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Enrollment
545
Elementary
DISTRICT 442 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·IRON DISTRICT·NCES 490039000282
Cedar South School
499 W 400 S, CEDAR CITY, UT 84720 · (435) 586-2850 · Iron County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL545 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 51% of Utah public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Utah public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
18.2:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 27.5:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
183 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 33%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 82 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 93 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 103 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 100 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (100).
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · STATE 47% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
RISE / Utah Aspire+ 2024-25 . % Proficient + Highly ProficientEnglish Language Arts
40.0%
UT avg 41.4% . -7.9pp since 2023
Math
43.1%
UT avg 41.8% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Utah schools, those numbers are about 41 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 8 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.0% | 43.1% |
| 2023-24 | 47.9% | 43.1% |
% Proficient + Highly Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: RISE / Utah Aspire+. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
47.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.4%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% typical for Utah schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Utah's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Cedar South School
Cedar South School's state test result (47.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar South School this school | 545 | 33.6% | 47.2% |
| Arrowhead School SANTA CLARA | 520 | 33.1% | 42.2% |
| North Ogden School OGDEN | 537 | 33.5% | 51.0% |
| Uintah School OGDEN | 629 | 30.8% | 39.3% |
| River Heights School LOGAN | 608 | 28.8% | 62.8% |
| Country View School WEST HAVEN CITY | 526 | 30.0% | 47.1% |
Matched among Utah elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Cedar South School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Iron County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.2% | #286 of 562 | #4 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.1% | #312 of 578 ▲ 17 | #7 of 11 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #340 of 578 ▼ 74 | #6 of 11 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 545 | #253 of 613 | #6 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.2:1 | #86 of 556 | #3 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.3% | #415 of 559 | #6 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.6% | #261 of 582 | #9 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.3% | #46 of 128 | #1 of 7 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
545
+80 (+17%) vs 2020
+20% since 1990-91, when it was 456
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 545 | 30 | 18.2:1 | 34% (183) |
| 2023-24 | 552 | 24.5 | 22.5:1 | 31% (171) |
| 2022-23 | 565 | 25 | 22.6:1 | 28% (160) |
| 2020-21 | 465 | N/A | N/A | 26% (122) |
| 2017-18 | 477 | N/A | N/A | 32% (154) |
| 2015-16 | 471 | N/A | N/A | 32% (150) |
| 2010-11 | 536 | 23 | 23.3:1 | 36% (194) |
| 2000-01 | 522 | 20 | 26.1:1 | 29% (150) |
| 1990-91 | 456 | 19 | 24.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cedar South School.
About Cedar South School
Cedar South School is a mid-sized elementary school for students in CEDAR CITY, Utah. Its enrollment is 545 students, spread over kindergarten through 5.
Iron District, which runs Cedar South School, has 18 schools and 14,125 students.
The share of White students at Cedar South School is 82%. The remaining shares are 8% Hispanic, 3% Native American, and 2% Asian. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 31%.
Cedar South School has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.2:1. The gap from the 21.8:1 average for elementary schools in Utah is 3.7 students per teacher. At Cedar South School, 34% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
Among Utah public elementary schools, Cedar South School outscored 51%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 43.4% for Cedar South School. The school posts 47.2%, 3.8 points above the prediction.
Iron County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $66,247, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 32%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Iron County's 21 public schools enroll about 15,285 students and include Cedar South School.
Iron County Preschool is the nearest public school to Cedar South School, about 0.1 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 47.2% is below the 53.4% average for nearby schools.
NCES lists the school's locale as Town: Remote. That means it sits in a town far from an urbanized area.
In 2020-21, Cedar South School enrolled 465 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 545.
People can post here about special education services, counseling, and support programs and other school topics. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Iron County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
62,252
Census ACS
Median income
$66,247
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
15,285 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Iron District
- Southwest Educational AcademyCombined · 4,239 students
- Cedar City HighHigh · 1,372 students
- Cedar MiddleMiddle · 1,139 students
- Canyon View HighHigh · 1,021 students
- Canyon View MiddleMiddle · 948 students
- Three Peaks SchoolElementary · 646 students
Other schools in CEDAR CITY
- Southwest Educational AcademyCombined · 4,239 students
- Cedar City HighHigh · 1,372 students
- Cedar MiddleMiddle · 1,139 students
- Canyon View HighHigh · 1,021 students
- Canyon View MiddleMiddle · 948 students
- Three Peaks SchoolElementary · 646 students
Nearby schools
- Iron County Preschool0.1 mi · 172
- Cedar City High0.3 mi · 1,372
- Success SUU0.4 mi · 224
- Southwest Educational Academy0.5 mi · 4,239
- Cedar North School0.8 mi · 578
- Cedar East School0.9 mi · 598
Frequently asked questions
About Cedar South SchoolHow large is Cedar South School?
Cedar South School enrolls approximately 545 students in grades KG-05.
Is Cedar South School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Cedar South School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cedar South School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cedar South School is approximately 18.2:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cedar South School?
At Cedar South School, the student body is approximately 82% White, 8% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Cedar South School public or private?
Cedar South School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Iron District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.