As a kid who attends a high school in the Davis School District, I can say it's awful. Not only me but also my friends have faced discrimination and bullying. We have all been called slurs and other vulgare phrases, and the administration does nothing about it (yes, we report it). The district is very biased and claims to care for mental health, but their actions do not speak for their words. The system is rigged, it sets so much pressure on kids to get good grades with old school methods that weren't even effective back then, just taught those kids to "suck it up buttercup" and not learn how to cope with their feelings. It makes my friends and I feel like we aren't worth anything more than a letter. And if we fail there is no incentive to make it up, other than to just finish high school, which isn't much of an incentive due to GEDs. Plus, going to college isn't even needed anymore. We are taught higher levels of math than most of us can comprehend, I understand we need to learn how to learn, but at least have us learn something useful. I still have no idea how taxes work, house payments, loans, how to have safe sex (including sex with those not of the opposite gender). It has a very sexist dress code, I've seen guys get away with having their pants down to their ankles, tank tops, crop tops, gang symbols, etc. I worry about dressing in anything that isn't extremely baggy, in fear of getting sexualized in several different ways, yet I get sexualized nonetheless because they imagine what my body could look like. The school district tells us to cover up rather than teaching the boys to keep it in their pants, to be respectful, to stop thinking of women as objects. My younger cousin who's in the school district came crying to me the other day saying she just wished she was skinnier, that she wishes she could just chop everything off that wasn't looked at as pretty, she is eight years old and was sobbing her eyes out to me because she didn't feel beautiful due to ridiculous societal standards enforced by school districts and social media. Do better. read more

I wish I could give them a 0/5. Both of my special needs children were bullied and punched by other students neither the staff at the school did anything for two years and the school board did nothing at all. Dr. Gwen Hill is over the school my children attended she set up and confirmed a meeting with me and the morning of the meeting Dr. Hill did not show up as she was busy running "errands" and did not have the time. Dr. Hill failed my children and from what I can tell she does not care about anything that happened to my children nor any of the children in any of the schools she is over. My children were told that they should just kill themselves while at school among other horrid things and no one ever did anything. I have pulled my children out of the district to keep them safe. I would never trust DSD with my children again I even contacted the ADA for DSD and was told that Dr. Hill would be taking care of everything. Dr. Hill absolutely did nothing for them. This was only months after an 8 year old black autistic girl committed suicide due to the bulling in DSD. They do not and did not care if my children committed suicide. DSD does not care about children especially special needs children. I even spoke to DSD board president John Robinson regarding the fact that Dr. Gwen Hill chose to not show up to the meeting that she herself arranged with me and told him everything going on at the school, none of this was his problem though. The superintendent and the assistant superintendent both chose to not do anything after Dr. Hill failed to show up telling me that Dr. Hill would take care of everything. Dr. Hill failed my children and is failing all the children that she is choosing to ignore. She should not be in the position that she is in. It was made very clean Dr. Hill could careless what goes on in the schools she is over. DSD there is to sweep things under the rug so no one will notice they flat out do not care about these children. read more

I have always been under the impression that bullying would not be tolerated at schools, unfortunately I have found this to be untrue. When a second grader can't go to school and have fun and learn I find this to be sad and unacceptable. The fear of being punched or hit at recess is horrible and the recess monitors, what are they there for obviously not to MONITOR they must be there to chit chat with one another. The children that bully continue to do it because there are no consequences and the kind innocent children continue to be bullied and school is no longer a fun place. I find this appalling and it makes me sick to my stomach. read more

Most recently, Parents address Davis School Board following DOJ report on pervasive racist harassment from the Justice department. Students of color in Davis School District say they were subjected to name-calling and threats that were ignored by administrators, according to a new report. I did not believe earlier reviews, but I have found these claims to be true, and do not understand why this has not been addressed over the past several years. read more

I taught in Davis School District for 24 years, first in kindergarten for 12 years, then in first grade for 12 years. My experience with DSD was wonderful, where children were treated well and teachers and educators worked diligently to teach and guide elementary children throughout their younger years in school. I would give the Davis School District a 5/5 stars!! read more

Lackadaisical lackluster school district that puts the needs of certain groups and their teachers over the students. The special ed department Is complete garbage, there is a really concerning attitude of uncaring to sexual abuse/harassment claims, they openly treat Lgbt+ students like trash. Things need to change if you really care about our youth read more

Not only is racism a huge problem. They allow their students to bully special needs children do nothing about it and now a beautiful 10 year old autistic angel has died to suicide do to the racial bullying. Disgusting people read more

Racist policies keep students in the dark about important issues regarding bullying and harassment. The principal is a threatening and demeaning presence. Avoid bringing your children here. read more

Davis School District works hard to improve it's practices and to create spaces of belonging for all students. I have loved it both as a parent and as an employee! read more

Run by a bunch of racists. They allowed years of bullying to the point that a 10 year old killed herself. A 10 year old! Nothing but garbage. read more

1 star is 1 too many. If this was a free trial, you'd cancel after the first day. I don't know how they are federally funded.

Not impressed at all with the care and education of students PK through 12th grade.