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Best Elementary Schools in Iron County, UT

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At a glance

Schools

5,318

Students

Districts

Top rankedIron Springs School189^th of 563 Utah elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Gateway Preparatory Academy up 109 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Escalante Valley School 16.3 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

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2 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				RISE English Language Arts (2026)						RISE Mathematics (2026)						RISE Science (2026)					Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	RISE English Language Arts 3rd Grade	RISE English Language Arts 4th Grade	RISE English Language Arts 5th Grade	RISE English Language Arts 6th Grade	RISE English Language Arts 7th Grade	RISE English Language Arts 8th Grade	RISE Mathematics 3rd Grade	RISE Mathematics 4th Grade	RISE Mathematics 5th Grade	RISE Mathematics 6th Grade	RISE Mathematics 7th Grade	RISE Mathematics 8th Grade	RISE Science 4th Grade	RISE Science 5th Grade	RISE Science 6th Grade	RISE Science 7th Grade	RISE Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
American Principles Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	782 North Main St	Cedar City	84721	Iron County	American Preparatory Academy	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(435) 586-5372	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)	30–48%	40–58%	30–60.5%	60–78%	30–59%	20–49%	20–38%	40–58%	20–49%	40–58%	60–78%	40–58%	60–78%	40–80%	50–68%	50–68%	50–68%
Gateway Preparatory Academy	Public, Magnet, Charter	K-8	201 E Thoroughbred Way	Enoch	84721	Iron County	Gateway Preparatory Academy	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	(435) 867-5558	732	32	22.6	53.6%	569 (77.7%)	6 (0.8%)	108 (14.8%)	3 (0.4%)	6 (0.8%)	6 (0.8%)	34 (4.6%)	50.7	287^th of 563 public elementary schools	49.0%		28.1	396^th of 547 public elementary schools	27.6%	109	53.5	52.0	46.0	47.7	36.9	44.7	47.7	41.3	42.5	26.8	44.1	35.4	52.1	59.3	58.5	29.8	51.1	$6,866	$1,019	$5,848
Cedar East School	Public	K-5	255 E College Ave	Cedar City	84720	Iron County	Iron District	No	No	No	Yes	(435) 586-2840	598	30	20.2	53.2%	379 (63.4%)	5 (0.8%)	173 (28.9%)	4 (0.7%)	21 (3.5%)	6 (1.0%)	10 (1.7%)	26.4	421^st of 563 public elementary schools	25.2%		33.9	377^th of 547 public elementary schools	31.1%	44	40.0	41.5	26.6				43.1	39.4	21.6				46.3	31.9				$8,145	$1,057	$7,088
Cedar North School	Public	K-5	550 W 200 N	Cedar City	84720	Iron County	Iron District	No	No	No	Yes	(435) 586-2845	578	29	19.9	47.6%	417 (72.1%)	12 (2.1%)	95 (16.4%)	5 (0.9%)	13 (2.2%)	9 (1.6%)	27 (4.7%)	50.7	288^th of 563 public elementary schools	48.8%		43.7	319^th of 547 public elementary schools	41.7%	31	49.6	48.6	39.0				49.6	54.4	45.2				51.5	48.6				$8,012	$933	$7,079
Cedar South School	Public	K-5	499 W 400 S	Cedar City	84720	Iron County	Iron District	No	No	No	No	(435) 586-2850	545	30	18.1	33.6%	449 (82.4%)	7 (1.3%)	41 (7.5%)	11 (2.0%)	17 (3.1%)	10 (1.8%)	10 (1.8%)	57	241^st of 563 public elementary schools	57.2%		49.1	283^rd of 547 public elementary schools	48.3%	42	44.0	49.5	52.5				53.7	45.1	53.5				49.5	60.4				$7,666	$382	$7,284
Escalante Valley School	Public	PK, KG-6	202 N Beryl Hwy	Beryl	84714	Iron County	Iron District	No	No	No	Yes	(435) 439-5550	134	8	16.3	76.1%	76 (56.7%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (38.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.0%)								(n/a)	20–49%	30–59%	30–59%	30–59%			< 51%	30–59%	20–49%	60–78%			30–59%	40–58%	50–68%			$12,702	$3,953	$8,750
Parowan School	Public	K-6	128 W 100 N	Parowan	84761	Iron County	Iron District	No	No	No	Yes	(435) 477-3368	418	23	18.0	47.6%	364 (87.1%)	1 (0.2%)	37 (8.9%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	11 (2.6%)	43.7	337^th of 563 public elementary schools	40.1%		69.5	159^th of 547 public elementary schools	70.9%	178	36.8	41.5	34.3	33.4			54.4	58.5	35.7	40.0			56.6	41.4	64.0			$8,990	$886	$8,104
Enoch School	Public	K-5	4701 N Wagon Wheel Dr	Enoch	84721	Iron County	Iron District	No	No	No	Yes	(435) 586-2855	516	31	16.9	37.6%	448 (86.8%)	3 (0.6%)	49 (9.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (2.7%)	64.8	194^th of 563 public elementary schools	65.5%		78.4	102^nd of 547 public elementary schools	81.4%	92	57.3	41.3	55.2				59.6	55.5	56.1				50.0	63.5				$7,902	$835	$7,067
Fiddlers Canyon School	Public	K-5	475 E 1935 N	Cedar City	84721	Iron County	Iron District	No	No	No	Yes	(435) 586-2860	515	24	21.4	51.5%	396 (76.9%)	3 (0.6%)	62 (12.0%)	9 (1.7%)	8 (1.6%)	5 (1.0%)	32 (6.2%)	56.6	246^th of 563 public elementary schools	56.3%		77.7	111^th of 547 public elementary schools	79.7%	135	50.0	44.0	39.6				54.9	69.3	42.2				64.0	48.4				$7,865	$517	$7,348
Iron Springs School	Public	K-5	235 N 4050 W	Cedar City	84720	Iron County	Iron District	No	No	No	No	(435) 586-9485	636	32	19.7	33.3%	537 (84.4%)	0 (0.0%)	78 (12.3%)	2 (0.3%)	6 (0.9%)	2 (0.3%)	11 (1.7%)	65.5	189^th of 563 public elementary schools	66.4%		66.3	179^th of 547 public elementary schools	67.3%	10	39.8	49.1	55.3				45.8	65.4	66.1				54.6	69.9				$6,992	$447	$6,546
Three Peaks School	Public	K-5	1685 W Midvalley Road	Cedar City	84721	Iron County	Iron District	No	No	No	Yes	(435) 586-8871	646	32	20.3	40.6%	542 (83.9%)	0 (0.0%)	71 (11.0%)	2 (0.3%)	6 (0.9%)	4 (0.6%)	21 (3.3%)	37.7	372^nd of 563 public elementary schools	33.9%		38	349^th of 547 public elementary schools	36.2%	23	39.1	38.2	37.8				48.6	46.4	42.3				45.4	43.8				$7,679	$892	$6,787

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Utah State Board of Education.

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