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If you had an hour of school board time for Hunter High, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
2,480
High
DISTRICT 2,153 · STATE 980
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRANITE DISTRICT·NCES 490036000898
Hunter High
4200 S 5600 W, WEST VALLEY CITY, UT 84120 · (385) 646-5360 · Salt Lake County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,480 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 10% of Utah public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Utah public high schools
Student : Teacher
24.5:1
101 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.7:1 · STATE 21.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
1,316 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 33%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 580 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 673 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 660 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 567 | 23% |
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 47% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of UT schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
16.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.9%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 34% typical for Utah schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Hunter High
Hunter High's state test result (16.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hunter High this school | 2,480 | 53.1% | 16.6% |
| East High SALT LAKE CITY | 1,764 | 54.6% | 26.1% |
| Granger High WEST VALLEY CITY | 3,267 | 58.6% | 14.3% |
| Kearns High KEARNS | 2,313 | 52.8% | 18.6% |
| West High SALT LAKE CITY | 2,503 | 53.2% | 59.3% |
| Cyprus High MAGNA | 2,762 | 46.0% | 19.1% |
Matched among Utah high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Hunter High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Salt Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.6% | #139 of 149 | #30 of 35 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,480 | #14 of 189 | #8 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.5:1 | #96 of 145 | #27 of 38 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.9% | #12 of 145 | #11 of 38 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.1% | #18 of 169 | #9 of 42 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.9% | #41 of 51 | #14 of 17 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
2,480
-9 (0%) vs 2020
+52% since 1990-91, when it was 1,630
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 2,480 | 101.3 | 24.5:1 | 53% (1,316) |
| 2023-24 | 2,616 | 105.3 | 24.9:1 | 54% (1,420) |
| 2022-23 | 2,595 | 103.3 | 25.1:1 | 50% (1,294) |
| 2020-21 | 2,489 | N/A | N/A | 52% (1,283) |
| 2017-18 | 2,607 | N/A | N/A | 57% (1,491) |
| 2015-16 | 2,626 | N/A | N/A | 56% (1,479) |
| 2010-11 | 2,175 | 81 | 26.9:1 | 44% (959) |
| 2000-01 | 2,164 | 92 | 23.5:1 | 23% (505) |
| 1990-91 | 1,630 | 63 | 25.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hunter High.
About Hunter High
Hunter High is a large high school in WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah, administered by Granite District. The school offers grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 2,480 students. That puts enrollment 153% above the 980-student average for high schools in Utah.
Hunter High is in Granite District, a district with 59,404 students across 85 schools.
Hispanic students are 54% of those enrolled at Hunter High. The remaining shares are 28% White, 5% Pacific Islander, 4% Asian, and 4% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Salt Lake County's population at about 21%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 62, compared with 70 nationally.
Hunter High has 101.3 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.5:1. The school's 24.5:1 compares with an average of 21.1:1 for high schools in Utah. The school has 53% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 19 points above the 34% average for public schools in Salt Lake County.
Hunter High holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 10% of Utah public high schools.
Hunter High falls short of its prediction by 17.2 points. The model expects 33.9% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Utah; the school's rate is 16.6%.
In the wider Salt Lake County area, median household income comes to about $97,494, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Salt Lake County counts 325 public schools with about 209,757 students.
A public school about 0.4 miles away, Hillside School, is the closest to Hunter High. Hunter High has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 27.0%, higher than Hunter High's 16.6%.
For locale, NCES codes Hunter High as Suburb: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 2,489 to 2,480, a small change.
On allk12, people connected to Hunter High can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Salt Lake County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,196,523
Census ACS
Median income
$97,494
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
325
209,757 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Granite District
- Granger HighHigh · 3,267 students
- Cyprus HighHigh · 2,762 students
- Taylorsville HighHigh · 2,685 students
- Kearns HighHigh · 2,313 students
- Skyline HighHigh · 2,186 students
- Olympus HighHigh · 2,151 students
Other schools in WEST VALLEY CITY
- Granger HighHigh · 3,267 students
- American Preparatory Academy - Accelerated SchoolCombined · 1,556 students
- Wallace Stegner Academy Kearns K-12Combined · 777 students
- John F. Kennedy Jr HighMiddle · 772 students
- West Valley SchoolElementary · 764 students
- West Lake Jr HighMiddle · 724 students
Nearby schools
- Hillside School0.4 mi · 470
- Hunter School0.4 mi · 480
- Wallace Stegner Academy Kearns K-120.6 mi · 777
- Ascent Academies of Utah - West Valley0.6 mi · 425
- Hunter Jr High0.9 mi · 667
- Whittier School1.2 mi · 492
Frequently asked questions
About Hunter HighHow large is Hunter High?
Hunter High enrolls approximately 2,480 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Hunter High serve?
Hunter High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Hunter High?
Approximately 24.5:1 students per teacher at Hunter High.
How diverse is Hunter High?
Hunter High reports a student body of 28% White, 54% Hispanic, 3% Black, 4% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Hunter High in?
Hunter High is part of Granite District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.