Total enrollment
14,125
+3,034 (+27%) vs SY 2020-21
18 schools in Iron District
Utah · 14,125 students · 4 cities
Of the public K-12 schools operating across Utah, 18 sit inside Iron District, collectively enrolling about 14,125 students (11 elementary, 2 middle, and 4 high).
4-year change in Iron District
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
18
0 (0%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How Iron District ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In Utah | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.6% | #14 of 41 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 14,125 | #12 of 55 | #602 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 18 | #14 of 55 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 27.0:1 | #54 of 55 | #9,018 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 29.3% | #29 of 55 | #6,689 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.8% | #39 of 49 | #4,752 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside Iron District
State test results across the district's 15 scored schools run from Launch High at 59.9% proficient to Canyon View High at 38.4%, a gap of 21.6 points. That is the 28th widest gap among 38 Utah districts with four or more scored schools.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
| Name | City | Level | Grades | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Educational Academy | Cedar City | Combined | KG-12 | 4,239 |
| Cedar City High | Cedar City | High | 09-12 | 1,372 |
| Cedar Middle | Cedar City | Middle | 06-08 | 1,139 |
| Canyon View High | Cedar City | High | 09-12 | 1,021 |
| Canyon View Middle | Cedar City | Middle | 06-08 | 948 |
| Three Peaks School | Cedar City | Elementary | KG-05 | 646 |
| Iron Springs School | Cedar City | Elementary | KG-05 | 636 |
| Cedar East School | Cedar City | Elementary | KG-05 | 598 |
| Cedar North School | Cedar City | Elementary | KG-05 | 578 |
| Cedar South School | Cedar City | Elementary | KG-05 | 545 |
| Enoch School | Enoch | Elementary | KG-05 | 516 |
| Fiddlers Canyon School | Cedar City | Elementary | KG-05 | 515 |
| Parowan School | Parowan | Elementary | KG-06 | 418 |
| Parowan High | Parowan | High | 07-12 | 349 |
| Launch High | Cedar City | High | 09-12 | 196 |
| Iron County Preschool | Cedar City | Elementary | PK-PK | 172 |
| Escalante Valley School | Beryl | Elementary | PK-06 | 134 |
| Three Peaks Pre School | Cedar City | Elementary | PK-PK | 103 |
About Iron District
Iron District runs 18 public schools across Utah, collectively hosting roughly 14,125 students.
On the school-mix side, Iron District is made up of 11 elementary, 2 middle, 4 high schools, and 1 combined or other.
On a per-school basis, Iron District runs about 785 students per school, 22% meaningfully above the state mean of roughly 641.
Over the past 4-year window. Across the same 4-year window, public-school enrollment grew 27%: 11,091 students in SY 2020-21 versus 14,125 in SY 2024-25.
On allk12, the community for Iron District discusses comparison threads between local schools and program reviews. Anyone with firsthand knowledge of these schools is welcome to weigh in.