Iron District

Summary:

The Iron District in Utah is home to 18 schools, including 11 elementary schools, 2 middle schools, 4 high schools, and 1 alternative school. The district serves a diverse student population with varying socioeconomic backgrounds and academic performance levels.

Several schools stand out in the district, including Fiddlers Canyon School and Enoch School, which have some of the highest test scores in the district, with over 60% proficiency in math and science. Additionally, Parowan High School consistently ranks among the top schools in the state, with a 4-star rating and strong performance on assessments. The alternative Launch High also stands out, with a 5-star rating and excellent performance despite its small student population.

However, the data also reveals significant variation in school performance across the district, with some schools, such as Canyon View High and Three Peaks School, lagging behind the state average on assessments. The district-wide chronic absenteeism rate of 23.8% is also a concern, and there appears to be a correlation between socioeconomic status and academic performance, with higher-poverty schools generally underperforming compared to their more affluent counterparts. By addressing these challenges and leveraging the strengths of the district's top-performing schools, the Iron District can work to ensure equitable access to high-quality education for all students.

District Detail

2077 W Royal Hunte Drive
Cedar City, UT 84720

(435) 586-2804

SchoolDigger Rank:
32^nd of 93 Utah districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 14,125

Primary Schools: 9
Middle Schools: 2
High Schools: 4
Alternative Schools: 1

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				Utah Aspire Plus English Language Arts (2025)		Utah Aspire Plus Mathematics (2025)		Utah Aspire Plus Science (2025)		RISE Mathematics (2025)						RISE Science (2025)					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	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Utah Aspire Plus English Language Arts 9th Grade	Utah Aspire Plus English Language Arts 10th Grade	Utah Aspire Plus Mathematics 9th Grade	Utah Aspire Plus Mathematics 10th Grade	Utah Aspire Plus Science 9th Grade	Utah Aspire Plus Science 10th 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
Cedar City High	Public	9-12	703 W 600 S	Cedar City	84720	Iron County	Iron District	No	No	No	No	(435) 586-2820	1,372	68	20.3	24.8%	1,111 (81.0%)	6 (0.4%)	174 (12.7%)	15 (1.1%)	25 (1.8%)	13 (0.9%)	28 (2.0%)	57.3	53^rd of 138 public high schools	61.6%		77.1	22^nd of 138 public high schools	84.1%	31	45.3	64.8	33.5	31.8	48.5	42.7												$8,510	$681	$7,829
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%)	33.9	377^th of 547 public elementary schools	31.1%		51.2	282^nd of 561 public elementary schools	49.7%	95							47.2	41.5	32.4				42.5	40.4				$8,145	$1,057	$7,088
Cedar Middle	Public	6-8	2215 West Royal Hunte Dr	Cedar City	84720	Iron County	Iron District	No	No	No	No	(435) 586-2810	1,139	57	19.9	34.1%	914 (80.2%)	3 (0.3%)	160 (14.0%)	8 (0.7%)	16 (1.4%)	9 (0.8%)	29 (2.5%)	73.6	42^nd of 182 public middle schools	76.9%		67	63^rd of 210 public middle schools	70.0%	21										39.7	49.7	48.4			66.7	64.4	64.4	$7,868	$453	$7,415
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%)	43.7	319^th of 547 public elementary schools	41.7%		42.4	339^th of 561 public elementary schools	39.6%	20							50.0	40.8	47.6				39.2	48.5				$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%)	49.1	283^rd of 547 public elementary schools	48.3%		52.1	273^rd of 561 public elementary schools	51.3%	10							35.3	54.5	40.0				52.5	55.0				$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)																		$12,702	$3,953	$8,750
