The top reported proficiency rate is 56% in Science. The lowest is 43% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Fairfield Jr High
Fairfield Jr High serves grades seven through nine in Kaysville, a family-oriented Davis County city situated between Salt Lake City and Ogden along the Wasatch Front. The school is part of Davis District, one of Utah’s larger public school systems. Kaysville describes itself as a place that maintains a rural atmosphere despite its suburban density, with a historic Main Street, ample park space, and quick access to commuter rail and major highways. The housing market reflects the area’s desirability: home values have risen above the state benchmark, and rental prices are substantial, though still below the cost of a mortgage for a typical buyer. The city’s population has grown steadily from its farming origins, and the housing vacancy rate is very low, pointing to a tight market.
The school’s enrollment is large for a junior high, drawing from the surrounding Kaysville neighborhoods. The student body is predominantly white, with a Hispanic population of about one in seven students and very small shares of other racial and ethnic groups. Roughly one in five students qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, a measure that falls below the national average and suggests a relatively affluent community context.
State testing results from the RISE assessment show math proficiency at a level that sits slightly above the midpoint when compared with other schools in the county. Science proficiency is higher than math, while English language arts proficiency is lower. Taken together, the school’s overall performance across tested subjects lands above the midpoint among Davis County’s schools. These results represent a single year’s snapshot. The state adjusted its cut scores for English language arts in this testing cycle, which may affect year-to-year comparability; a parent should be aware that a direct comparison with prior years may not be straightforward.
The school does not serve grade twelve, so there is no graduation rate to report, and chronic absenteeism data was not available in the provided records. Information on discipline, course offerings, staffing ratios, and special education or English learner populations was also absent from the data. A parent who wants a fuller picture of student support or the school’s program breadth may want to follow up with the school directly.
Davis District added Farmington High School in 2022, a new comprehensive high school that altered feeder patterns in this area, including for Fairfield Jr High’s students who go on to a district high school. The district also adopted Utah’s statewide expansion of optional full-day kindergarten beginning in the 2023-24 school year, a change that affects elementary feeder schools but not Fairfield directly.
Fairfield Jr High sits in a community where housing is expensive and in short supply, the peer environment leans economically comfortable, and the school’s test results are solid but not at the top of the county. Families moving into Kaysville and looking for a mid-sized junior high with a suburban, married-family demographic will find a school that performs around the middle of the pack among its county neighbors, with science standing as its strongest subject on the state assessment. Those seeking more detailed information about advanced coursework, student services, or discipline climate will need to look beyond the data available here.
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