Davis School District is a

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, United States. Headquartered in the

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, it is the 61st largest school district in the United States and the 2nd largest school district in

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with 72,987 students attending Davis schools as of 2019. It is located almost entirely within Davis County. Students attend elementary school from kindergarten to 6th grade, junior high from 7th grade-9th grade, and high school from 10th grade-12th grade.

History

In 2006, the Davis School District received recognition for having the nation's top graduation rate among the 100 largest school districts in the United States, according to a survey by the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research. Also in 2006, the superintendent, Dr. W. Bryan Bowles was awarded superintendent of the year in Utah. For the 2016-17 school year, Reid Newey moved from the

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to become the superintendent of DSD. In 2019 a Davis school bus driver closed the bus doors on the backpack of a boy, pinning him outside the bus and dragging him forward a couple hundred feet. His family sued the driver, alleging this was done intentionally to racially harass the boy, who was biracial. They pointed to previous instances of racial harassment by the driver and attempts at retaliation for reporting him. The district settled the suit for $62,500 and acknowledge the "racial assault". An investigation by the

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followed. That investigation found that racial harassment was widespread in the school district and hundreds of complains were intentionally unaddressed.

Communities

Davis School District serves the following communities: * Bountiful * Centerville * Clearfield *

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* Kaysville *

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* North Salt Lake * South Weber *

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* West Bountiful * West Point * Woods Cross

Schools

The following schools are part of Davis School District:

Elementary schools

* Adams Elementary -

* Adelaide Elementary - Bountiful * Antelope Elementary - Clearfield * Bluff Ridge Elementary -

* Boulton Elementary - Bountiful * Bountiful Elementary - Bountiful * Buffalo Point Elementary -

* H.C. Burton Elementary - Kaysville * Canyon Creek Elementary -

* Centerville Elementary - Centerville * Clinton Elementary -

* Columbia Elementary - Kaysville * Cook Elementary -

* Creekside Elementary - Kaysville * Crestview Elementary -

* Doxey Elementary -

* Eagle Bay Elementary -

* East Layton Elementary -

* Ellison Park Elementary -

* Endeavour Elementary - Kaysville * Farmington Elementary -

* Foxboro Elementary - North Salt Lake * Fremont Elementary -

* Heritage Elementary -

* Hill Field Elementary - Clearfield * Holbrook Elementary - Bountiful * Holt Elementary - Clearfield * Kay's Creek Elementary - Kaysville * Kaysville Elementary - Kaysville * King Elementary -

* Knowlton Elementary -

* Lakeside Elementary - West Point * Layton Elementary -

* Lincoln Elementary -

* Meadowbrook Elementary - Bountiful * Morgan Elementary - Kaysville * Mountain View Elementary -

* Muir Elementary - Bountiful * Oak Hills Elementary - Bountiful * Odyssey Elementary - Woods Cross * Orchard Elementary - North Salt Lake * Parkside Elementary -

* Reading Elementary - Centerville * Sand Springs Elementary -

* Snow Horse Elementary - Kaysville * South Clearfield Elementary - Clearfield * South Weber Elementary - South Weber * Stewart Elementary - Centerville * Sunset Elementary -

* Syracuse Elementary -

* Taylor Elementary - Centerville * Tolman Elementary - Bountiful * Vae View Elementary -

* Valley View Elementary - Bountiful * Wasatch Elementary - Clearfield * Washington Elementary - Bountiful * West Bountiful Elementary - West Bountiful * West Clinton Elementary -

* West Point Elementary - West Point * Whitesides Elementary -

* Windridge Elementary - Kaysville * Woods Cross Elementary - Woods Cross

Junior high schools

* Bountiful Junior High School - Bountiful * Centennial Junior High School - Kaysville * Centerville Junior High School - Centerville * Central Davis Junior High School -

* Fairfield Junior High School - Kaysville * Farmington Junior High School -

* Kaysville Junior High School - Kaysville * Legacy Junior High School -

* Millcreek Junior High School - Bountiful * Mueller Park Junior High School - Bountiful * North Davis Junior High School - Clearfield * North Layton Junior High School -

* South Davis Junior High School - Bountiful * Sunset Junior High School -

* Syracuse Junior High School -

* Shoreline Junior High School -

* West Point Junior High School - West Point

High schools

Bountiful High School Bountiful High School is a public high school in Bountiful, Utah, United States, for grades 10 to 12. The school is one of eleven high schools in the Davis School District. History Bountiful High opened in 1951. It underwent reconstruction in 2 ...

- Bountiful *

Clearfield High School Clearfield High School is a secondary school in Clearfield, Utah, United States. It is part of the Davis School District. The school's mascot is the peregrine falcon, and its colors are green and white with an accent of gold. In 1960-61 student ...

- Clearfield * Davis High School - Kaysville * Farmington High School -

Layton High School Layton High School is a secondary school located in Layton, Utah, United States. Part of the Davis School District, Layton High School educates students in grades 10 to 12. As of the 2014–2015 school year, 1,743 students were enrolled and act ...

* Northridge High School -

* Syracuse High School -

Viewmont High School Viewmont High School is a public high school located in Bountiful, Utah. The school is a member of the Davis School District. The principal, as of 2021, is Travis Lund. In 2011, VHS was identified by ''Newsweek'' magazine and the ''Washington ...

- Bountiful *

Woods Cross High School Woods Cross High School is a public high school (serving grades 10–12) in Woods Cross, Utah, in the Davis School District. It is sometimes abbreviated as WXHS. As of the 2019–20 school year, the principal is Deanne Kapetanov. The assistant p ...

- Woods Cross

Special schools

* Family Enrichment Center - Kaysville * Mountain High School - Kaysville * Pioneer Adult Rehabilitation Center - Clearfield * Renaissance Academy - Kaysville

Notes

References

External links

*
Davis Education Foundation

DavisParents.org - Parent Advocacy Group
{{Authority control School districts in Utah Education in Davis County, Utah