Box Elder High

Box Elder High operates as a substantial secondary school in BRIGHAM CITY, Utah, operated by Box Elder District. Current enrollment sits at 1,641 students spanning grades 10 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 67% above the state mean of about 980.

Box Elder District comprises 22 schools with combined enrollment of 12,554 students; Box Elder High is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Box Elder High lists that nearly all students (85%) are White. Other groups include 12% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Box Elder County as a whole.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 71 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 21.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 25% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Box Elder High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.5%; this one delivers 36.3%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Box Elder County put median household earnings sit near $84,550, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Box Elder County runs 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,997 students), of which Box Elder High is one.

Sunrise High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Box Elder High comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 43.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Box Elder High has ticked up 12%, going from 1,463 students in 2018 to 1,641 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.