A growing county with more children
This page is about St. George, Utah, and Washington County, Utah, in the state’s southwest corner, not Washington state or other towns named St. George. The city of Washington, Utah, is also in the county.
Census Bureau estimates (Vintage 2025) put Washington County at 213,670 residents in July 2025, up 18.5% from April 2020, the fastest growth of any Utah county with more than 100,000 people. The number of children grew too, though much more slowly than the total: the county’s under-18 population rose 6.9%, while Utah’s under-18 population fell 2.9% over the same period. St. George itself reached 108,713 residents, up 14.0%.
Odyssey’s report to the Legislature counts 863 approved Utah Fits All students living in Washington County in 2025-26, about 6% of the 14,522 statewide and the fifth-largest county total (our arithmetic). The report places students by the ZIP code of the address on their application. No county figures for 2026-27 have been published yet.
One countywide district: Washington County School District
Every community in the county, from St. George and Washington to Hurricane, Ivins and Santa Clara, is in Washington County School District. That makes the question “who do I call about an evaluation?” simpler here than on the Wasatch Front. The Utah State Board of Education’s December 1, 2025 count lists 4,988 students with disabilities served by the district.
The district’s special education parent resources page includes its Child Find statement, which says its procedures cover children who may have a disability, including “home school students within the LEA’s boundaries” (an LEA is a local education agency, such as a school district). The same page links to Carson Smith scholarship information, the Utah Parent Center and the procedural safeguards notice that explains parents’ rights.
Public online school is not the same as private tutoring
Washington County School District also runs Utah Online School, a public online school. That is different from private online tutoring. On public school enrollment, Odyssey’s help center says: “Students cannot be enrolled in both programs simultaneously under Utah law.” The Utah State Board of Education adds: “Keep in mind that any activity with a public school (in-person or online) may create similar situations.” Tutoring paid for with the scholarship doesn’t enroll your child anywhere.
Cedar City and Iron County
Cedar City is in Iron County, which had 195 Utah Fits All students in 2025-26. Families there are served by Iron County School District for evaluations and IEPs. We can tutor Iron County children online in the same way.
Why online tutoring is practical in southern Utah
The two university reading clinics we know of are in northern Utah: the University of Utah Reading Clinic in Murray and Utah State University’s Literacy Clinic in Logan. The University of Utah Reading Clinic does offer online Distance Tutoring to Utah students, and its FAQ lists Washington among the school districts whose families have used its services. It starts with an assessment, charges on a sliding scale, and places students on a waiting list.
Our tutoring is a different option: private, one-to-one sessions with a teacher certified in special education, covering reading and dyslexia, math, writing and executive-function skills. All your child needs is a computer with a webcam and a reliable internet connection; 93.1% of Washington County households have a broadband subscription, according to the Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey. Before tutoring starts, we agree on a teacher and a schedule with you. Our work is academic only, with no therapy, speech services or evaluations.
Using Utah Fits All for tutoring in Washington County
The scholarship amounts are the same everywhere in Utah. For 2026-27:
| Student | 2026-27 maximum |
|---|---|
| Private-school student | Up to $8,000 |
| Home-based student, age 5–11 on September 1 | Up to $4,000 |
| Home-based student, age 12–18 on September 1 | Up to $6,000 |
Tutoring is named in Utah law as a scholarship expense, and Odyssey sets no cap or price limit on it. Special Education Resource LLC is an approved provider in the Utah Fits All Odyssey Marketplace. We are not Odyssey, the Utah State Board of Education or the State of Utah. For Marketplace orders, Odyssey says it “pays vendors directly—you don’t have to pay out of pocket and wait for reimbursement.” Families who pay first can ask Odyssey for reimbursement, with full proof of payment.
Read the 2026-27 amounts, Utah Fits All for homeschool families and how to pay for tutoring for the details.
Court status: In April 2025, Utah’s Third District Court ruled Utah Fits All unconstitutional, and the State appealed to the Utah Supreme Court. As of October 1, 2026, the Utah Supreme Court has not ruled, and the program is operating for the 2026-27 school year. More on the court case.
For free, statewide help with special education questions, contact the Utah Parent Center (800-468-1160). Its Family to Family page lists parent groups for Washington County and Iron County.
Sources
- U.S. Census Bureau: Vintage 2025 county population estimates by age, Utah, plus the Vintage 2025 county and city totals
- Odyssey, Utah Fits All Legislative Report for the 2025-2026 Program Year, as published by Utah News Dispatch (section X)
- Washington County School District: Special Education Parent Resources (Child Find)
- Utah State Board of Education: Child Count of Students with Disabilities, December 1, 2025
- University of Utah Reading Clinic: FAQ
- Odyssey: enrollment in public school and UFA
- Utah State Board of Education: Utah Fits All Scholarship Program
- Utah Code Title 53F, Chapter 6, Part 4 (Utah Fits All), amounts in 53F-6-402(2)
- Odyssey: purchase limits and caps
Local figures and district pages checked October 1, 2026.