The top reported proficiency rate is 64% in Math. The lowest is 48% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Shoreline Junior High
Shoreline Junior High serves just three grades—seventh through ninth—making it a transitional school between elementary and high school within the Davis District. It is a conventional public school, not a charter or magnet, and it does not receive Title I funding. The school sits on the southwest side of Layton, a fast-growing city that blends suburban neighborhoods with a major retail corridor and the enormous Hill Air Force Base as its economic anchor. Layton’s population has risen steadily, and its housing market is expensive relative to national norms; home values are above average for the state, and rents are high enough that buying is significantly pricier than renting. The city is car-dependent, though a FrontRunner commuter rail station offers a transit option.
Academically, Shoreline Junior High posts results that place it in the top quartile of schools within Davis County when looking at overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades. Math proficiency is a clear strength: the share of students scoring proficient or above on Utah’s RISE assessment is well above the county median. Science proficiency is also solid, comfortably above the middle of the pack. English language arts proficiency, while above the county median as well, is the relative soft spot among the three subjects; the percentage of students meeting the bar is lower than in math or science, and a parent may want to discuss literacy supports with the school directly.
The student body is large for a junior high, and its demographic composition is notably homogeneous. The vast majority of students are white. The next largest groups are Hispanic students and students of two or more races, each present in modest numbers, with smaller shares of Asian, Black, and Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander students. The share of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch is low, indicating a predominantly middle- to upper-middle-income population. Data on students with disabilities and English learners were not available in the reporting, so it is unclear how many receive special education or language support services; a family with a child who might need such support should inquire with the school.
The school sits within the Davis District, which in recent years added a new comprehensive high school in Farmington to relieve overcrowding and expanded full-day kindergarten across the elementary schools. Those changes affect feeder patterns and early-childhood options for families in the area, but Shoreline itself—as a junior high—remains a middle step. The locale brief describes Layton as a place where many parents work at Hill Air Force Base or at the defense contractors and healthcare employers concentrated there, contributing to a community with a strong employment base and steady growth.
Shoreline Junior High does not have a graduation rate to report because it does not serve grades twelve or eleven. There is no publicly available information about disciplinary incidents, chronic absenteeism, course access, or staffing ratios, which leaves gaps in understanding school climate and equity. The academic picture is the most complete part of the profile, and by that measure the school performs well relative to its county peers, with math standing out as a particular area of strength. For a family living in Layton or considering a move there, this is a junior high that reflects the broader community’s stable, employed, and largely white demographic character, and that delivers academic results that are consistently above average for Davis County.
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