American Fork High School is home of the Cavemen, and lately one of the most successful athletic programs in Utah. It sits at 510 North 600 East, enrolled 2,343 students in the state's October 2025 count, and graduated its Class of 2025 at 92.4%, above the statewide 89.8%. Its marching band has competed at the national finals in Indianapolis, and its baseball team has won four state titles in six seasons.
This guide covers what families ask: who attends (American Fork High pulls from five cities), the plan for Pleasant Grove students as the district splits, the 2026-27 calendar, the numbers, programs, sports and tickets, and the move to Aspen Peaks School District. School details are from American Fork High's website, read Nov. 13, 2026; enrollment and graduation figures are from the Utah State Board of Education.
Quick facts
| Address | 510 North 600 East, American Fork, UT 84003 |
| Phone | 385-579-6500 (main, attendance, counseling and finance) |
| Front office | 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekdays |
| District | Alpine School District through June 30, 2027; then Aspen Peaks School District |
| Grades | 10 to 12 (plus a few ninth-graders) |
| Students (Oct. 1, 2025) | 2,343 |
| Graduation rate (Class of 2025) | 92.4% |
| Sports | 6A Region 3 (UHSAA, 2025-27) |
| Mascot | Cavemen ("P.R.O.U.D. to be a Caveman") |
A short history
American Fork High's current campus belongs to a set. According to Lehi High's history page, growth in the early 1950s led Alpine School District to plan three new high schools with similar architecture, in American Fork, Pleasant Grove and Lehi, and all three opened in fall 1959. Lehi and American Fork end up together in Aspen Peaks in 2027; Pleasant Grove goes to Timpanogos School District.
For the city around the school, see our short history of American Fork and Living in American Fork.
Who attends: five cities
American Fork High's attendance area is bigger and more varied than its name suggests. By Alpine's 2026-27 boundary map, it covers about 19.5 square miles, including:
- about 99% of American Fork,
- about 49% of Cedar Hills (Lone Peak takes the other half),
- about 25% of Highland,
- about 16% of Pleasant Grove,
- and about 8% of Lindon.
The feeder schools from that map:
- Junior high: all of American Fork Junior High's area and about 51% of Mountain Ridge Junior High's (Mountain Ridge splits with Lone Peak).
- Elementary schools: all of the Greenwood, Legacy and Shelley areas, nearly all of Barratt and Forbes (96% each), most of Deerfield (77%), and parts of Freedom (47%) and Cedar Ridge (35%).
Because Cedar Hills, Highland and Mountain Ridge all split between American Fork and Lone Peak, the address matters more than the city. Check it on Alpine's boundary dashboard before you sign or buy. Our American Fork High attendance-area page lists the feeders, and Lone Peak vs. American Fork High walks through where the line runs and why.
The Pleasant Grove and Lindon border
Here's the complication. American Fork, Cedar Hills and Highland all go to Aspen Peaks. Pleasant Grove and Lindon go to Timpanogos School District. So the slices of Pleasant Grove and Lindon that attend American Fork High today end up living in one district and attending school in another.
Aspen Peaks and Timpanogos worked out a plan for the border, and a letter went to families on April 23, 2026, the Lehi Free Press reported:
- About 250 families live in Timpanogos boundaries but attend Aspen Peaks schools; more than half are at Deerfield Elementary in Cedar Hills.
- Pleasant Grove junior high and high school students are assigned to Pleasant Grove Junior High and Pleasant Grove High.
- Families can choose to stay in Aspen Peaks instead. As an Aspen Peaks administrator put it, parents "will essentially be able to choose their schools, irrespective of district boundaries."
- Both districts will run buses for qualifying neighborhoods, and Aspen Peaks will bus currently enrolled students who stay through the 2032-33 school year.
- The districts expect to use Alpine's current request process, with details still being worked out.
If your family is in that slice, read the letter, decide before the 2027-28 enrollment window, and confirm busing in writing. Our Pleasant Grove High guide covers the other side of the line.
What changes in 2027
Voters split Alpine in November 2024. On July 1, 2027, American Fork High moves to Aspen Peaks School District, which covers Lehi, American Fork, Alpine, Cedar Hills, Highland and the Utah County part of Draper.
- The school stays. Same building, name and mascot.
- The district office changes. Registration, fees, transportation, open enrollment and the school board move to Aspen Peaks for 2027-28.
- Leadership. Superintendent Dr. Joel Perkins, a longtime Alpine administrator and Skyridge's founding principal, was appointed in early 2026. The board, led by Diane Knight, was sworn in Nov. 25, 2025.
