Hillcrest High School

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Hillcrest High School is a public high school located in Midvale, Utah, and is part of the Canyons School District.HistoryHillcrest High School opened its doors to students in the fall of 1962 as the third operating high school in the Jordan School District at the time. It is located on a 38acre site approximately 12mi south of Salt Lake City.Principals Joel P. Jensen (1962–1969) DelMar F. Schick (1969–1987) Ted P. Lovato (1987–1992) Bruce Garrison (1992–1994) Dennis Hansen (1994–1998) Gary Steele (1998–2001) Linda Sandstrom (2001–2004) Susan Malone (2004–2015) Greg Leavitt (2015–present)AcademicsHillcrest High School offers Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) in the Standard Level (SL) and Higher Level (HL) Courses, including Art, Art (SL and HL), Studio Drawing, Biology (SL/HL), Calculus AB, Calculus BC, Chemistry (SL/HL), English Literature and Composition, European History, French Language, German Language, Government and Politics U.S., Mathematical Methods (SL/HL) Music Theory, Physics (SL/HL) Physics B, Physics C: Mechanics, Psychology, Spanish Language, Statistics, and U.S. History.DemographicsThe student population at Hillcrest is 2,220. The student body is 69% Caucasian, 19% Hispanic, 8.5% Asian, 1% Black, 0.5% American Indian, and 2% Pacific Islander. The average student to teacher ratio is 25 to 1.