Southwest Educational Academy
Cedar City, UT · High School
Southwest Educational Academy is a high school in Cedar City, UT with 2,585 students enrolled and a 54% proficiency rate. Part of Iron District. NCES data from the U.S. Department of Education.
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About This School
Southwest Educational Academy is a high school located in Cedar City, Utah. The school serves 2,585 students. The student-to-teacher ratio is 143.6:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 54% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading. The school reports a 75% graduation rate.
26% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Southwest Educational Academy is part of the Iron District in Utah.
How This School Compares
Southwest Educational Academy has 2,585 students enrolled, making it larger than the average school in Iron District (708 students). Its 54% proficiency rate is 1 percentage points above the district average of 54%. Compared to the Utah state average of 56%, the school performs 2 points lower. The 143.6:1 student-teacher ratio is above the national average of 16:1.
Frequently Asked Questions
Southwest Educational Academy has 2,585 students enrolled. The student-to-teacher ratio is 143.6:1.
According to EDFacts data, 54% of students at Southwest Educational Academy meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
Southwest Educational Academy has a 75% graduation rate, measuring the percentage of students who graduate within four years.
Southwest Educational Academy is part of the Iron District in Cedar City, Utah. You can view all schools in this district on the district page.
All data on this page comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. These are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.
School profiles are built from NCES directory data and EDFacts assessment results. Proficiency rates reflect combined math and reading performance. Graduation rates are reported for high schools with available data.
For this entity, the underlying data on this page comes from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts. The breakdown above is the federal record; the paragraphs below add the per-entity context that makes the headline numbers usable for a real decision rather than just a data lookup.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.