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What's one thing Central Davis Jr High gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
879
Middle
DISTRICT 1,011 · STATE 831
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DAVIS DISTRICT·NCES 490021000111
Central Davis Jr High
663 CHURCH ST, LAYTON, UT 84041 · (801) 402-7100 · Davis County
GRADES 07–09MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL879 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 34% of Utah public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Utah public middle schools
Student : Teacher
22.4:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.7:1 · STATE 21.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
275 students
DISTRICT 22% · STATE 33%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 304 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 262 | 30% |
| Grade 9 | 313 | 36% |
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 36% · 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
38.0%
UT avg 41.4% . +2.5pp since 2023
Math
38.9%
UT avg 41.8% . -3.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Utah schools, those numbers are about 41 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.0% | 38.9% |
| 2023-24 | 35.5% | 42.6% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
39.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.5%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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%.
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 Central Davis Jr High
Central Davis Jr High's state test result (39.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Davis Jr High this school | 879 | 31.3% | 39.7% |
| Sunset Jr High SUNSET | 926 | 26.9% | 36.1% |
| Tooele Jr High TOOELE | 769 | 30.7% | 33.4% |
| Spring Canyon Middle SPRINGVILLE | 1,038 | 28.4% | 46.6% |
| Springville Jr High SPRINGVILLE | 1,086 | 28.5% | 46.2% |
| South Ogden Jr High OGDEN | 799 | 36.7% | 34.7% |
Matched among Utah middle 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 Central Davis Jr High ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Davis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.7% | #89 of 136 | #11 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.9% | #78 of 140 ▼ 14 | #13 of 17 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #82 of 140 ▲ 17 | #12 of 17 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 879 | #68 of 144 | #14 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.4:1 | #68 of 137 | #4 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.6% | #56 of 137 | #3 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.3% | #64 of 141 | #3 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.2% | #38 of 77 | #4 of 9 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
879
-15 (-2%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 1,412
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 | 879 | 39.2 | 22.4:1 | 31% (275) |
| 2023-24 | 930 | 39.9 | 23.3:1 | 30% (278) |
| 2022-23 | 1,009 | 39 | 25.9:1 | 29% (293) |
| 2020-21 | 894 | N/A | N/A | 31% (273) |
| 2017-18 | 1,001 | N/A | N/A | 35% (353) |
| 2015-16 | 937 | N/A | N/A | 34% (322) |
| 2010-11 | 903 | 35 | 25.8:1 | 40% (358) |
| 2000-01 | 1,272 | 58 | 21.9:1 | 21% (265) |
| 1990-91 | 1,412 | 55 | 25.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Central Davis Jr High.
About Central Davis Jr High
Central Davis Jr High is a medium-sized middle school for students in LAYTON, Utah. A total of 879 students attend the school, which covers grades 7 through 9.
Davis District is made up of 95 schools with 71,703 students in all.
Roughly 72% of students at Central Davis Jr High are White. Other groups make up 19% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. County-wide, 84% of Davis County residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is a 45% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 22.4:1, with 39.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 0.8 students per teacher above the 21.7:1 average for middle schools in Utah. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 31% of enrollment. On average, public schools in Davis County report 19%.
Measured against Utah public middle schools, Central Davis Jr High receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Central Davis Jr High's average proficiency rate on state tests of 39.7% is 4.8 points below the 44.5% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Davis County has about 370,924 residents, and the median household income is $110,884, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Central Davis Jr High, Davis County has 117 other public schools.
Crestview School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles of Central Davis Jr High, there are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Central Davis Jr High ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies Central Davis Jr High's location as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 894 in 2020-21, 879 in 2024-25.
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Davis County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
370,924
Census ACS
Median income
$110,884
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
118
81,110 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Davis District
- Syracuse HighHigh · 2,608 students
- Davis HighHigh · 2,238 students
- Layton HighHigh · 2,231 students
- Farmington HighHigh · 2,198 students
- Clearfield HighHigh · 2,041 students
- Northridge HighHigh · 1,984 students
Other schools in LAYTON
- Layton HighHigh · 2,231 students
- Northridge HighHigh · 1,984 students
- Shoreline Junior HighMiddle · 1,225 students
- Legacy Jr HighMiddle · 1,125 students
- North Davis Preparatory AcademyCombined · 966 students
- North Layton Jr HighMiddle · 959 students
Nearby schools
- Crestview School0.3 mi · 356
- Layton High0.4 mi · 2,231
- King School0.7 mi · 442
- Whitesides School0.7 mi · 396
- Layton School0.8 mi · 552
- Lincoln School1.5 mi · 642
Frequently asked questions
About Central Davis Jr HighHow many students attend Central Davis Jr High?
Central Davis Jr High enrolls approximately 879 students in grades 07-09.
Is Central Davis Jr High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Central Davis Jr High is a middle school covering grades 07-09.
How many teachers does Central Davis Jr High have?
Central Davis Jr High employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Central Davis Jr High?
At Central Davis Jr High, the student body is approximately 72% White, 19% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Central Davis Jr High?
Central Davis Jr High is overseen by Davis District in Davis County.
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