Launch High
CEDAR CITY · UT · Iron District · Public
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Mountain Springs Preparatory Academy → Cedar City High → Southwest Educational Academy → Success SUU → Havenwood Schools → Canyon View High → Renewed Hope Ranch Academy → Kolob Canyon Rtc →📋 At a glance
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 25% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 16% by test-taker volume
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Launch High compares for families
What families should know about Launch High.
- ▸ LocallyUT students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+8 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Mountain Springs Preparatory Academy, Cedar City High, Southwest Educational Academy and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 16% by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Mixed-income school
Below Title I eligibility threshold (FRPL < 35%)
25-34% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Below the federal Title I threshold but a meaningful share of the population is income-eligible for free lunch.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: A low chronic-absence rate is the cleanest school-level signal of strong family connection, classroom culture, and student engagement — all upstream drivers of enrollment stability. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +1.9%/year, projecting from 2024's 196 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain Springs Preparatory Academy Cedar City |
Private | 0.0 | 36 | — |
| Cedar City High CEDAR CITY |
Public | 0.9 | 1,372 | +4.0% |
| Southwest Educational Academy CEDAR CITY |
Public | 1.0 | 1,175 | +144.8% |
| Success SUU CEDAR CITY |
Public · charter | 1.4 | 224 | +8.7% |
| Havenwood Schools Cedar City |
Private | 4.0 | 36 | — |
| Canyon View High CEDAR CITY |
Public | 4.0 | 1,021 | -9.1% |
| Renewed Hope Ranch Academy Cedar City |
Private | 9.1 | 28 | — |
| Kolob Canyon Rtc New Harmony |
Private | 16.9 | 12 | — |