Cyprus High School is a
public high school located at 8623 West 3000 South in
Magna,
Utah
Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. Utah is a landlocked U.S. state bordered to its east by Colorado, to its northeast by Wyoming, to its north by Idaho, to its south by Arizona, and to it ...
, United States. Cyprus High opened in 1918, and now has an enrollment of 1650 students. The principal of the school as of 2021 is Rob McDaniel. The school's mascot is the Cyprus Pirate. In 2016, Cyprus added
Brockbank Jr. High on the next street to the east as part of their extended campus.
Cyprus High belongs to the
Granite School District.
Cyprus High School dates back to April 1918. The auditorium was added in 1973 and the science building in 1978. Due to the age of the main building, it was completely rebuilt in 1983.
The school has 63 classrooms and six relocatable classrooms.
Enrollment
Cyprus High School serves approximately 2,600 students
in grades, 9–12. The building of Cyprus isn't big enough to hold 4 grades, so as part of it,
Brockbank Jr. High became a part of Cyprus. 7th and 8th graders that would've gone to Brockbank now go to
Matheson Junior High School.
As of the 2020-2021 school year, 49.2% of the student body are White, 41.8% are Hispanic, 2.2% are African American, 3.0% are Pacific Islander, 1.7% are Asian, and 1.3% are Native American.
Notable alumni
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Norm Bangerter
Norman Howard Bangerter (January 4, 1933 – April 14, 2015) was an American politician and businessman who served as the 13th governor of Utah from 1985 to 1993. He was the first Republican elected to the position since 1960, and the first to h ...
- former Utah governor
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Scott Eyre
Scott Alan Eyre (born May 30, 1972), is an American former professional baseball left-handed pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago White Sox, Toronto Blue Jays, San Francisco Giants, Chicago Cubs, and Philadelphia Ph ...
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Major League Baseball
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pitcher
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Willie Eyre -
Major League Baseball
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pitcher
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Pete Harman -
KFC co-founder
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SheDaisy
SHeDAISY () was an American country music vocal group from Magna, Utah. The group consisted of sisters Kristyn Robyn Osborn (born August 24, 1970), Kelsi Marie Osborn (born November 21, 1974), and Kassidy Lorraine Osborn (born October 30, 1976). ...
- country music group
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John A. Pearce - Utah Supreme Court justice
References
External links
Official Cyprus High website
Educational institutions established in 1918
Public high schools in Utah
Schools in Salt Lake County, Utah
1918 establishments in Utah
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