Brighton High

Located at 2220 E 7695 S, in Salt Lake City, Utah, Brighton High is a well-populated four-year high school that serves 2,435 students (grades 8 through 12), run under Canyons District. By comparison, Utah's public schools average about 980 students each, so Brighton High sits 148% bigger than that benchmark.

Canyons District runs 47 schools in total, collectively educating 32,688 students. Brighton High is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Brighton High reports that White students make up the majority at 79%. Other groups include 11% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Salt Lake County as a whole is about 70% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 92 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 26.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 21.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 13% of students at Brighton High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Salt Lake County's rate of about 34%.

With demographic context factored in, Brighton High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 53.5%; this one delivers 48.6%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Salt Lake County) shows that median household income runs about $97,494, 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), Brighton High is one campus in the mix.

Butler Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Brighton High. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Brighton High at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 61.6%.

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

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Brighton High has climbed 24%, going from 1,957 students in 2018 to 2,435 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 84% to 79% over that span.

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