Orchard School

Orchard School is an elementary-level community of mid-sized scale in NORTH SALT LAKE, Utah, run under Davis District, enrolling 581 students in grades pre-K through 6.

Orchard School is one of 95 schools operated by Davis District, a district that hosts 71,703 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Orchard School shows that 73% of the student body identifies as White; the rest is composed of 15% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Pacific Islander. By comparison, Davis County as a whole is about 84% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Orchard School has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.8:1 average. Roughly 18% of students at Orchard School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Orchard School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.9%; this one delivers 48.6%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Davis County indicate 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. In all, Davis County runs 118 public schools (combined enrollment of about 81,110 students), of which Orchard School is one.

The closest other public school is Adelaide School, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Orchard School. On composite proficiency, Orchard School comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 40.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 28%: 802 students in 2018 compared to 581 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 81% to 73%.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.