Alta High

Set in SANDY, Utah, Alta High is a well-populated senior high, operated by Canyons District. It enrolls 2,278 students across grades 8 through 12. That puts it 132% larger than the typical public school in Utah, which averages around 980 students.

Across the 47 schools in Canyons District (32,688 students total), Alta High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Alta High reports that White students make up the majority at 74%. Beyond that, the school lists 16% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 93 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 24.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 21.1:1 average. An estimated 15% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Salt Lake County runs at roughly 34%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Alta High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 52.4%, the actual is 41.5%, a residual of -10.9 points.

In the surrounding community, Salt Lake County reports that the typical household earns roughly $97,494 per year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Salt Lake County's 325 public schools (combined enrollment of about 209,757 students), Alta High is one campus in the mix.

Altara School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Alta High. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Alta High at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 56.4%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Alta High has expanded 14%, going from 1,996 students in 2018 to 2,278 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 9% to 16%.

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