Summary:
ZIP code 84102 has one high school, East High, serving grades 9–12 in Salt Lake City; it enrolls 1,764 students and is part of the Salt Lake District. Because it is the only high school in the ZIP code, families cannot compare it with another local high school and should consider its results alongside district and Utah averages. East High is a large school, with a 21.1-to-1 student–teacher ratio, and more than half of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The available spending figure is from 2018–2019 and may not reflect current resources.
East High’s strongest relative result is its 2024–2025 graduation rate of 78.2%, slightly above the district’s 77.4%, although it was well below Utah’s 89.8%. The school’s main challenges are student attendance, persistence, and academic performance. Its dropout rate was 21.1%, compared with 8.5% statewide, while chronic absenteeism reached 36.5%, meaning more than one in three students were frequently absent. In 2025–2026, every reported subject and grade had lower proficiency than both district and state results. Average proficiency across the six reported assessments was about 26%, compared with approximately 36% for the district and 42% statewide.
English Language Arts appears to be the most urgent academic concern. Proficiency was 24.7% in 10th grade and 28.5% in 9th grade, with especially large gaps compared with Utah. Results also declined sharply from the prior year in both ELA grades, while science remained comparatively stable and 10th-grade mathematics improved modestly. The school ranked at the 11th percentile statewide in 2025–2026, down from the 28th percentile the year before. For parents, the most important questions are how the school is addressing chronic absenteeism and dropout risk, what academic support is available in ELA and mathematics, and how it helps students stay on track for graduation.
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