South Summit High

Located at 45 S 300 E, in KAMAS, Utah, South Summit High is an intimate secondary school that hosts 486 students (grades 9 through 12), run under South Summit District. By comparison, Utah's public schools average about 980 students each, so South Summit High sits 50% below that benchmark.

South Summit District comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 1,616 students; South Summit High is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, South Summit High lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (83%); the rest consists of 16% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.1:1, putting South Summit High tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 16% of students at South Summit High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, South Summit High falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 52.1%; this one comes in at 35.4%, -16.7 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Summit County put median household income runs about $138,114, 60% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. In all, Summit County runs 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,485 students), of which South Summit High is one.

The closest other public school is South Summit Middle, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, South Summit High comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 54.5%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Over the past 7-year window. South Summit High's enrollment has grew 5% since 2018, when it stood at 462 (now 486). Hispanic enrollment moved from 11% to 16% across the same window.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.