School district · Utah
Iron District
Iron District in Utah: 18 public schools with 14,125 students and 26.6 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $8,969 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 18
- Students
- 14,125
- Students per teacher
- 26.6
- UT 21.6 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $8,969
- UT $11.3K · US $17.6K
Staff
Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.
- Teachers (FTE)
- 531
- Counselors (FTE)
- 20.0
- Students per counselor
- 705
- UT 456 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 4.0
- Librarians (FTE): 2.0
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Utah's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Utah: 43%45%proficient
New test or proficiency bar this year: not comparable with the year before.
A higher share proficient than 65% of school districts in Utah
Median 41% · 142 school districts compared
6,738 students tested, grades 3–8 · RISE; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Utah: 44%46%proficient
−1.6 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 70% of school districts in Utah
Median 39% · 142 school districts compared
6,738 students tested, grades 3–8 · RISE & Secondary Math I; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Money
Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.
- Federal
- 10% · $17.7M
- State
- 60% · $104.3M
- Local
- 30% · $52.1M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $5,854
- Support services
- $2,774
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $37.3M
- Long-term debt
- $66.2M
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Iron County PreschoolSpecial education | Pre-K | 172 | 28.7 | — | — |
Three Peaks Pre SchoolSpecial education | Pre-K | 103 | 103.0 | — | — |
| K–5 | 598 | 20.2 | 34% | 40% | |
| K–5 | 578 | 19.9 | 44% | 46% | |
| K–5 | 545 | 18.2 | 40% | 43% | |
| K–5 | 516 | 16.9 | 47% | 53% | |
| Pre-K–6 | 134 | 16.3 | 34% | 50% | |
| K–5 | 515 | 21.5 | 50% | 60% | |
| K–5 | 636 | 19.8 | 48% | 55% | |
| K–6 | 418 | 18.1 | 39% | 48% | |
| K–5 | 646 | 20.4 | 35% | 42% | |
| 6–8 | 948 | 19.0 | 47% | 44% | |
| 6–8 | 1,139 | 20.0 | 51% | 44% | |
| 9–12 | 1,021 | 17.2 | — | — | |
| 9–12 | 1,372 | 20.3 | — | — | |
| 9–12 | 196 | 23.1 | — | — | |
| 7–12 | 349 | 16.7 | 33% | 32% | |
Southwest Educational AcademyAlternative | K–12 | 4,239 | — | 48% | 31% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Address
- 2077 W Royal Hunte Drive, Cedar City, UT 84720
- Phone
- (435)586-2804
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.