Summary:
ZIP code 84501, which includes Price, Utah, has one high school serving grades 9–12: Carbon High. The school enrolls about 1,004 students and is part of Carbon District, so families in this area do not have multiple local high schools to compare directly.
Carbon High has a mixed academic profile. Its statewide ranking improved from 96th of 138 schools in 2024–2025 to 81st of 139 in 2025–2026, although it remains a two-star school and has not yet returned to its 2023–2024 position. The strongest recent improvement came among ninth graders: proficiency rose by 14.2 percentage points in English language arts and 13.5 points in math, while science increased by 8 points. Science is a relative strength overall, and tenth-grade English and science results were about equal to or better than statewide results. Tenth-grade math is the clearest academic concern, with just 20.8% of students proficient compared with 29.4% statewide.
Parents should also consider attendance and graduation outcomes. The graduation rate was 81.9%, nearly the same as the district rate but 7.9 percentage points below Utah’s 89.8%. The dropout rate was 17.7%, more than twice the statewide rate of 8.5%, while chronic absenteeism affected 25.8% of students. These results suggest that student attendance, persistence, and completion deserve as much attention as classroom performance. The school reports a 21.4:1 student-teacher ratio and 39.64% participation in free or reduced-price lunch programs. Its reported per-student spending of $9,927 comes from 2018–2019 and may not reflect current funding. Overall, the school shows encouraging ninth-grade and science gains but continues to face important challenges in tenth-grade math, attendance, graduation, and dropout reduction.
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