Orchard Springs

Orchard Springs is one of the medium-sized K-5 schools in Pleasant View, Utah, one of the schools within Weber District, with 472 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6.

Weber District runs 52 schools in total, collectively educating 32,054 students. Orchard Springs is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Orchard Springs shows that 73% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 22% Hispanic. By comparison, Weber County as a whole is about 83% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Orchard Springs has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 23.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 21.8:1 average. Roughly 34% of students at Orchard Springs qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Orchard Springs performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.3%, the actual is 52.1%, a residual of +8.8 points.

In the broader community, Weber County reports that median household income runs about $90,005, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Weber County's 95 public schools (combined enrollment of about 49,670 students), Orchard Springs is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Lomond View School, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Orchard Springs. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Orchard Springs ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 45.7%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

On this page, the feed for Orchard Springs typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.