Highland High

Highland High operates as an expansive senior high in SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, one of the schools within Salt Lake District. Current enrollment sits at 1,973 students spanning grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Utah's public schools average about 980 students each, so Highland High sits 101% above that benchmark.

Salt Lake District runs 39 schools in total, collectively educating 20,086 students. Highland High is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Highland High records that 61% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school shows 24% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Black, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 70% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 85 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 21.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 29% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Highland High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 45.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 41.8%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Salt Lake County) shows that median household earnings sit near $97,494, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Salt Lake County runs 325 public schools (combined enrollment of about 209,757 students), of which Highland High is one.

The closest other public school is Salt Lake School for the Performing Arts, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Highland High. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Highland High ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 63.5%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Highland High has edged up 17%, going from 1,683 students in 2018 to 1,973 in 2025.

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