High · Utah

West High

West High, a public high school in Salt Lake City, Utah: grades 7–12, 2,503 students, 22.9 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Salt Lake District.

Size and class size

Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students
2,503
Teachers (FTE)
109.5
Students per teacher
22.9
Grades
7–12
High

More students per teacher than 58% of high schools in Utah

Median 21.1 · 191 schools compared

More students per teacher than 91% of high schools in the US

Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared

Larger than 94% of high schools in Utah

Median 640 · 194 schools compared

Larger than 97% of high schools in the US

Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Utah's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Utah: 43%

90%proficient

New test or proficiency bar this year: not comparable with the year before.

A higher share proficient than 98% of high schools in Utah

Median 38% · 51 high schools compared

194 students tested, grades 3–8 · RISE; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Utah: 44%

87%proficient

−7.4 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 96% of high schools in Utah

Median 33% · 52 high schools compared

194 students tested, grades 3–8 · RISE & Secondary Math I; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades
High · Grades 7–12
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Area
Midsize city

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Salt Lake District.

Location

Address
241 N 300 W, Salt Lake City, UT 84103
Phone
(801)578-8500
City or town
Salt Lake City

Nearby high schools

The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
9–120———
7–12926.420%20%
6–1236816.8——
Horizonte Instruction & Training CenterAlternativeFree meals for all
7–1225910.5——
Salt Lake Technology CenterCareer and technical
9–120———
9–121,76421.1——

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

NCES 490087000524