Summary:
Hildale, Utah, has one listed high school, Water Canyon High, serving grades 7–12 in a small southern Utah community within the Washington District.
Water Canyon High serves about 311 students and has a 16:1 student-teacher ratio. It holds a three-star rating and ranked around the middle of Utah schools in 2025–2026, at the 51st percentile. The school’s academic results are mixed. Compared with Utah overall, students performed better in 7th-grade math, 9th-grade English language arts, 9th-grade science, and 10th-grade English language arts. Ninth-grade science was a notable strength, with 56.3% meeting the reported standard compared with 49.7% statewide. English and science generally appear stronger than math, although results vary by grade.
Parents should pay particular attention to mathematics and student persistence. Proficiency fell to 27.1% in 9th-grade math, below both the district and state results, while 10th-grade math was reported in a low 20–39% range. The 2024–2025 graduation rate was 85%, below the district’s 93.1% and Utah’s 89.8%, and the dropout rate was 15%, considerably higher than the district’s 4.1% and the state’s 8.5%. Chronic absenteeism was 22.8%, close to the statewide rate but higher than the district’s 15.4%. Overall, the school offers some encouraging English and science outcomes, but families may want to ask about math support, attendance services, counseling, credit recovery, and plans to help students remain enrolled through graduation.
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