Cedar Ridge School

Set in HYDE PARK, Utah, Cedar Ridge School is a mid-sized elementary school, part of Cache District. It educates 719 students across grades K through 6. That puts it 46% bigger than the typical public school in Utah, which averages around 491 students.

Within Cache District, which oversees 26 schools and 20,286 students, Cedar Ridge School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Cedar Ridge School lists that nearly all students (87%) are White; the rest breaks down as 7% Hispanic, 2% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Cache County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 23.6:1. The state averages around 21.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 15% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Cache County's rate of about 31%.

With demographic context factored in, Cedar Ridge School ranks in the top 10% of Utah public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 52.5%; Cedar Ridge School posts 68.7%, +16.2 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Cache County shows median household earnings sit near $81,665, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Cache County's 44 public schools (combined enrollment of about 28,291 students), Cedar Ridge School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Green Canyon High School, roughly 1.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cedar Ridge School. On composite proficiency, Cedar Ridge School comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 57.4%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 8%: 785 students in 2018 compared to 719 in 2025.

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