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 all other Washington County (besides Enterprise High School). They also share the region with Cedar City High School in Iron County, Utah.[8] Desert Hills will remain in 4A Region 9 for the 2023-2025 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)
  1. American Indian/ Alaska Native (0.2%)
  2. Asian (1.1%)
  3. Black (0.4%)
  4. Hispanic (4.6%)
  5. Native Hawaiian/ Pacific Islander (1.8%)
  6. White (90.6%)
  7. Two or more Races (1.3%)
Desert Hills High School Gender (2018-19)
  1. Female (47.8%)
  2. Male (52.2%)

Notable Alumni

Penei SewellNFL player for the Detroit Lions

Nephi SewellNFL player for the New Orleans Saints

References

  1. ^ a b c "Desert Hills High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 22, 2024.
  2. ^ "About Us » Desert Hills High". dhthunder.org. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
  3. ^ "WCSD High Schools". Google My Maps. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
  4. ^ "Washington County School District Feeder Schools" (PDF). Washk12.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 23, 2021. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
  5. ^ "Accreditation". www.washk12.org. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
  6. ^ "AdvancED l Measured Progress Is Changing Its Name to Cognia". www.businesswire.com. August 12, 2019. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
  7. ^ "Search for Public Schools - School Detail for Desert Hills High". ed.gov. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
  8. ^ "UHSAA Regions & Classifications".
  9. ^ https://www.uhsaa.org/realignment/2023-25[permanent dead link] Regions.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  10. ^ a b c "Search for Public Schools - School Detail for Desert Hills High". nces.ed.gov. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
No tags for this post.