Summary
Kearns High is a large public high school serving grades 9–12, with 2,313 students in a relatively high-need Kearns community. The school is part of the Granite District, which ranks 70th of 92 Utah districts. Kearns has remained near the bottom of Utah’s high school rankings, placing 135th of 139 schools, or the 3rd percentile, in 2025–26.
The school’s graduation rate is a relative strength: 82.8% in 2024–25, above the district’s 80.3% but below Utah’s 89.8%. Its dropout rate, however, was 17.1%, about twice the state rate of 8.5%. Attendance is another major concern, with 37.2% of students chronically absent—higher than the district’s 30.6% and the state’s 23.8%. Academic proficiency is low in every tested subject, especially mathematics: only 8.9% of ninth graders and 11.1% of tenth graders were proficient. English and science results were stronger than math but still below district and state averages. Recent results declined across all six reported subject-grade measures, although year-to-year comparisons involve different student groups.
Hunter High is the most useful nearby comparison because it has a similar enrollment, free/reduced-price lunch rate, and student-teacher ratio, yet reports a higher graduation rate, lower dropout rate, and lower chronic absenteeism. Taylorsville High has stronger academic results, particularly in ninth grade, although its graduation and attendance outcomes are weaker. Larger Copper Hills High also shows stronger completion and attendance outcomes. Smaller schools such as Itineris Early College High and Kings Peak High perform much better, but their different enrollment models make direct comparisons less appropriate. Overall, attendance recovery, ninth-grade support, math intervention, and dropout prevention appear to be the most important improvement priorities.
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