Davis School Closings Today — Live Status & Delays (Utah)

Are Davis school closings today affecting your family? Check live status below — updated every 10 minutes.

Live status monitored for Davis School District, Weber School District, Salt Lake City School District, and Morgan School District.

How Davis School District Announces Closures

Davis School District posts closure and delay decisions on its official website at davis.k12.ut.us and pushes the same notice to families through ParentSquare, the district’s primary parent-communication app, which delivers alerts by app notification, text, email, and — for true emergencies — automated phone call. Families who haven’t activated a ParentSquare account still receive an end-of-day email digest, so it’s worth confirming your account is set up before winter weather arrives.

Local television also plays a major role in the northern Wasatch Front’s closure-reporting ecosystem. KSL-TV (NBC 5), KUTV 2News (CBS), and FOX 13 (KSTU) all maintain running school-closings coverage during active storms and are the stations this page monitors alongside the district’s own site. Like most Wasatch Front districts, Davis School District aims to make a closure or delay call by around 5:30 a.m. on the morning of the event, though a major forecasted storm can sometimes prompt an evening-before announcement instead. Because the district makes one decision for the entire county rather than closing individual schools separately, a closure or delay announcement from DSD applies to all Davis-area schools at once.

Weather Risks That Trigger Davis County School Closures

• Lake-effect snow: Bands of intense, localized snowfall off the Great Salt Lake can dump a foot or more of snow on Davis County communities in just a few hours, often with little advance warning.
• Road and canyon ice: Overnight refreeze on the benches above Layton, Kaysville, and Bountiful creates black-ice conditions that are frequently more dangerous for bus routes than the snow itself.
• High-wind windstorms: Davis County’s east bench sits at the base of the Wasatch Range and is prone to damaging downslope wind events — including historic windstorms that have produced gusts over 100 mph — that can down power lines and trees along bus routes.
• Winter temperature inversions: Cold air trapped in the valley by surrounding mountains can push PM2.5 air quality into the “unhealthy” range for days at a time, occasionally prompting schools to limit outdoor recess rather than close outright.
• Spring runoff and flooding: Rapid snowmelt from the Wasatch Range can swell creeks and irrigation canals that cross school property or bus routes during warm spring storms.
• Extreme cold: Prolonged sub-zero mornings can affect bus operation and outdoor waiting conditions for students, particularly in the eastern, higher-elevation parts of the county.

Frequently Asked Questions

How early does Davis School District announce school closures?

Davis School District typically aims to announce a closure or delay decision by around 5:30 a.m. on the morning in question, so families have time to arrange childcare before the normal bus pickup window. During a major forecasted storm, the district sometimes makes the call the evening before instead.

What’s the difference between a closure and a delay in Davis County?

A closure means no school for students district-wide that day. A delay (also called a late start) pushes the start of the school day back — commonly by one to two hours — to give plows and buses extra time on icy roads, without cancelling the day entirely.

Does Davis School District close all schools at once, or just some?

Davis School District makes a single, district-wide decision rather than closing individual schools separately, since winter road and weather conditions are usually similar across the county. An isolated building-specific issue, such as a local power outage, could still affect a single school independently of the district-wide weather call.

Which local TV stations report Davis-area school closings?

KSL-TV (NBC 5), KUTV 2News (CBS), and FOX 13 (KSTU) are the primary Salt Lake City-market stations that cover Davis County school closings. This page automatically monitors all three alongside the district’s own website.

How often is this page updated?

Status checks run automatically every 15 minutes under normal conditions, or every 5 minutes during active weather alerts, so the information here should reflect the district’s most recent public announcement.

Does Davis County have more than one school district?

Davis School District covers essentially all of Davis County and is by far the largest district families here interact with, but this page also monitors Weber School District to the north, Salt Lake City School District to the south, and Morgan School District to the east, since many Davis County commuter families have ties across those county lines.

Davis School District Schools

High Schools

• Bountiful High School
• Clearfield High School
• Davis High School
• Farmington High School
• Layton High School
• Northridge High School
• Syracuse High School
• Viewmont High School
• Woods Cross High School
• Davis Connect 7-12

Junior High Schools

• Bountiful Junior High School
• Centennial Junior High School
• Centerville Junior High School
• Central Davis Junior High School
• Fairfield Junior High School
• Farmington Junior High School
• Horizon Junior High
• Kaysville Junior High School
• Legacy Junior High School
• Millcreek Junior High School
• Mueller Park Junior High School
• North Davis Junior High School
• North Layton Junior High School
• Shoreline Junior High School
• South Davis Junior High School
• Sunset Junior High School
• Syracuse Junior High School
• West Point Junior High School

Elementary Schools

Davis School District operates 59 elementary schools district-wide. The schools below are drawn from CFG.boards[0].schoolsByType; the full current roster is always available at davis.k12.ut.us.

• Adams Elementary
• Adelaide Elementary
• Antelope Elementary
• Bluff Ridge Elementary
• Boulton Elementary
• Bountiful Elementary
• Buffalo Point Elementary
• H.C. Burton Elementary
• Canyon Creek Elementary
• Centerville Elementary
• Clinton Elementary
• Columbia Elementary
• Cook Elementary
• Creekside Elementary
• Crestview Elementary
• Doxey Elementary
• Eagle Bay Elementary
• East Layton Elementary
• Ellison Park Elementary
• Endeavour Elementary
• Farmington Elementary
• Foxboro Elementary
• Heritage Elementary
• Hill Field Elementary
• Holbrook Elementary
• Holt Elementary
• Island View Elementary
• Kay’s Creek Elementary
• Kaysville Elementary
• King Elementary
• Knowlton Elementary
• Lakeside Elementary
• Layton Elementary
• Lincoln Elementary
• Meadowbrook Elementary
• Morgan Elementary (Kaysville)
• Mountain View Elementary