Mountain Crest High School (MCHS) is located in Hyrum Utah and is part of the Cache County School District. It serves students in the 10th through 12th grades. Mountain Crest was established in 1983 and has around 1500 students. The mascot is a Mustang. Rivals include Logan High School and Sky View High School in Smithfield.

Interesting Facts from Cache County School District
Mountain Crest High School Accomplishments
2007-2008

• Our Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP from No Child Left Behind) Language Arts scores indicate that 90% of our total school is proficient in Language Arts skills.
• Based on 2007-2008 state reporting data
• Attendance is at 96%
• Graduation is over 95%
• Mountain Crest High School was nominated by Newsweek Magazine for consideration as a Top 100 High Schools in America. Only the top 6% of American high schools are nominated for this honor.
• Nearly 40% of our graduating seniors scored in the top 10% nationally on the Iowa Test of Basic Skills as juniors.
• Over $1.8 million in scholarship funds were awarded to this year’s senior class—a school record.
• For the second straight year, we received more scholarship awards from Utah State University than any other high school in Utah.

• Our choirs, bands, orchestra, and drama all received superior ratings in
  state-wide competitions this past year.
• Our Model United Nations and We the People teams consistently capture State titles and State runners-up awards.
• A total of 16,685 hours of community services were donated by Mountain Crest students this year to the citizens of Cache Valley.
• We are an adolescent literacy high school which focuses on improving reading skills for all students in all curricular areas. Our reading scores on the American College Test (ACT) continue to climb and are consistently above the state average.
• Our Reading scores were 1 full point higher than the state ACT scores and 2 full points higher than the national ACT average for 2007-2008, a significant increase.
• Teacher and head wrestling coach Davie Swensen was selected as the National Coach of the Year. He was selected from coaches in over 20,000 high schools across America.
• Teacher and head boys’ basketball coach Jim Crosbie was selected as the State Division 4A Basketball Coach of the Year.
• AYP (Adequate Yearly Progress) achieved 2005-2006, 2006-2007
• 62% Advanced Placement Test passing rate in 2008.

Information gathered from Cache County School District and Wikipedia.com.