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Desert Hills High School (Utah)

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Coordinates: 37°03′03″N 113°33′50″W / 37.05083°N 113.56389°W / 37.05083; -113.56389
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Desert Hills High School
Address
Map
828 East Desert Hills Drive

St. George
,
Utah
84790

United States
Coordinates37°03′03″N 113°33′50″W / 37.05083°N 113.56389°W / 37.05083; -113.56389
Information
TypePublic three-year
MottoFocused On The Future[2]
Established2008
School districtWashington County School District
PrincipalJustin Keate
Teaching staff43.60 (FTE)[1]
Grades10-12
Enrollment1,047 (2019–20)[1]
Student to teacher ratio24.01[1]
Color(s)Black & Gold    
MascotThor
TeamsThunder
AccreditationCognia (education) formerly AdvancEd[5][6]
Feeder schoolsDesert Hills Middle School, Sunrise Ridge Intermediate School[3][4]
Websitewww.dhthunder.org
[7]

Desert Hills High School (DHHS) is located in St. George, Utah, United States, and is the second newest of the five St. George 4A public high schools. It is a part of the Washington County School District. Zone: south St. George, Bloomington, Bloomington Hills, Little Valley. Desert Hills High School's nickname is the Thunder and its mascot is Thor.

Sports

DHHS competes in the 4A division in region 9 with other Washington County schools and two high schools from Cedar City, Utah.[8] Desert Hills will remain in 4A Region 9 for the 2019-2021 classification period.[9]

Demographics

Desert Hills High School is considered by the NCES to be classified within a Rural: Fringe (41) area, defined as rural territory that is less than or equal to 5 miles from an urbanized area, as well as rural territory that is less than or equal to 2.5 miles from an urban cluster. NCES reports that 10.7% of students at DHHS are considered free lunch eligible, and 2.3% reduced-price lunch eligible.[10]

Desert Hills High School race/ethnicity (2018-19)

  American Indian/ Alaska Native (.2%)
  Asian (1.1%)
  Black (.4%)
  Hispanic (4.6%)
  Native Hawaiian/ Pacific Islander (1.8%)
  White (90.6%)
  Two or more Races (1.3%)

NCES[10]

Desert Hills High School Gender (2018-19)

  Female (47.8%)
  Male (52.2%)

NCES[10]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Desert Hills High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
  2. ^ "About Us » Desert Hills High". dhthunder.org. Retrieved 2020-09-11.
  3. ^ "WCSD High Schools". Google My Maps. Retrieved 2020-09-11.
  4. ^ "Washington County School District Feeder Schools" (PDF). Washk12.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-11-23. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Accreditation". www.washk12.org. Retrieved 2020-09-11.
  6. ^ "AdvancED l Measured Progress Is Changing Its Name to Cognia". www.businesswire.com. 2019-08-12. Retrieved 2020-09-11.
  7. ^ "Search for Public Schools - School Detail for Desert Hills High". ed.gov. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  8. ^ "UHSAA Regions & Classifications".
  9. ^ https://www.uhsaa.org/realignment/2019-21Regions.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  10. ^ a b c "Search for Public Schools - School Detail for Desert Hills High". nces.ed.gov. Retrieved 2020-09-12.
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