Green River High

Green River High is a micro-enrollment four-year high school in GREEN RIVER, Utah, part of Emery District. The school works with 83 students in grades 7 through 12. That puts it 92% below the typical public school in Utah, which averages around 980 students.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Green River High shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 60% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 37% White. By comparison, Emery County as a whole is about 8% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.1:1 average. Roughly 59% of students at Green River High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Emery County (around 47%), the school's rate is north of typical.

With demographic context factored in, Green River High falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 30.9%; this one comes in at 0.0%, -30.9 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, Emery County reports that median household income runs about $74,291, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Green River High is one of 10 public schools in Emery County (combined enrollment of about 2,091 students).

Book Cliff School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Green River High ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 29.5%.

Green River High operates from a small-town location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 9%: 91 students in 2018 compared to 83 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 45% to 37% across the same window.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.