Bear River High

Located at 1450 S MAIN, in GARLAND, Utah, Bear River High is a medium-sized senior high that instructs 1,194 students (grades 10 through 12), part of Box Elder District. By comparison, Utah's public schools average about 980 students each, so Bear River High sits 22% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 22 schools in Box Elder District (12,554 students total), Bear River High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Bear River High lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (86%). The remainder comes out to 10% Hispanic. Compared to Box Elder County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, Bear River High lists 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 21.1:1 average. Roughly 24% of students at Bear River High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Box Elder County runs at roughly 32%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Bear River High sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 48.2%; actual is 27.8%, a gap of -20.4 points.

In the surrounding community, Box Elder County reports that median household earnings sit near $84,550, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Box Elder County's 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,997 students), Bear River High is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Bear River Middle, roughly 0.2 miles away. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Bear River High at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 46.6%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Looking at the recent track record. Bear River High's enrollment has edged up 20% since 2018, when it stood at 994 (now 1,194).

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