Water Canyon High

Water Canyon High, a very small high school in HILDALE, Utah, one of the schools within Washington District, caters to 311 students, covering grades 7 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 68% smaller than the state mean of about 980.

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

Demographically, Water Canyon High reports that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Washington County as a whole is about 85% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.1:1 average. Roughly 60% of students at Water Canyon High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Washington County's rate of about 29%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Water Canyon High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 30.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 41.2%.

Around the school, Washington County reports that median household earnings sit near $80,632, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Washington County's 65 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,356 students), Water Canyon High is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Water Canyon School, roughly 0.1 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Water Canyon High comes 4th of 5 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 43.1%.

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

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Water Canyon High has expanded 18%, going from 263 students in 2018 to 311 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 100% to 94%.

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