Cedar South School

Cedar South School operates as a moderately sized primary school in CEDAR CITY, Utah, run under Iron District. Current enrollment sits at 545 students spanning grades K through 5.

Iron District comprises 18 schools with combined enrollment of 14,125 students; Cedar South School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Cedar South School lists that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest consists of 8% Hispanic, 3% Native American, 2% Asian.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.8:1 average. An estimated 34% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Cedar South School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.4%, the actual is 47.2%, a residual of +3.8 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Iron County put the typical household earns roughly $66,247 per year, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Iron County's 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,285 students), Cedar South School is one campus in the mix.

Iron County Preschool is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cedar South School. On composite proficiency, Cedar South School comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 53.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Looking at the recent track record. Cedar South School's enrollment has edged up 14% since 2018, when it stood at 477 (now 545). White enrollment moved from 87% to 82% across the same window.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.