Whitesides School

Whitesides School is one of the cozy elementary schools in LAYTON, Utah, part of Davis District, with 396 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6.

Davis District comprises 95 schools with combined enrollment of 71,703 students; Whitesides School is among them.

On demographics, Whitesides School records that White students make up the majority at 66%. Other groups include 25% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Davis County as a whole is about 84% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 23.3:1. The state averages around 21.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 43% of students at Whitesides School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Davis County's rate of about 19%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Whitesides School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 38.7%; this one delivers 38.8%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Davis County put median household income runs about $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%. In all, Davis County runs 118 public schools (combined enrollment of about 81,110 students), of which Whitesides School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Layton High, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Whitesides School comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 41.2%.

Whitesides School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Five-year trend. Whitesides School's enrollment has shrank 16% since 2018, when it stood at 470 (now 396). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 80% to 66%.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Whitesides School typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.