Gunnison Valley High

Gunnison Valley High is a public school serving grades 9–12 in Gunnison, Utah, with 319 students in the South Sanpete District. Its small-school setting supports a student-teacher ratio of 14.5, lower than nearby Manti High and North Sevier High, although academic results can vary substantially from year to year.

The school’s strongest indicators are attendance and graduation. In 2024–2025, only 10.2% of students were chronically absent, compared with 14.8% at Manti High, 37.1% at North Sevier High, and 23.8% statewide. The most recent available graduation rate for Gunnison Valley High was 93.8% in 2022–2023, above Utah’s 88.3% rate and close to the district’s 93.6%. These results suggest that students generally attend school and complete high school successfully.

Academic performance is more uneven. The school ranked in the 44th percentile statewide in 2025–2026, down from the 67th percentile the previous year but still well above its 9th-percentile result in 2020–2021. Tenth-grade English language arts proficiency was 53.4%, higher than the state and both nearby comparison schools, while ninth-grade ELA was weaker at 42.4%. Mathematics is the clearest concern: proficiency was 28.9% in ninth grade and 19.7% in tenth grade, below the state and both comparison schools. Science was more moderate, with tenth-grade proficiency at 46.7%, above Utah’s 39.3% but below both nearby schools. For families, the key takeaway is a school with strong attendance, solid graduation outcomes, and promising subject-specific results, but a need for more consistent achievement—especially in mathematics.