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Cedar City High
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Cedar City High
Cedar City High is one of the mid-tier four-year high schools in CEDAR CITY, Utah, part of Iron District, with 1,372 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 980 students per school, that is 40% bigger than typical.
Iron District runs 18 schools in total, collectively educating 14,125 students. Cedar City High is one of those campuses.
Looking at the student body, Cedar City High logs that 81% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school records 13% Hispanic, 2% multiracial.
On the resource side, The school reports having 68 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.1:1, putting Cedar City High tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 25% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Cedar City High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.7%; this one delivers 44.0%.
In the broader community, census data for Iron County shows median household earnings sit near $66,247, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Iron County runs 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,285 students), of which Cedar City High is one.
Nearest neighbor: Southwest Educational Academy, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cedar City High. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Cedar City High at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 53.9%.
The school occupies a small-town site.
Looking at the recent track record. Cedar City High's enrollment has edged up 13% since 2018, when it stood at 1,213 (now 1,372). Hispanic enrollment moved from 7% to 13% across the same window.
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