Doxey School

Doxey School, a small K-5 school in SUNSET, Utah, run under Davis District, serves 375 students, covering grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 24% leaner than the typical public school in Utah, which averages around 491 students.

Davis District runs 95 schools in total, collectively educating 71,703 students. Doxey School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Doxey School reports that White students make up the majority at 66%. Other groups include 24% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 84% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Doxey School logs 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.8:1. The state averages around 21.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 45% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Davis County runs at roughly 19%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Doxey School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 37.6%; actual is 20.7%, a gap of -16.9 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Davis County put the typical household earns roughly $110,884 per year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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), Doxey School is one campus in the mix.

Sunset Jr High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Doxey School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Doxey School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 38.8%.

Doxey School operates from a residential location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Doxey School has ticked down 9%, going from 410 students in 2018 to 375 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 74% to 66% over that span.

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