Summary:
High school students in ZIP code 82327 have one local option: HEM Junior/Senior High School, which serves grades 7–12 and has 77 students. Its latest results vary substantially by grade and subject rather than pointing to uniformly strong or weak performance. The most important finding for families is the contrast between exceptionally high grade 9 results and a major weakness in grade 10 science.
Within the available results, grade 9 is the standout: HEM’s 2025–2026 English Language Arts proficiency was at least 90%, at least 34.4 percentage points above the state’s 55.6%, while grade 9 math was 64.3%, 17.8 points above the state. Grade 7 was also above state results in ELA (72.7% versus 56.5%) and math (63.6% versus 52.9%). The clearest low point was grade 10 science, at 28.6% compared with 53.3% statewide—a 24.7-point gap. Grade 10 math was also below the state by 9.3 points, and grade 10 ELA by 4.7 points.
Results changed sharply in opposite directions across grades: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, grade 9 math rose 33.5 points, from 30.8% to 64.3%, and grade 9 ELA rose by at least 20.8 points; meanwhile, grade 10 science fell 24.7 points and grade 10 ELA fell 16.7 points. SchoolDigger’s ranking also declined, from the 55th percentile and 3 stars in 2024–2025 to the 41st percentile and 2 stars in 2025–2026. Other context: the student-teacher ratio was 6.2 and 59.7% of students were eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024–2025; the graduation rate was 84.6%, 1.5 points above the state and 4.3 below Carbon County School District #2. Because only one school is listed, there is no local school-to-school comparison.
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