King School

King School is an elementary campus of mid-tier scale in LAYTON, Utah, run under Davis District, educateing 442 students in grades pre-K through 6.

Across the 95 schools in Davis District (71,703 students total), King School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, King School shows that the largest single group is White, at 74% of enrollment. Other groups include 20% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 84%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.8:1. The state averages around 21.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 33% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Davis County (around 19%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, King School is in the bottom 10% of Utah public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 43.8%; King School posts 27.0%, -16.8 points below that line.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Davis County put the typical household earns roughly $110,884 per year, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. King School is one of 118 public schools in Davis County (combined enrollment of about 81,110 students).

Nearest neighbor: Central Davis Jr High, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, King School comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 34.4%.

King School operates from an outer-ring location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 23%: 571 students in 2018 compared to 442 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 14% to 20%.

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