Summary:
ZIP code 84721 has one middle school, Canyon View Middle, serving grades 6–8 in Cedar City. The school enrolls 948 students, has a 19:1 student–teacher ratio, and is part of the Iron District. Its 15.3% chronic absenteeism rate is well below Utah’s 23.8%, though slightly higher than the district’s 14.4%. The school’s reported free- or reduced-price lunch participation is 41.14%, while its listed per-student spending of $7,841 comes from 2018–19 and may not reflect current spending.
Canyon View Middle generally performs better than Utah statewide averages. In 2025–26, all three grades exceeded the state in English Language Arts, and sixth- and eighth-grade Mathematics did so as well. Science is the clearest strength: approximately 59.6% of students were proficient across the three grades, compared with 52.2% statewide. Eighth-grade Science was especially strong at 61.2%, exceeding the state by 10.4 percentage points. Sixth grade also performed well across subjects, while seventh-grade Mathematics was the main concern, with 43.3% proficiency—below both the district and state.
Recent results show some declines that parents may want to monitor. The school’s average Mathematics proficiency fell about 6.4 percentage points from the prior year, with decreases in every grade, while Science declined about 4 points, led by a larger drop in sixth grade. The school’s statewide ranking also fell from the 79th percentile in 2024–25 to the 65th percentile in 2025–26, although rankings can vary as the number of schools and calculation factors change. Overall, Canyon View Middle offers generally solid performance relative to Utah, with particular strengths in Science and sixth grade and the greatest opportunity for improvement in seventh-grade Mathematics and recent year-over-year trends.
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