- Boundaries. Aspen Peaks began a boundary study early; current lines hold for 2026-27.
Our Aspen Peaks guide follows the board and the boundary work.
Daily schedule and offices
The school posts its bell schedule on a separate page of the district website; call the office if you need period times. Office hours:
| Office | Hours |
|---|---|
| Front office | 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday to Friday |
| Counseling | 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mon., Tue., Thu., Fri.; 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday |
| Finance | 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Mon., Tue., Thu., Fri.; 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday |
The early Wednesday closings line up with Alpine's early-out Wednesdays, so plan registration visits for another day.
The 2026-27 calendar
American Fork High follows Alpine's 2026-27 calendar:
| Date | What happens |
|---|---|
| Aug. 19, 2026 | First day of school |
| Oct. 14 | First term ends |
| Oct. 15 to 16 | Fall break |
| Oct. 19 | Teacher work day, no students |
| Nov. 2 | Teacher development day, no students |
| Nov. 25 to 27 | Thanksgiving break |
| Dec. 18 | Minimal day; second term ends |
| Dec. 21 to Jan. 1 | Winter break |
| Jan. 4, 2027 | Teacher work day; school resumes Jan. 5 |
| Jan. 18 | Martin Luther King Jr. Day |
| Feb. 12 and 15 | Teacher work day; Presidents Day |
| March 10 | High school ACT test |
| March 12 to 15 | Third term ends; four-day weekend |
| April 5 to 9 | Spring break |
| May 28 | Last day of school, minimal day |
Our Utah County school calendars guide compares Alpine with Nebo and Provo.
Size, students and graduation
The state's Oct. 1, 2025 count:
| Grade | Students |
|---|---|
| 10th | 737 |
| 11th | 779 |
| 12th | 769 |
| Total (with 58 ninth-graders) | 2,343 |
About 13% of students are Hispanic and about 80% white; about 15% are economically disadvantaged, and 89 are English learners. The Class of 2025, 807 students, graduated at 92.4% with a 6.4% dropout rate, against 89.8% statewide.
The grade counts run the opposite way from Lehi's two schools. At Lehi High and Skyridge the sophomore class is the biggest; at American Fork it's the smallest, 737 against 779 juniors and 769 seniors. American Fork also serves more English learners (89) than Lehi High (55), and a larger share of low-income students than any other Aspen Peaks high school in Region 3.
American Fork beside its region
| Students | Grad rate 2025 | Econ. disadvantaged | |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Fork | 2,343 | 92.4% | 15.3% |
| Lehi | 2,394 | 92.7% | 11.5% |
| Skyridge | 2,644 | 92.3% | 9.7% |
| Lone Peak | 2,436 | 97.0% | 6.6% |
Those are the four Region 3 schools in Alpine School District; Corner Canyon is in Salt Lake County. American Fork has the highest share of low-income students of the four and lands within half a point of Lehi and Skyridge on graduation. Our graduation rates guide and enrollment guide cover the county.
Programs
The home page highlights:
- Marching band. American Fork's band is one of the state's best known. In November 2024, Fox 13 reported that the band had won state in St. George and a regional the next day on its way to the national finals in Indianapolis, a trip director Orien Landis said takes about 280 people and a full year of planning. At its previous national trip, in 2022, the band finished 13th, 0.07 points short of the finals. This fall, an American Fork Citizen headline reported that the band swept the state competition again.
- Drama, with its own website and season schedule.
- Driver's education, with a registration page.
- School stores: the "Caveman Swag" store and a BSN Sports team store.
- Canvas, Skyward and Minga, linked for coursework, grades and school tools.
College credit: American Fork students can take concurrent enrollment classes, mostly through Utah Valley University, at the state's rate of $5 per credit hour. UVU requires a 3.0 GPA (2.0 for career and technical classes) and a parent-signed participation form, and students register by course number each term. AP classes are the other route. The school's home page doesn't list its AP or CE courses; ask counseling which run this year.
Sports
American Fork plays in 6A Region 3 with Corner Canyon, Lehi, Lone Peak and Skyridge.
The last few years have been a run:
- 2024-25: six state team titles, in boys swimming, boys tennis, boys track, girls track, boys soccer and baseball, according to the American Fork Citizen's year-end review. Boys cross country took second and girls cross country third.
- Baseball beat Lehi 6-2 for the 2025 6A title, then repeated in 2026, sweeping Skyridge 2-1 and 5-3 for its fourth state championship in six seasons.
