Emery High

Set in CASTLE DALE, Utah, Emery High is a compact senior high, run under Emery District. It enrolls 614 students across grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Utah's public schools average about 980 students each, so Emery High sits 37% below that benchmark.

Emery District runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 2,091 students. Emery High is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Emery High shows that nearly all students (93%) are White. The remainder comes out to 6% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Emery County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, Emery High logs 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.1:1, putting Emery High tighter than the state norm the norm. About 34% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Emery County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Emery High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.4%, the actual is 39.3%, a residual of -4.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Emery County shows median household earnings sit near $74,291, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Emery High is one of 10 public schools in Emery County (combined enrollment of about 2,091 students).

Nearest neighbor: Castle Dale School, around 0.5 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Emery High at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 48.2%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Emery High has expanded 4%, going from 591 students in 2018 to 614 in 2025.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.