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Southwest Educational Academy School

Serves grades KG - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
510 W 800 S
Cedar City, UT 84720
Phone
(435) 586-2870
District
IRON DISTRICT
County
IRON COUNTY
Type of School
Other
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
2141
Classroom Teachers
17

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Utah

4

(10 is best)

Better than 35.0% of all UT schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

6

(10 is best)

Southwest Educational Academy School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 6

50 40 30 20 10 0
28%
41%
35%
47%
20%
35%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 7

50 40 30 20 10 0
45%
42%
45%
41%
45%
43%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0
125
26
22
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Kindergarten 174 8.1%
Grade 1 190 8.9%
Grade 2 200 9.3%
Grade 3 192 9.0%
Grade 4 201 9.4%
Grade 5 191 8.9%
Grade 6 175 8.2%
Grade 7 195 9.1%
Grade 8 143 6.7%
Grade 9 142 6.6%
Grade 10 115 5.4%
Grade 11 108 5.0%
Grade 12 115 5.4%
Total 2141 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 89.6% 84.9% 74.7%
Black 0.8% 0.5% 1.4%
Hispanic 5.5% 11.5% 19.5%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 1.6% 0.8% 1.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 2.5% 2.3% 2.7%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 25.8% 29.5% 27.0%
Free lunch eligible 23.5% 23.0% 22.2%
Reduced lunch eligible 2.3% 6.5% 4.8%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 55,839 3,380,800
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 16.9 39
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 7.3% 7.3%
5-19 YEARS OLD 25.6% 24.4%
20-44 YEARS OLD 35.1% 37.0%
45-64 YEARS OLD 19.1% 19.9%
65 OR OLDER 12.9% 11.4%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 17,736 1,062,819
Single Parent Households With Children 7.5% 6.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 93.3% 93.2%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 29.2% 36.1%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 8.3% 21.4%
$100,000 - $149,999 13.2% 21.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 14.6% 14.9%
$50,000 - $74,999 19.9% 16.8%
$30,000 - $49,999 20.7% 12.8%
$15,000 - $29,999 13.1% 7.5%
$15,000 or less 10.2% 5.4%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,123 $50,835,529 59.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $399 $3,959,277 4.6%
Staff $343 $3,403,589 4.0%
General Administration $80 $793,840 0.9%
School Administration $470 $4,663,810 5.4%
Operation $836 $8,295,628 9.7%
Transportation $270 $2,679,210 3.1%
Other $165 $1,637,295 1.9%
Total Support $2,564 $25,442,572 29.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $942 $9,347,466 10.9%
Total Expenditures $8,628 $85,615,644 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,144 $3,555,230,440 50.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $427 $295,304,179 4.2%
Staff $368 $254,390,732 3.6%
General Administration $100 $69,149,612 1.0%
School Administration $560 $387,267,074 5.4%
Operation $711 $491,654,220 6.9%
Transportation $218 $150,683,311 2.1%
Other $258 $178,482,544 2.5%
Total Support $2,644 $1,827,164,264 25.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,495 $1,724,147,888 24.3%
Total Expenditures $10,283 $7,106,463,332 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%