Rich High

Rich High is a small public high school in Randolph, Utah, serving grades 9–12 with 162 students in a rural area of Rich County; its 2024–2025 student-teacher ratio was 17.5:1. The school has a mixed current profile: it ranked 59th out of 139 Utah schools, in the 58th percentile, while its earlier rankings often placed it among the state’s top 10%. Its 2023–2024 graduation rate was 90.9%, matching the Rich District rate and exceeding Utah’s 88.8% rate. There are no other schools within 20 miles, so the most useful comparisons are with the district, the state, and Rich High’s own history.

Attendance is the school’s clearest concern. In 2024–2025, 40.2% of students were chronically absent, compared with 31.2% in the district and 23.8% statewide. Although this improved from 43.4% in 2023–2024, it remains substantially higher than both comparison rates and could affect learning continuity, course completion, and test participation. Academic results are uneven. Ninth-grade science was a strength, with 53.7% of students proficient compared with 49.7% statewide. Ninth-grade ELA was slightly below the state, at 43.9% versus 45.4%. Mathematics appears competitive, but results are reported as ranges: 40–59% in ninth grade and 30–49% in tenth grade, compared with 39.4% and 29.4% statewide, respectively.

Rich High’s smaller size may support close relationships and individual attention, but it also means that results can shift noticeably from year to year and some scores are reported only as ranges. The student-teacher ratio improved from 19.8:1 in 2023–2024 to 17.5:1 in 2024–2025, a favorable staffing trend. About three in ten students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch in recent years, providing some context for school results. Overall, families may see a school with a solid graduation outcome, encouraging ninth-grade science performance, and improving staffing conditions, balanced against unusually high absenteeism and a recent ranking well below Rich High’s historically strong position.