is expensive relative to national norms but slightly below the Utah benchmark, and renting is more affordable than buying. For a family weighing options, the lack of trend data and missing detail on special populations and staffing means that visiting the school and talking with staff would be essential to fill in the gaps that this profile cannot address.
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