Hurricane High

Hurricane High, a substantial K-12 campus in HURRICANE, Utah, one of the schools within Washington District, educates 1,177 students, covering grades pre-K through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 71% bigger than the state mean of about 687.

Washington District comprises 54 schools with combined enrollment of 37,102 students; Hurricane High is among them.

On demographics, Hurricane High lists that 81% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest breaks down as 15% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 26.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 19.9:1, putting Hurricane High higher than the state norm the norm. Around 27% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Hurricane High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 46.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 43.3%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Washington County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $80,632 per year, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Washington County runs 65 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,356 students), of which Hurricane High is one.

The closest other public school is Hurricane Middle, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Hurricane High comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 44.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 21%: 970 students in 2018 compared to 1,177 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 10% to 15% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Hurricane High typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.