Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Holt School
Test scores
RISE / Utah Aspire+ 2024-25 . % Proficient + Highly ProficientWhat this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Utah schools, those numbers are about 41 and 42. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Holt School
Holt School is one of the moderately sized elementary campuss in CLEARFIELD, Utah, operated by Davis District, with 463 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6.
Across the 95 schools in Davis District (71,703 students total), Holt School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On demographics, Holt School reports that the largest single group is White, at 56% of enrollment. Other groups include 33% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 4% Pacific Islander. The wider county runs roughly 84% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.
On the resource side, Holt School lists 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.2:1. The state averages about 21.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 46% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Davis County (around 19%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.
After controlling for student poverty, Holt School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 37.5%; this one delivers 31.1%.
In the broader community, the surrounding county (Davis County) shows that median household income runs about $110,884, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Holt School is one of 118 public schools in Davis County (combined enrollment of about 81,110 students).
The closest other public school is Doxey School, roughly 0.9 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Holt School comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 37.2%.
The school occupies a bedroom-community site.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 11%: 519 students in 2018 compared to 463 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 63% to 56% over that span.
In the discussion threads here, members of the Holt School community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
Davis County at a glance
View full county profileQuick facts
Related schools
- 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
- Clearfield HighHigh · 2,041 students
- North Davis Jr HighMiddle · 941 students
- South Clearfield SchoolElementary · 703 students
- Antelope SchoolElementary · 667 students
- Leadership Academy of UtahHigh · 497 students
- Wasatch SchoolElementary · 482 students
- Doxey School0.9 mi · 375
- Syracuse Arts Academy - North1.0 mi · 730
- Wasatch School1.2 mi · 482
- Clinton School1.3 mi · 580
- Sunset Jr High1.4 mi · 926
- Syracuse High1.4 mi · 2,608