Best High Schools in Utah

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the Utah Aspire Plus test scores by the Utah State Board of Education. The most recent update was on Wednesday, September 18, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 138)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
490021000045	91	Northridge High	Public	10-12	2430 N Hillfield Rd	Layton	84041	Davis County	Davis District	No	No	No	No	(801) 402-8500	1,954	76	25.8	23.2%	1,373 (70.3%)	26 (1.3%)	428 (21.9%)	26 (1.3%)	8 (0.4%)	18 (0.9%)	75 (3.8%)	$9,006			$391			$8,616	34.2	31	101	10
490063000399	92	Spanish Fork High	Public	9-12	99 N 300 W	Spanish Fork	84660	Utah County	Nebo District	No	No	No	No	(801) 798-4060	1,519	62	24.6	17.6%	1,235 (81.3%)	7 (0.5%)	199 (13.1%)	4 (0.3%)	3 (0.2%)	20 (1.3%)	51 (3.4%)	$8,293			$382			$7,910	34.1	24.5	111	19
490015101386	93	Utah Connections Academy	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	675 E. 2100 South	Salt Lake City	84106	Salt Lake County	Utah Connections Academy	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	(801) 298-6660	1,020	39	26.4	27.0%	713 (69.9%)	22 (2.2%)	213 (20.9%)	19 (1.9%)	9 (0.9%)	32 (3.1%)	12 (1.2%)	$7,061			$254			$6,807	33.9	32.7	94	1
490003000706	94	Mountain View High	Public	10-12	665 W Center	Orem	84057	Utah County	Alpine District	No	No	No	No	(801) 610-8160	1,508	62	24.2	33.3%	874 (58.0%)	11 (0.7%)	518 (34.4%)	15 (1.0%)	5 (0.3%)	29 (1.9%)	56 (3.7%)	$10,156			$265			$9,891	33	35.1	88	6
490105001177	95	Stansbury High	Public	9-12	5300 N Aberdeen Lane	Stansbury Park	84074	Tooele County	Tooele District	No	No	No	No	(435) 882-2479	2,010	78	25.8	14.5%	1,534 (76.3%)	30 (1.5%)	318 (15.8%)	31 (1.5%)	17 (0.8%)	37 (1.8%)	42 (2.1%)	$7,920			$351			$7,569	32.7	40.1	79	16
490066000412	96	North Sanpete High	Public	9-12	390 E 700 S	Mt Pleasant	84647	Sanpete County	North Sanpete District	No	No	No	No	(435) 462-2452	765	32	23.8	43.9%	626 (81.8%)	1 (0.1%)	116 (15.2%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.2%)	6 (0.8%)	7 (0.9%)	$10,130			$1,015			$9,115	32.3	40.4	78	18
490003001538	97	Cedar Valley High	Public	7-12	1389 East Aviator Avenue	Eagle Mountain	84005	Utah County	Alpine District	No	No	No	No	(801) 610-8400	2,924	103	28.3	20.0%	2,280 (78.0%)	20 (0.7%)	418 (14.3%)	18 (0.6%)	10 (0.3%)	49 (1.7%)	129 (4.4%)								31.9	26.9	107	10
490042001615	98	Kings Peak High	Public, Virtual	9-12	7905 South Redwood Road	West Jordan	84084	Salt Lake County	Jordan District	No	No	Yes	No	(801) 567-8020	256	15	17.5	19.9%	185 (72.3%)	1 (0.4%)	54 (21.1%)	4 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	11 (4.3%)								29.6			(n/a)
490013001196	99	Utah Virtual Academy	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	310 E 4500 S	Murray	84107	Salt Lake County	Utah Virtual Academy	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	(801) 262-4922	1,772	93	19	44.3%	1,477 (83.4%)	37 (2.1%)	86 (4.9%)	8 (0.5%)	24 (1.4%)	29 (1.6%)	111 (6.3%)	$9,266			$469			$8,797	29.4	26.1	108	9
490004201464	100	Spectrum Academy - Pleasant Grove	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	867 South 800 West	Pleasant Grove	84062	Utah County	Spectrum Academy	Yes	No	No	No	(801) 785-9019	723	68	10.6	26.6%	586 (81.1%)	8 (1.1%)	71 (9.8%)	10 (1.4%)	1 (0.1%)	4 (0.6%)	41 (5.7%)	$11,673			$221			$11,452	28.3	29.9	102	2

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on Utah Aspire Plus English Language Arts, Utah Aspire Plus Mathematics, Utah Aspire Plus Science test scores released by the Utah State Board of Education.
These rankings were last updated on September 18, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Utah State Board of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Utah State Board of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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