Northridge High

As a sprawling four-year high school in LAYTON, Utah, Northridge High enrolls 1,984 students from grades 10 through 12, run under Davis District. Compared to the state average of about 980 students per school, that is 102% above typical.

Davis District runs 95 schools in total, collectively educating 71,703 students. Northridge High is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Northridge High records that the largest single group is White, at 67% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 25% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 84% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 79 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 25.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.1:1, putting Northridge High higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 27% of students at Northridge High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Davis County runs at roughly 19%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Northridge High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 46.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 31.4%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Davis County) records that median household earnings sit near $110,884, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Davis County's 118 public schools (combined enrollment of about 81,110 students), Northridge High is one campus in the mix.

Leadership Learning Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Northridge High. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Northridge High at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 35.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Looking at the recent track record. Northridge High's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 1,956 (now 1,984). Hispanic enrollment moved from 17% to 25% across the same window.

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