Adams School

As a mid-sized primary school in LAYTON, Utah, Adams School serves 645 students from grades pre-K through 6, operated by Davis District. Enrollment runs roughly 31% above the state mean of about 491.

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

On the student-mix side, Adams School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (82%). Beyond that, the school lists 11% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, Adams School logs 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.5:1. The state averages around 21.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 22% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Adams School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.1%; this one delivers 57.7%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Davis County put median household income runs about $110,884, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Davis County's 118 public schools (combined enrollment of about 81,110 students), Adams School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Mountain View School, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Adams School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Adams School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 39.1%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Adams School's enrollment has increased 4% since 2018, when it stood at 620 (now 645).

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