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

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. 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 Weber School District 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 * Clinton *

* Fruit Heights * Hill Air Force Base *

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* Layton *

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* South Weber * Sunset * Syracuse * West Bountiful *

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* Woods Cross

Schools

The following schools are part of Davis School District:

Elementary schools

* Adams Elementary - Layton * Adelaide Elementary - Bountiful * Antelope Elementary - Clearfield * Bluff Ridge Elementary - Syracuse * Boulton Elementary - Bountiful * Bountiful Elementary - Bountiful * Buffalo Point Elementary - Syracuse * H.C. Burton Elementary -

* Canyon Creek Elementary -

* Centerville Elementary - Centerville * Clinton Elementary - Clinton * Columbia Elementary -

* Cook Elementary - Syracuse * Creekside Elementary -

* Crestview Elementary - Layton * Doxey Elementary - Sunset * Eagle Bay Elementary -

* East Layton Elementary - Layton * Ellison Park Elementary - Layton * Endeavour Elementary -

* Farmington Elementary -

* Foxboro Elementary -

* Fremont Elementary - Sunset * Heritage Elementary - Layton * Hill Field Elementary - Clearfield * Holbrook Elementary - Bountiful * Holt Elementary - Clearfield * Kay's Creek Elementary -

* Kaysville Elementary -

* King Elementary - Layton * Knowlton Elementary -

* Lakeside Elementary -

* Layton Elementary - Layton * Lincoln Elementary - Layton * Meadowbrook Elementary - Bountiful * Morgan Elementary -

* Mountain View Elementary - Layton * Muir Elementary - Bountiful * Oak Hills Elementary - Bountiful * Odyssey Elementary - Woods Cross * Orchard Elementary -

* Parkside Elementary - Clinton * Reading Elementary - Centerville * Sand Springs Elementary - Layton * Snow Horse Elementary -

* South Clearfield Elementary - Clearfield * South Weber Elementary - South Weber * Stewart Elementary - Centerville * Sunset Elementary - Sunset * Syracuse Elementary - Syracuse * Taylor Elementary - Centerville * Tolman Elementary - Bountiful * Vae View Elementary - Layton * Valley View Elementary - Bountiful * Wasatch Elementary - Clearfield * Washington Elementary - Bountiful * West Bountiful Elementary - West Bountiful * West Clinton Elementary - Clinton * West Point Elementary -

* Whitesides Elementary - Layton * Windridge Elementary -

* Woods Cross Elementary - Woods Cross

Junior high schools

* Bountiful Junior High School - Bountiful * Centennial Junior High School -

* Centerville Junior High School - Centerville * Central Davis Junior High School - Layton * Fairfield Junior High School -

* Farmington Junior High School -

* Kaysville Junior High School -

* Legacy Junior High School - Layton * Millcreek Junior High School - Bountiful * Mueller Park Junior High School - Bountiful * North Davis Junior High School - Clearfield * North Layton Junior High School - Layton * South Davis Junior High School - Bountiful * Sunset Junior High School - Sunset * Syracuse Junior High School - Syracuse * Shoreline Junior High School - Layton * West Point Junior High School -