Sunrise High School

Sunrise High School is a senior high of one-room-style scale in BRIGHAM CITY, Utah, part of Box Elder District, serveing 161 students in grades 5 through 12. That puts it 84% below the typical public school in Utah, which averages around 980 students.

Box Elder District runs 22 schools in total, collectively educating 12,554 students. Sunrise High School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Sunrise High School logs that White students make up the majority at 70%. Other groups include 22% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Box Elder County as a whole is about 88% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Sunrise High School has 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.5:1. The state averages around 21.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 41% of students at Sunrise High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Box Elder County runs at roughly 32%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Box Elder County) shows that median household income runs about $84,550, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Box Elder County's 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,997 students), Sunrise High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Box Elder High, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sunrise High School has edged up 18%, going from 136 students in 2018 to 161 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 74% to 70% across the same window.

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