Grand County High

Grand County High is a modestly sized secondary school in MOAB, Utah, run under Grand District. The school enrolls 469 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Utah's public schools average about 980 students each, so Grand County High sits 52% smaller than that benchmark.

Grand District comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,436 students; Grand County High is among them.

Demographically, Grand County High logs that 70% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school lists 22% Hispanic, 6% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 84% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Grand County High reports 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.1:1 average. Roughly 37% of students at Grand County High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Grand County High is in the bottom 10% of Utah public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 41.8%; Grand County High posts 21.8%, -19.9 points below that line.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Grand County) shows that median household earnings sit near $67,106, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Grand County High is one of 5 public schools in Grand County (combined enrollment of about 1,506 students).

Grand County Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Grand County High at 3rd of 4; the average score across the group is 22.3%.

Grand County High operates from a small-town location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 4%: 451 students in 2018 compared to 469 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.