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Enrollment
966
Combined
STATE 687
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH DAVIS PREPARATORY ACADEMY·NCES 490006800998
North Davis Preparatory Academy
1765 W HILLFIELD RD, LAYTON, UT 84041 · (801) 547-1809 · Davis County
GRADES KG–09COMBINED21-SUBURBCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL966 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 22% of Utah public K-12 schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Utah public K-12 schools
Student : Teacher
20.5:1
47 FTE teachers
STATE 19.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
269 students
STATE 33%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 94 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 101 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 102 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 94 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 101 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 111 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 101 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 96 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 78 | 8% |
| Grade 9 | 88 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (94) is 21% larger than its 8th grade class (78).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
32.2%
UT avg 41.4% . -2.9pp since 2023
Math
25.5%
UT avg 41.8% . -1.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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 down about 2 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.2% | 25.5% |
| 2023-24 | 35.1% | 27.0% |
% 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
32.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.2%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 North Davis Preparatory Academy
North Davis Preparatory Academy's state test result (32.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Davis Preparatory Academy this school | 966 | 27.8% | 32.3% |
| Snow Canyon Middle ST GEORGE | 796 | 34.8% | 45.5% |
| Ascent Academies of Utah West Jordan WEST JORDAN | 761 | 33.1% | 31.8% |
| Hawthorn Academy West Jordan WEST JORDAN | 743 | 26.1% | 43.6% |
| Hurricane Middle HURRICANE | 780 | 31.5% | 42.7% |
| Athlos Academy of Utah HERRIMAN | 458 | 41.3% | 10.6% |
Matched among Utah K-12 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 North Davis Preparatory Academy ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Davis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.3% | #25 of 31 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.5% | #23 of 29 ▼ 1 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.2% | #24 of 29 ▼ 2 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 966 | #9 of 53 | #3 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.5:1 | #23 of 34 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.7% | #10 of 34 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.8% | #18 of 41 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.4% | #14 of 19 | N/A |
Ranked against other public K-12 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
966
-27 (-3%) vs 2020
-2% since 2010-11, when it was 982
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 | 966 | 47.2 | 20.5:1 | 28% (269) |
| 2023-24 | 969 | 48.3 | 20.1:1 | 25% (240) |
| 2022-23 | 956 | 47.7 | 20.0:1 | 26% (244) |
| 2020-21 | 993 | N/A | N/A | 22% (216) |
| 2017-18 | 1,021 | N/A | N/A | 28% (284) |
| 2015-16 | 1,027 | N/A | N/A | 29% (296) |
| 2010-11 | 982 | 33 | 29.8:1 | 26% (259) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for North Davis Preparatory Academy.
About North Davis Preparatory Academy
North Davis Preparatory Academy sits in LAYTON, Utah, and is classified as a school serving multiple grade levels. It teaches 966 students in kindergarten through 9. By comparison, combined schools in Utah enroll about 687 students on average.
North Davis Preparatory Academy is its own local education agency in federal data.
About 47% of students at North Davis Preparatory Academy are Hispanic, the largest single group. It is also 47% White and 3% multiracial. Davis County's residents are about 12% Hispanic, 35 points below the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 56, compared with 70 nationally.
Staffing at North Davis Preparatory Academy comes to 47.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 20.5:1. It is about the same as the 19.9:1 average for combined schools in Utah. On the income side, 28% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 19% average among public schools in Davis County.
On the allk12 Grade, North Davis Preparatory Academy lands at C-, ahead of 22% of Utah public K-12 schools.
North Davis Preparatory Academy sits between the top and bottom 10% of Utah schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 32.3% and a predicted 46.2%.
The school's county is Davis County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $110,884 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. North Davis Preparatory Academy shares Davis County with 117 other public schools.
Ellison Park School is about 0.3 miles from North Davis Preparatory Academy, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around North Davis Preparatory Academy holds at least 8 other public schools. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, North Davis Preparatory Academy ranks 7th on proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. Federal records list North Davis Preparatory Academy as a charter school.
Enrollment figures show a decrease of 27 students from 2020-21 to 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 LAYTON
- Layton HighHigh · 2,231 students
- Northridge HighHigh · 1,984 students
- Shoreline Junior HighMiddle · 1,225 students
- Legacy Jr HighMiddle · 1,125 students
- North Layton Jr HighMiddle · 959 students
- Central Davis Jr HighMiddle · 879 students
Nearby schools
- Ellison Park School0.3 mi · 565
- Vae View School1.1 mi · 394
- Sunburst School1.1 mi · 871
- Layton School1.4 mi · 552
- Sand Springs School1.4 mi · 682
- Crestview School1.5 mi · 356
Frequently asked questions
About North Davis Preparatory AcademyWhat is the total enrollment at North Davis Preparatory Academy?
North Davis Preparatory Academy enrolls approximately 966 students in grades KG-09.
What age range does North Davis Preparatory Academy serve?
North Davis Preparatory Academy serves students from grade KG through grade 09.
How many teachers does North Davis Preparatory Academy have?
North Davis Preparatory Academy employs 47 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.5:1.
How diverse is North Davis Preparatory Academy?
North Davis Preparatory Academy reports a student body of 47% White, 47% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is North Davis Preparatory Academy in?
North Davis Preparatory Academy is part of North Davis Preparatory Academy.
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