Adelaide School

Adelaide School is a public elementary school in Bountiful, Utah, serving 415 students in pre-kindergarten through sixth grade as part of Davis District, an urban-suburban area with a mix of nearby neighborhood schools and charter options. The school ranks near the bottom statewide: 471st of 563 schools for 2025–2026, in the 16th percentile, with a one-star SchoolDigger rating. This continues a longer pattern of low rankings, although results have varied somewhat from year to year.

Academic performance is the school’s most significant concern. In 2025–2026, Adelaide School trailed both district and state proficiency levels in every tested grade and subject. English language arts proficiency ranged from 20–38% in third grade to under 20% in sixth grade; mathematics ranged from 30–48% in third grade to under 20% in sixth grade; and science ranged from 35.1% in fourth grade to 10–29% in sixth grade. These results point to a broad challenge involving literacy, mathematics, and science rather than a weakness limited to one subject. The school’s 22.5:1 student-teacher ratio is moderate locally, so class size alone does not appear to explain the gap.

Attendance and student needs are important context for families. Chronic absenteeism improved from 42.4% in 2021–2022 to 27.6% in 2024–2025, but remains higher than the district’s 18.6% and the state’s 23.8%, and was the highest among the nearby schools reviewed. Also, 49.4% of students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating that the school serves a substantially higher-need population than most nearby campuses. Comparisons are especially striking: nearby Orchard School ranks at the 50th percentile, while Boulton School ranks at the 84th percentile and Valley View School at the 90th. Continued attendance work, strong academic intervention, and services supporting families appear to be key priorities.