Parowan High	Public	7-12	50 W 100 N	Parowan	84761	Iron County	Iron District	No	No	No	No	(435) 477-3366	349	21	16.7	33.2%	321 (92.0%)	1 (0.3%)	22 (6.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.1%)	75.7	22^nd of 138 public high schools	84.1%		79	16^th of 138 public high schools	88.4%	6	58.1	65.6	45.8	31.0	55.5	55.9					52.4					53.5	52.5	$11,490	$385	$11,105
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%)	69.5	159^th of 547 public elementary schools	70.9%		54.2	257^th of 561 public elementary schools	54.2%	98							70.5	56.0	42.2	61.3			58.0	42.9	76.0			$8,990	$886	$8,104
Canyon View High	Public	9-12	166 W 1925 N	Cedar City	84721	Iron County	Iron District	No	No	No	No	(435) 586-2813	1,021	59	17.2	32.6%	812 (79.5%)	6 (0.6%)	146 (14.3%)	6 (0.6%)	21 (2.1%)	3 (0.3%)	27 (2.6%)	49.9	65^th of 138 public high schools	52.9%		42.7	79^th of 138 public high schools	42.8%	14	41.2	57.0	35.2	25.5	45.9	45.7												$8,983	$667	$8,317
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%)	78.4	102^nd of 547 public elementary schools	81.4%		55.1	254^th of 561 public elementary schools	54.7%	152							58.8	60.2	57.1				64.5	68.5				$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%)	77.7	111^th of 547 public elementary schools	79.7%		71	153^rd of 561 public elementary schools	72.7%	42							65.0	59.1	60.9				55.7	68.2				$7,865	$517	$7,348
Southwest Educational Academy	Public, Alternative	K-12	510 W 800 S	Cedar City	84720	Iron County	Iron District	No	No	No	No	(435) 586-2870	4,239	15	282.9	10.0%	3,764 (88.8%)	41 (1.0%)	265 (6.3%)	58 (1.4%)	46 (1.1%)	50 (1.2%)	15 (0.4%)								(n/a)																		$20,334	$1,566	$18,768
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%)	66.3	179^th of 547 public elementary schools	67.3%		72.5	139^th of 561 public elementary schools	75.2%	40							47.9	62.0	53.8				60.7	53.7				$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%)	38	349^th of 547 public elementary schools	36.2%		54.5	256^th of 561 public elementary schools	54.4%	93							43.8	48.2	35.4				48.2	37.9				$7,679	$892	$6,787
Canyon View Middle	Public	6-8	1865 N Main	Cedar City	84721	Iron County	Iron District	No	No	No	No	(435) 586-2830	948	50	19.0	41.1%	735 (77.5%)	8 (0.8%)	146 (15.4%)	3 (0.3%)	17 (1.8%)	4 (0.4%)	35 (3.7%)	76	39^th of 182 public middle schools	78.6%		63.8	69^th of 210 public middle schools	67.1%	30										49.4	50.4	48.3			71.5	56.5	62.7	$7,841	$598	$7,243
Three Peaks Pre School	Public	PK	1521 W Midvalley Road	Cedar City	84720	Iron County	Iron District	No	No	No	No	(435) 867-4288	103	1	103.0		81 (78.6%)	1 (1.0%)	15 (14.6%)	2 (1.9%)	2 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.9%)								(n/a)
Iron County Preschool	Public	PK	638 W 500 S	Cedar City	84720	Iron County	Iron District	No	No	No	No	(435) 586-2801	172	6	28.6		124 (72.1%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (17.4%)	3 (1.7%)	6 (3.5%)	3 (1.7%)	6 (3.5%)								(n/a)
Launch High	Public	9-12	1975 W Royal Hunte Dr	Cedar City	84720	Iron County	Iron District	No	No	No	No	(435) 865-3160	196	9	23.0	27.6%	163 (83.2%)	2 (1.0%)	17 (8.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	2 (1.0%)	11 (5.6%)	70.1	30^th of 138 public high schools	78.3%					(n/a)	51.4		48.5		55.5

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Success Academy	0.67 mi	2	7^th
American Principles Academy	1.87 mi	1
Gateway Preparatory Academy	5.72 mi	1	75^th
Washington District	33.17 mi	55	37^th
Valley Academy	35.61 mi	1

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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.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.