East Hollywood High

East Hollywood High is the sole public magnet charter high school serving grades 9-12 in West Valley City, Utah, with a total enrollment of 283 students. The school has consistently performed poorly on state assessments, ranking in the bottom 10% of Utah high schools over the past three years. In the 2023-2024 school year, only 15.4% of 10th-grade students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, and only 6.4% were proficient or better in Science, significantly below the state averages.

East Hollywood High's per-student spending for the 2018-2019 school year was $9,356, which is below the state average, and the student-teacher ratio for the 2022-2023 school year was 16.6, slightly higher than the recommended ratio of 15:1. Additionally, 48.06% of students at the school were eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in the 2022-2023 school year, indicating a relatively high level of economic disadvantage among the student population.

The racial makeup of East Hollywood High's student population is quite different from the state average, with a much higher percentage of White (58.3%) and Pacific Islander (6.01%) students and a lower percentage of African American (2.47%) and Asian (0.71%) students. While these demographic disparities may not be directly related to the school's poor academic performance, addressing equity and access issues could be an important step in improving student outcomes at East Hollywood High.