Research · High schools - Utah · October 2026

How Many High Schools Are in Utah? 238 Public and 59 Private

Name: How Many High Schools Are in Utah? 238 Public and 59 Private
Creator: Test Prep Gurus (High School Reach)
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As of October 2026: Utah has 297 high schools: 238 public and 59 private. The largest is Cedar Valley High in Eagle Mountain, with 3,300 students in grades 9 through 12.

The table lists the 15 largest public high schools in Utah by the number of students in grades 9 through 12.

Analysis: Test Prep Gurus (High School Reach, highschoolreach.com), October 2026. Figures and the table may be quoted with attribution to Test Prep Gurus.

The findings, in plain English

Utah has 297 high schools. 238 are public and 59 are private. The 217 public high schools that report enrollment hold 183,255 students in grades 9 through 12 between them. The private count is a floor, because the federal private school survey is voluntary and a school can skip it.

Cedar Valley High is the largest public high school in Utah. It enrolls 3,300 students in grades 9 through 12 in Eagle Mountain. The 15th largest school on the table, Corner Canyon High in Draper, enrolls 2,437. None of the 15 largest are charter schools.

The largest private high school in Utah is Judge Memorial Catholic High School. It enrolls 504 students in Salt Lake City. That is smaller than every public school on the table above. Private schools report total enrollment to the federal survey, so a school that also teaches younger grades counts those students too. Only schools whose lowest grade is 9 are listed here, so each one is a high school.

The 15 largest public high schools in Utah

Ranked by the number of students in grades 9 through 12.

High school	City	Students in grades 9-12	Charter
Cedar Valley High	Eagle Mountain	3,300	No
Granger High	West Valley City	3,267	No
Westlake High	Saratoga Springs	3,052	No
Copper Hills High	West Jordan	2,837	No
Cyprus High	Magna	2,762	No
Mountain Ridge High	Herriman	2,738	No
Taylorsville High	Taylorsville	2,685	No
Syracuse High	Syracuse	2,608	No
Wasatch High	Heber City	2,604	No
Herriman High	Herriman	2,522	No
Lone Peak High	Highland	2,484	No
Skyridge High School	Lehi	2,483	No
Hunter High	West Valley City	2,480	No
Bingham High	South Jordan	2,461	No
Corner Canyon High	Draper	2,437	No

NCES Common Core of Data, grade 9-12 enrollment. Virtual schools are excluded. Absence from this list means a school is not among the largest, nothing more.

The largest private high schools in Utah

Private schools whose lowest grade is 9, by total enrollment.

High school	City	Students
Judge Memorial Catholic High School	Salt Lake City	504
Northridge Learning Center/Dorius Academy	Layton	400
St Joseph Catholic High School	Ogden	171
Catalyst Preparatory Academy	Brigham City	48
Northridge Learning Center/Dorius Academy	Layton	48

NCES Private School Universe Survey 2021-22, respondents only. Total enrollment, not a grades 9-12 count.

What these counts cover

A high school here is a school that serves grade 12. Virtual schools are left out, because a school with no building is not comparable to one with a campus. Public counts come from the federal Common Core of Data, which every public district reports to. Private counts come from the federal Private School Universe Survey.

Enrollment for public schools is the number of students in grades 9 through 12, so a school that also teaches middle school grades is not inflated by them. A school that reports no enrollment figure is counted in the state total but cannot be ranked, which is why the number of schools with an enrollment figure is smaller than the public count.

Private high schools in Utah

The private table below shows the largest private high schools whose lowest grade is 9. The survey is voluntary, so treat these as the largest among the schools that answered, not a complete ranking. A private school that declines the survey does not appear at all.

Private enrollment is a total, not a grades 9 through 12 count, because the survey does not break it out the same way. Limiting the list to schools that start at grade 9 keeps the figures comparable to each other.

What a family should do with this

Size is a starting point, not a verdict. A large school usually offers more courses, more sports and more clubs, and a small school usually gives a student more contact with the adults who write recommendation letters. Both shapes send students to good colleges.

The more useful question is where a school's own graduates actually go. Our page for each Utah high school carries that school's figures and, where the school publishes one, its own numbered list of the colleges its graduates chose. Start from the school page rather than from the size of the building.

Questions parents ask

How many high schools are in Utah?

Utah has 297 high schools: 238 public and 59 private. The largest is Cedar Valley High in Eagle Mountain, with 3,300 students in grades 9 through 12.

What is the largest high school in Utah?

It enrolls 3,300 students in grades 9 through 12 in Eagle Mountain.

Are private high schools included in the Utah count?

238 are public and 59 are private. The private count is a floor, because the federal private school survey is voluntary and a school can skip it.

Method & sources: Public school counts and grade 9-12 enrollment come from the NCES Common Core of Data; private counts and enrollment come from the NCES Private School Universe Survey, whose respondents are a floor. A high school is a school serving grade 12; virtual schools are excluded. The public table is ranked by grade 9-12 enrollment, and schools without an enrollment figure are counted in the state total but not ranked.

This brief as data: /research/high-schools-in-utah.json. Free for editorial use with attribution to Test Prep Gurus (High School Reach).