Summary:
Success Academy has two high schools in southern Utah—Success DSU in St. George, serving grades 10–12, and Success SUU in Cedar City, serving grades 9–12—with 534 students combined.
Success DSU has the most complete recent academic information and shows strong results overall. Its 98.0% graduation rate in 2024–2025 matched the district and was 8.2 percentage points above Utah’s rate. In 2025–2026, mathematics proficiency was 67.4% and science proficiency was 63.8%, both well above state results. English Language Arts proficiency was 59.4%, still above the state but 8.0 points below the district. ELA declined from the previous year, while science improved substantially, making ELA the clearest area to monitor. DSU ranked sixth among 139 Utah schools in the supplied data, placing it in the 96th percentile. Its reported student-teacher ratio was 49.1, though this may not represent typical classroom size.
Success SUU stands out for attendance and historical rankings. Chronic absenteeism was just 0.5% in 2024–2025, close to the district’s 0.2% and far below the state’s 23.8%. Its reported student-teacher ratio was lower than DSU’s at 30.2. SUU also had very strong earlier rankings, including second among 136 schools in 2018–2019, but current graduation and test-score data was not provided, so a complete academic comparison is not possible. The two schools also differ in reported free-or-reduced-price lunch rates—5.48% at DSU and 21.43% at SUU—which may mean families encounter different student-support needs. Overall, the district’s high statewide ranking and five-star rating point to a strong school system, with DSU showing current academic strength and SUU showing exceptional attendance.
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