Parowan High, Parowan UT - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Parowan High

Parowan High serves students in grades seven through twelve in the small Iron County seat of Parowan, a historic town with no stoplights and a pioneer-era Main Street that now anchors a quiet, tourism-oriented community. The school is the only secondary school in the area, drawing from a town that has seen gradual population growth since the 1990s and is positioned as a gateway to Brian Head Resort and Cedar Breaks National Monument.

Enrollment is modest for a school spanning seven years of grades. The student body is predominantly white, with a small share of Hispanic students and even smaller numbers from other racial and ethnic groups. About a third of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a substantial share that points to a moderate level of economic diversity.

On state assessments, Parowan High’s overall proficiency across math, English language arts, and science places it above the midpoint relative to districts in Iron County. Math proficiency is lower than ELA and science, with fewer than half of students meeting grade-level benchmarks. Science, by contrast, shows a stronger result, with a majority of students scoring proficient. These results suggest a mixed academic picture: the school performs respectably within its county context, but there is clear room for improvement in math and, to a lesser extent, reading. A parent may want to look into how the school supports students who are below proficiency and whether those subjects receive targeted interventions.

The school’s graduation rate and chronic absenteeism data were not available in the information we examined. For a school that serves high school grades, this gap is notable, and a family may wish to ask the school directly about its graduation outcomes and attendance patterns.

Parowan itself is a quiet, compact town where daily life is largely automobile-dependent despite a walkable historic core. Home values are between the national and state medians, reflecting the area’s relative affordability compared to the Utah average. The town has no major employer beyond county government and tourism services, and the housing market is modest compared to larger Utah cities.

The Iron School District, which operates Parowan High, recently passed a bond to address enrollment growth by building new schools and upgrading facilities. New boundary maps have also been adopted. These changes suggest the district is managing growth, but families moving into the area should confirm which schools serve their address, as boundaries may shift over time.

Program offerings such as Advanced Placement, career and technical education, or dual enrollment were not reported in the data we had. Without that information, a parent interested in academic pathways beyond the core curriculum should contact the school directly.

Parowan High fits a family seeking a small, rural secondary school in a quiet historic town with lower housing costs than much of Utah. The academic performance is mid-range within its county, with science as a relative strength and math as an area to investigate further. The district’s recent investments signal growth, but the school remains a small-scale setting where students are likely to be well known by staff.

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Academic performance

State test results and graduation outcomes.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

>=90%Cohort of 56 students · Class of 2021

The federal source publishes a banded range instead of an exact rate when the graduating cohort is small enough that an exact number could risk identifying individual students.

How this school compares to all schools in this state

Each dot is one school’s SY 2020-21 graduation rate, binned by integer rate. Taller columns mean more schools at that rate. This school is highlighted.

205 schools plotted. 11 additional schools' rates are federally suppressed and not shown. Data: EDFacts SY 2020-21.

Math

Grades 3-836%

School 36% · District 48% · ▼ 12 pts below district

▼ 7 pts below state median · ▼ 10 pts below county median

English language arts

Grades 3-841%

School 41% · District 49% · ▼ 8 pts below district

▼ 4 pts below state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

Science

Grades 3-853%

School 53% · District 59% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▲ 3 pts above state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

This schoolIron District, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.