Park City High vs Silver Summit Academy

Park City High and Silver Summit Academy sit 3.9 miles apart in Park City, Utah, yet land at meaningfully different positions in the state rankings. Park City High scores 9.3/10 overall versus Silver Summit Academy's 8.9/10 — a 0.4-point gap — and ranks #20 of 1,014 Utah schools compared to Silver Summit Academy's #40. Both are strong performers, but Park City High holds a clear edge at the top of the state distribution.

The academic profiles diverge sharply. Park City High posts an academic score of 8.7/10 against Silver Summit Academy's 7.2/10 — a 1.5-point difference that likely reflects the larger school's depth of AP, honors, and dual-enrollment offerings. Silver Summit Academy counters with a growth score of 9.1/10 to Park City High's 8.7/10, meaning students at Silver Summit Academy are outpacing their predicted trajectory by a wider margin even if their absolute proficiency level starts lower. For families weighing current achievement against demonstrated momentum, that distinction is concrete.

The two schools operate at entirely different scales. Park City High enrolls 1,222 students at a 18.8:1 student-teacher ratio; Silver Summit Academy serves 102 students at 14.6:1 — roughly one teacher for every fifteen kids. That smaller ratio translates to more instructional contact time per student. Free and reduced lunch eligibility is 16% at Park City High versus 8% at Silver Summit Academy, indicating Silver Summit Academy serves a somewhat more affluent slice of the same community.

Grade structure sets another boundary: Park City High covers grades 10–12 only, while Silver Summit Academy spans grades 6–12, giving middle schoolers a path to stay with the same institution through graduation. Families with children entering sixth or seventh grade who want continuity without a school transition have an option at Silver Summit Academy that Park City High simply does not offer.