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What's something Whitesides School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
396
Elementary
DISTRICT 549 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DAVIS DISTRICT·NCES 490021000156
Whitesides School
233 N COLONIAL AVE, LAYTON, UT 84041 · (801) 402-3600 · Davis County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL396 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
23.3:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.7:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
171 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
38.0%
UT avg 41.4% . -2.5pp since 2023
Math
30.1%
UT avg 41.8% . -2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
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
38.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.7%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
396
-74 (-16%) vs 2017
% White
66%
was 80%
% Hispanic
25%
was 13%
% Black
2%
was 2%
% Asian
1%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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.
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 LAYTON
- Layton HighHigh · 2,231 students
- Northridge HighHigh · 1,984 students
- Shoreline Junior HighMiddle · 1,225 students
- Legacy Jr HighMiddle · 1,125 students
- North Davis Preparatory AcademyCombined · 966 students
- North Layton Jr HighMiddle · 959 students
Nearby schools
- Layton High0.3 mi · 2,231
- Central Davis Jr High0.7 mi · 879
- King School0.8 mi · 442
- Crestview School1.0 mi · 356
- Creekside School1.1 mi · 544
- Layton School1.1 mi · 552
Frequently asked questions
About Whitesides SchoolHow many students attend Whitesides School?
Whitesides School enrolls approximately 396 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Whitesides School serve?
Whitesides School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Whitesides School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Whitesides School is approximately 23.3:1 (17 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Whitesides School?
At Whitesides School, the student body is approximately 66% White, 25% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Whitesides School?
Whitesides 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.