The top reported proficiency rate is 67% in Math. The lowest is 54% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Kaysville Jr High
Kaysville Jr High serves grades seven through nine in the Davis District, a public school system that covers much of the central Wasatch Front. The city of Kaysville is a family-oriented suburb midway between Salt Lake City and Ogden, with a historic Main Street, a low housing vacancy rate that points to a tight supply, and a profile that leans heavily toward married-couple households with children. The school sits within that community, and its student body reflects the surrounding demographics.
The school’s enrollment is sizable for a junior high in this grade band, with each of the three grades holding a similar share of students. The student population is overwhelmingly white, with the next-largest group being Hispanic, followed by small numbers of students who identify as two or more races, American Indian or Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, Black, and Asian. A modest share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a figure well below what is seen in many Utah schools of this type, indicating that the school serves a predominantly higher-income area.
On state assessments, which use Utah’s RISE test, the school posts results that place it comfortably above the midpoint among the junior high schools in Davis County. In math, just over two-thirds of students scored proficient or above. In science, the share was a bit lower, and in English language arts, it was lower still, with just over half of students reaching the proficiency threshold. Taken together, the school’s overall proficiency index lands in the top quarter of the county’s schools at this level. These are solid numbers, and they suggest that most students are meeting the state’s academic benchmarks, though the ELA result is a relative soft spot that a parent may want to ask the school about in terms of reading and writing support.
Because this school serves only grades seven through nine, there is no graduation rate to report; that metric applies to high schools, not junior highs. The same is true for chronic absenteeism data, which the available records do not provide for this school. A parent looking into attendance patterns would need to ask the school directly.
The school operates under the Davis District, which in recent years has made a significant change that affects feeder patterns in this area. The district opened Farmington High School in 2022, a new comprehensive high school built to relieve overcrowding. That means that for a family living in the Kaysville Jr High attendance zone, the high school a student moves on to will depend on the precise boundary, and it may not be the same high school that older students from this neighborhood attended a few years ago. The district also expanded optional full-day kindergarten across its elementary schools beginning in the 2023-24 school year, a change that preceded this junior high but shapes the pipeline of students who will eventually arrive here.
The housing market in Kaysville’s zip code is expensive relative to the state as a whole and far above the national median, a reflection of the area’s desirability and tight supply. Rents are also high, and monthly mortgage costs on a typical home would exceed the median rent substantially, meaning that buying here requires significant income or equity. For a family considering a move into the school’s boundary, affordability is a real consideration.
Overall, Kaysville Jr High presents as a suburban school with strong academic performance in math and science, a slightly weaker but still solid showing in English, and a student body that is economically and racially homogenous. Its peer environment is shaped by a community that prioritizes family life and traditional values, and its district is managing growth through school construction. The key variable for any family is the new high school boundary, which can determine where a student goes after ninth grade.
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