- Fall 2026: football, under head coach Aaron Behm, went 7-5, beat Copper Hills 32-21 in the first round and lost 28-21 at top-seeded Skyridge in the quarterfinals. Volleyball went 17-13 and placed fourth at state after upsetting No. 3 Syracuse in the quarterfinals, and girls soccer reached the semifinals. Both cross country teams finished second: the boys by five points to Lehi, 61 to 66, and the girls behind Lone Peak. Afterward the boys were ranked ninth in the nation and the girls 22nd, the Citizen reported.
- Tennis: a 2026 graduate repeated as the 6A No. 1 singles champion last spring.
- Boys basketball's 2019 6A title, over Pleasant Grove, ended a drought that went back to 1979, KSL reported.
Tickets: sold through Vega; the home page links to American Fork High's Vega page. Football fundraising runs through "Caveman Cards," $20 each. Our high school football guide and sports calendar cover the county.
Enrolling a new student
- Confirm your boundary on Alpine's boundary dashboard; Cedar Hills, Highland, Pleasant Grove and Lindon addresses can go either way.
- Register through Skyward, linked from the home page.
- Bring documents: proof of residence, birth certificate, immunization records, and any transcripts or IEP.
- Call counseling at 385-579-6500, avoiding Wednesday afternoons.
Out-of-boundary families can request American Fork High through open enrollment, handled by Alpine through 2026-27 and by Aspen Peaks from 2027-28.
Questions to ask on a visit
American Fork High's home page is mostly links, so a call or a tour fills in the rest. Worth asking:
- Which AP and concurrent enrollment classes run this year, and is there a waitlist for the popular ones?
- What does it take to join the marching band, drama or a sport, and what do fees, travel and uniforms cost? A national band trip and a six-title athletic program both come with real time and money commitments.
- How do students who live in Pleasant Grove or Lindon get to school after 2027, and who handles the request to stay?
- How are counselors assigned, and how often does each student meet with one before senior year?
- What happens for students who fall behind on credits? That's what moves a graduation rate.
What parents ask
American Fork or Lone Peak? The line runs through Cedar Hills and Highland, so the address decides. See our comparison.
We live in Pleasant Grove and attend American Fork High. What now? You can stay in Aspen Peaks or move to Pleasant Grove High under the border plan, and current students who stay get Aspen Peaks busing through 2032-33. Watch for the request window.
Is American Fork High changing schools or boundaries? Not for 2026-27. Aspen Peaks' boundary study could change lines later through public meetings.
Will American Fork's region change? The UHSAA alignment runs through 2026-27; the next one isn't set.
Related guides
- Lone Peak vs. American Fork High
- Aspen Peaks School District guide
- Pleasant Grove High School guide
- Lehi High School guide
- Skyridge High School guide
- Living in American Fork
- Utah County high school graduation rates
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Sources
The facts in this guide were checked against these sources. Hours, fees and rules change, so confirm anything time-sensitive with the source before you go. How we make Provo.com.
- American Fork High School. Checked November 13, 2026.
- Lehi High School: LHS History, Lehi High School. Checked November 13, 2026.
- Fall Enrollment by Grade Level and Demographics, 2025-26, Utah State Board of Education. Checked November 13, 2026.
- 2025-27 UHSAA Alignment, Utah High School Activities Association. Checked November 13, 2026.
- Fall Enrollment by Grade Level and Demographics, October 1, School Year 2025-2026, Utah State Board of Education. Checked November 13, 2026.
- High School Cohort Graduation Rates, 2025, Utah State Board of Education. Checked November 13, 2026.
- AllBoundaries2627 (School Boundary Dashboard layer), Alpine School District. Checked November 13, 2026.
- District Calendars, Alpine School District. Checked November 13, 2026.
- Concurrent Enrollment, Utah Valley University. Checked November 13, 2026.
- Aspen Peaks, Timpanogos school districts work to ease transition for border-area students, Lehi Free Press. Checked November 13, 2026.
- Six state titles highlight Caveman sports year, American Fork Citizen. Checked November 13, 2026.
- Caveman baseball outlasts Falcons to repeat as 6A champs, American Fork Citizen. Checked November 13, 2026.
- Prep sports year underway, American Fork Citizen. Checked November 13, 2026.
- Strike up the band: American Fork High School students have eyes on nation's top prize, Fox 13. Checked November 13, 2026.
- American Fork shuts down Pleasant Grove, ends 40-year state championship drought, KSL. Checked November 13, 2026.
