National city placement
Large system with a dominant campus
According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Cedar City has more public-school enrollment than 86% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Cedar City sits near the top of the national city distribution by public-school enrollment, while Southwest Educational Academy alone enrolls 32.8% of local students. The city total therefore does not describe a uniform market: one large campus materially shapes the aggregate, and the remaining schools operate at a different scale. Read the ranked table alongside each campus profile rather than treating the city mean as a typical school.
A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary
Cedar City's list includes 6 elementary, 2 middle, and 4 high-school campuses, plus 3 combined-grade records. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.
Campus spread matters more than the city mean
The 38-point gap between Success Suu and Three Peaks School shows the range hidden by Cedar City's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.
