Iron Springs School

Iron Springs School is an average-sized elementary school in CEDAR CITY, Utah, operated by Iron District. The school works with 636 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, Utah's public schools average about 491 students each, so Iron Springs School sits 30% above that benchmark.

Within Iron District, which oversees 18 schools and 14,125 students, Iron Springs School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Iron Springs School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (84%). The remainder is composed of 12% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Iron County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.8:1 average. Roughly 33% of students at Iron Springs School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Iron Springs School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 55.7%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Iron County indicate median household income runs about $66,247, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Iron Springs School is one of 21 public schools in Iron County (combined enrollment of about 15,285 students).

Nearest neighbor: Cedar Middle, around 2.8 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Iron Springs School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 54.0%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Iron Springs School has rose 4%, going from 613 students in 2018 to 636 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 6% to 12% over that span.

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