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What's the most underrated thing about Orchard School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
581
Elementary
DISTRICT 549 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DAVIS DISTRICT·NCES 490021000138
Orchard School
205 E CENTER STREET, NORTH SALT LAKE, UT 84054 · (801) 402-1700 · Davis County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL581 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 45% of Utah public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
20.6:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.7:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
106 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 | 3 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 66 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 90 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 92 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 98 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 90 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is 27% smaller than its 6th grade class (90).
Student demographics
44%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
40.9%
UT avg 41.4% . -11.2pp since 2023
Math
45.6%
UT avg 41.8% . -2.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.9% | 45.6% |
| 2023-24 | 52.1% | 48.5% |
% 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
48.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.9%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 Orchard School
Orchard School's state test result (48.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orchard School this school | 581 | 18.2% | 48.6% |
| William Penn School SALT LAKE CITY | 615 | 16.7% | 66.0% |
| Willow Springs School DRAPER | 562 | 21.5% | 51.6% |
| Wasatch Peak Academy North Salt Lake | 519 | 19.1% | 56.3% |
| Summit Academy - Bluffdale BLUFFDALE | 537 | 19.4% | 52.4% |
| Silver Mesa School SANDY | 551 | 15.4% | 57.6% |
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 Orchard School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Davis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.6% | #262 of 562 | #43 of 67 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.6% | #283 of 578 ▼ 38 | #39 of 68 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.9% | #326 of 578 ▼ 113 | #51 of 68 ▼ 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 581 | #208 of 613 | #28 of 70 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.6:1 | #238 of 556 | #27 of 69 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.4% | #253 of 559 | #24 of 70 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.2% | #445 of 582 | #34 of 70 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.6% | #92 of 388 | #12 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
581
-33 (-5%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 663
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 | 581 | 28.2 | 20.6:1 | 18% (106) |
| 2023-24 | 630 | 31.2 | 20.2:1 | 18% (113) |
| 2022-23 | 624 | 28 | 22.3:1 | 14% (88) |
| 2020-21 | 614 | N/A | N/A | 14% (84) |
| 2017-18 | 802 | N/A | N/A | 14% (113) |
| 2015-16 | 771 | N/A | N/A | 16% (127) |
| 2010-11 | 735 | 26 | 28.3:1 | 20% (149) |
| 2000-01 | 643 | 29 | 22.2:1 | 25% (162) |
| 1990-91 | 663 | 24 | 27.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Orchard School.
About Orchard School
Orchard School is a medium-sized elementary school in NORTH SALT LAKE, Utah. Classes run from pre-K through 6, and the school has 581 students.
Orchard School is run by Davis District, whose 95 schools enroll 71,703 students.
White students account for 73% of enrollment at Orchard School. Other groups include 15% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 3% Pacific Islander. The county population is about 84% White. By the diversity index, Orchard School comes in at 44%.
Orchard School's 28.2 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 20.6:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Utah average 21.8:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 18%. Across public schools in Davis County, the average is about the same, 19%.
Measured against Utah public elementary schools, Orchard School receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Orchard School is -2.3 points: 48.6% actual, 50.9% predicted.
Within Davis County, median household income is about $110,884, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Davis County number 118 and enroll about 81,110.
Nearest public school: Adelaide School, about 0.6 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Orchard School ranks 3rd of 9 on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Orchard School saw enrollment fall 5% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Parents and students can post about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Orchard School. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 NORTH SALT LAKE
- Spectrum Academy - NSLCombined · 829 students
- Wasatch Peak AcademyElementary · 519 students
- Foxboro SchoolElementary · 486 students
Other Orchard schools
4 other US public schools in 4 states are named Orchard. Orchard School is the 2nd largest of the 5.
- Orchard SchoolOREM, UT · 625 students
- Orchard SchoolCleveland, OH · 492 students
- Orchard SchoolSouth Burlington, VT · 402 students
- Orchard SchoolBillings, MT · 340 students
Nearby schools
- Adelaide School0.6 mi · 415
- Wasatch Peak Academy1.4 mi · 519
- Spectrum Academy - NSL1.5 mi · 829
- South Davis Jr High1.6 mi · 953
- Boulton School1.7 mi · 466
- Legacy Preparatory Academy1.8 mi · 1,016
Frequently asked questions
About Orchard SchoolHow many students attend Orchard School?
Orchard School enrolls approximately 581 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Orchard School serve?
Orchard School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Orchard School?
Approximately 20.6:1 students per teacher at Orchard School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Orchard School?
At Orchard School, the student body is approximately 73% White, 15% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Orchard School?
Orchard School is overseen by Davis District in Davis County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.