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Enrollment
623
Elementary
DISTRICT 549 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DAVIS DISTRICT·NCES 490021000759
Heritage School
1354 W WEAVER LN, LAYTON, UT 84041 · (801) 402-1200 · Davis County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL623 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.7:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.7:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
9%
54 students
DISTRICT 22% · STATE 33%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 75 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 106 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 101 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 96 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 106 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 29% smaller than its 6th grade class (106).
Student demographics
27%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
47.4%
UT avg 41.4% . -4.5pp since 2023
Math
46.4%
UT avg 41.8% . -2.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Utah schools, those numbers are about 41 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.4% | 46.4% |
| 2023-24 | 51.9% | 49.0% |
% 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
49.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.6%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 Heritage School
Heritage School's state test result (49.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heritage School this school | 623 | 8.7% | 49.6% |
| Muir School BOUNTIFUL | 596 | 9.9% | 59.4% |
| West Bountiful School WEST BOUNTIFUL | 660 | 11.2% | 51.4% |
| Endeavour School KAYSVILLE | 645 | 7.4% | 64.4% |
| Odyssey School WOODS CROSS | 553 | 9.8% | 49.1% |
| Canyon Rim Academy SALT LAKE CITY | 524 | 6.1% | 70.2% |
Matched among Utah elementary 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 Heritage School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Davis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.6% | #250 of 562 | #40 of 67 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.4% | #267 of 578 ▼ 32 | #36 of 68 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.4% | #227 of 578 ▼ 13 | #38 of 68 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 623 | #167 of 613 | #23 of 70 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.7:1 | #163 of 556 | #14 of 69 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.6% | #472 of 559 | #56 of 70 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 8.7% | #553 of 582 | #61 of 70 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.5% | #41 of 388 | #4 of 57 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
623
-85 (-12%) vs 2020
-28% since 2010-11, when it was 863
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 | 623 | 31.6 | 19.7:1 | 9% (54) |
| 2023-24 | 647 | 31.5 | 20.5:1 | 10% (65) |
| 2022-23 | 737 | 32.4 | 22.7:1 | 9% (64) |
| 2020-21 | 708 | N/A | N/A | 7% (47) |
| 2017-18 | 923 | N/A | N/A | 4% (39) |
| 2015-16 | 1,112 | N/A | N/A | 5% (56) |
| 2010-11 | 863 | 30 | 28.8:1 | 16% (135) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Heritage School.
About Heritage School
Heritage School serves students in LAYTON, Utah, as a mid-sized elementary school. The school runs pre-K through 6 and enrolls 623 students. Elementary schools in Utah average about 491 students, which makes this school 27% above average.
Across its 95 schools, Davis District enrolls 71,703 students. Heritage School is one of those schools.
Of every 100 students at Heritage School, about 85 are White. The remaining students are 6% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. Census estimates put Davis County at about 84% White, close to the school's figure. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 27, compared with 70 nationally.
There are about 19.7 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Heritage School, which has 31.6. The school's 19.7:1 compares with an average of 21.8:1 for elementary schools in Utah. On the income side, 9% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Davis County averages 19%, higher than here.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Heritage School is 6.0 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 49.6% actual, 55.6% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Utah.
Looking at the county, Davis County, the median household earns about $110,884 a year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Heritage School, Davis County has 118 public schools.
Measured in a straight line, Shoreline Junior High is about 0.4 miles from Heritage School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Heritage School ranks 5th on proficiency.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
From 708 students in 2020-21, enrollment fell to 623 by 2024-25.
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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
Other Heritage schools
9 other US public schools in 6 states are named Heritage. Heritage School is the 4th largest of the 10.
- Heritage SchoolNIBLEY, UT · 724 students
- Heritage SchoolOGDEN, UT · 647 students
- Heritage SchoolSAINT GEORGE, UT · 526 students
- Heritage SchoolSALINE, MI · 646 students
- HeritagePhelan, CA · 563 students
Nearby schools
- Shoreline Junior High0.4 mi · 1,225
- Kay's Creek Elementary0.9 mi · 718
- Sunburst School1.3 mi · 871
- Layton School1.4 mi · 552
- North Davis Preparatory Academy1.5 mi · 966
- Ellison Park School1.9 mi · 565
Frequently asked questions
About Heritage SchoolHow large is Heritage School?
Heritage School enrolls approximately 623 students in grades PK-06.
Is Heritage School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Heritage School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at Heritage School?
Approximately 19.7:1 students per teacher at Heritage School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Heritage School?
At Heritage School, the student body is approximately 85% White, 6% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Heritage School?
Heritage School is overseen by Davis District in Davis County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.