Kanab High

Set in KANAB, Utah, Kanab High is a very small high school, operated by Kane District. It teaches 322 students across grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 67% below the state mean of about 980.

Within Kane District, which oversees 10 schools and 1,484 students, Kanab High is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Kanab High records that nearly all students (90%) are White. Beyond that, the school reports 6% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Kanab High has 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.9:1. The state averages about 21.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 19% 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 Kane County (around 34%), the school's rate is south of typical.

With demographic context factored in, Kanab High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.5%; this one delivers 50.9%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Kane County indicate the typical household earns roughly $77,092 per year, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Kanab High is one of 11 public schools in Kane County (combined enrollment of about 1,484 students).

Kanab Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Kanab High comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 52.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Kanab High has climbed 24%, going from 259 students in 2018 to 322 in 2025.

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