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What's something Layton School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
552
Elementary
DISTRICT 549 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DAVIS DISTRICT·NCES 490021000129
Layton School
369 W GENTILE, LAYTON, UT 84041 · (801) 402-3500 · Davis County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL552 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.2:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.7:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
166 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 | 32 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 70 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 82 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 71 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (71).
Student demographics
49%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
37.9%
UT avg 41.4% . -3.4pp since 2023
Math
42.8%
UT avg 41.8% . +2.4pp 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 43 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.9% | 42.8% |
| 2023-24 | 41.3% | 40.4% |
% 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
43.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.1%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% 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 Layton School
Layton School's state test result (43.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Layton School this school | 552 | 30.1% | 43.4% |
| Midland School ROY | 583 | 32.4% | 36.9% |
| Orem School OREM | 659 | 30.8% | 64.3% |
| Settlement Canyon School TOOELE | 519 | 33.1% | 27.6% |
| Bridge Elementary School ROY | 558 | 35.1% | 27.5% |
| Woods Cross School WOODS CROSS | 532 | 25.4% | 43.5% |
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 Layton School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Davis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.4% | #336 of 562 | #50 of 67 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.8% | #319 of 578 ▲ 47 | #46 of 68 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.9% | #370 of 578 ▼ 6 | #54 of 68 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 552 | #243 of 613 | #32 of 70 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.2:1 | #298 of 556 | #34 of 69 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.7% | #213 of 559 | #21 of 70 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.1% | #293 of 582 | #15 of 70 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.1% | #252 of 388 | #38 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
552
+73 (+15%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 859
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 | 552 | 26 | 21.2:1 | 30% (166) |
| 2023-24 | 566 | 23.4 | 24.1:1 | 27% (152) |
| 2022-23 | 573 | 25.6 | 22.4:1 | 26% (147) |
| 2020-21 | 479 | N/A | N/A | 30% (143) |
| 2017-18 | 628 | N/A | N/A | 32% (200) |
| 2015-16 | 641 | N/A | N/A | 34% (218) |
| 2010-11 | 728 | 31 | 23.5:1 | 40% (291) |
| 2000-01 | 762 | 34 | 22.4:1 | 30% (229) |
| 1990-91 | 859 | 29 | 29.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Layton School.
About Layton School
Layton School serves students in LAYTON, Utah, as a medium-sized elementary school. The school's enrollment of 552 students covers pre-K through 6.
Across its 95 schools, Davis District enrolls 71,703 students. Layton School is one of those schools.
White students make up a majority at Layton School, at 66%. The remaining shares are 26% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Davis County's population at about 84%. Pick two students at random and there is a 49% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
A ratio of 21.2:1 comes from the school's 26 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is close to the 21.8:1 average for elementary schools in Utah. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 30% in 2024-25. Among public schools in Davis County, the average eligibility rate is 19%.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 43.4%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 45.1%.
Davis County census figures show that the median household income is $110,884, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. There are 118 public schools in Davis County, enrolling about 81,110 students in all.
Crestview School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles away. The five-mile area around Layton School holds at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Layton School ranks 3rd of 9 nearby schools, at 43.4% versus a 37.7% average.
Layton School falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
2024-25 enrollment was 552, a 15% increase from 479 in 2020-21.
Conversations here can range across enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 School0.7 mi · 356
- Central Davis Jr High0.8 mi · 879
- Layton High0.8 mi · 2,231
- Whitesides School1.1 mi · 396
- Heritage School1.4 mi · 623
- North Davis Preparatory Academy1.4 mi · 966
Frequently asked questions
About Layton SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Layton School?
Layton School enrolls approximately 552 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Layton School serve?
Layton School serves grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at Layton School?
Approximately 21.2:1 students per teacher at Layton School.
How diverse is Layton School?
Layton School reports a student body of 66% White, 26% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Layton School public or private?
Layton School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Davis District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.