Kearns High

Kearns High is a public high school in Kearns, Utah, serving 2,408 students in grades 9-12. The school is part of the Granite School District, which is ranked 70 out of 93 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. Kearns High has consistently ranked in the bottom quarter of Utah high schools over the past several years, with a ranking between 120-133 out of 123-139 schools.

Kearns High faces significant challenges in academic performance, with consistently lower proficiency rates than the state and district averages in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science on the Utah Aspire Plus assessments. For example, in 2024-2025, the school's 10th grade proficiency rates were 37.1% in ELA, 13.2% in Math, and 23.8% in Science, compared to state averages of 51.8%, 29%, and 35.9%, respectively. The school's performance is particularly low for certain student subgroups, such as White students and Low Socioeconomic Status students, who rank in the bottom 20-25% of Utah high schools in these assessments. Additionally, Kearns High has a lower 4-year graduation rate of around 80% and a higher dropout rate ranging from 9.4% to 18.8% in recent years, compared to the state and district averages.

While the nearby Taylorsville High, Granger High, and Hunter High schools in the Granite School District also perform poorly compared to the state averages, they generally outperform Kearns High in academic proficiency, graduation rates, and chronic absenteeism. Kearns High's challenges may be partly attributed to its relatively high percentage of students from low socioeconomic backgrounds, with 50-55% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, which is higher than the nearby schools. The school's spending per student of $9,096 in 2018-2019 is also lower than the state average and the nearby schools in the Granite District, which may be a contributing factor to its underperformance.