Independence High

Independence High, a rural-scale 9-12 campus in PROVO, Utah, run under Provo District, serves 276 students, covering grades 5 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 72% leaner than the state mean of about 980.

Within Provo District, which oversees 21 schools and 13,897 students, Independence High is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Independence High shows that 53% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 38% White, 3% multiracial, 3% Pacific Islander, 2% Native American. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 15%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 21.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 55% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Utah County (around 22%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Zooming out to the county, Utah County reports that median household earnings sit near $100,671, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Utah County runs 202 public schools (combined enrollment of about 164,467 students), of which Independence High is one.

Nearest neighbor: Freedom Preparatory Academy, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Independence High has increased 42%, going from 195 students in 2018 to 276 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 56% to 38% over that span.

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