Schools · Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids, IA schools
Cedar Rapids’s public schools score well below Iowa’s averages: 59% of students are proficient in reading against 67.8% statewide, and 91% of high schoolers graduate on time against 91.4%. Kids attend Grant Elementary School or Harrison Elementary School or Prairie Crossing through grade 12, then Prairie Crossing and City View High or Prairie Crossing.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
C−
Cedar Rapids’s School Grade: C-
The public schools Cedar Rapids’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 82% of Iowa’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
DTest scoresCGraduation
Iowa school districts we grade (325)Better than 18%
Lower resultsHigher results
Iowa towns with similar household incomes (644)Better than 17%
High confidence. Built on 13,535 tested students and a graduating class of 1,189; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Iowa’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Iowa only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Iowa with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Cedar Rapids kids go to school
Grades K–12
D-Grant Elementary School or D-Harrison Elementary School or D-Prairie Crossing
Depends on your address Cedar Rapids Community School DistrictGrades 12
City View High or D-Prairie Crossing
Depends on your address Cedar Rapids Community School DistrictBased on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
Well below the state in reading
Reading (grades K–12, Cedar Rapids Community)59%
State average 67.8%
Reading (grades 12, College Community)70%
State average 67.8%
Math (grades K–12, Cedar Rapids Community)50%
State average 64.1%
Math (grades 12, College Community)62%
State average 64.1%
Graduation · class of 2020
91% graduate on time
Graduation rate
91%
IA: 91.4%
Graduating class
1,189
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.
Districts
Two districts serve Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Community School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 31 schools · 15,003 students
$14,892 per studentIA $13,713DCollege Community School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 10 schools · 5,792 students
$13,528 per studentIA $13,713C+Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Colleges
Cedar Rapids is home to 3 colleges
Kirkwood Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Cedar Rapids9,860on campusCoe CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Cedar Rapids1,278on campusMount Mercy UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Cedar Rapids1,252on campus
All 3 colleges in Cedar Rapids →Every school
All 54 schools in Cedar Rapids
Showing 1–30 of 54 schools
Viola Gibson Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 565 students
A-PublicWest Willow Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 555 students
B-PublicMaple Grove ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 539 students
B-PublicPrairie Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–4 · 466 students
C-PublicWestfield Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–4 · 445 students
APublicPrairie Ridge ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–4 · 438 students
BPublicPrairie Crest ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–4 · 434 students
C+PublicPrairie View Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–4 · 430 students
B-PublicTrailside Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 429 students
PublicVan Buren Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 429 students
DPublicHoover Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 420 students
D-PublicBowman Woods Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–4 · 413 students
B-PublicPrairie Heights Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–4 · 403 students
C-PublicKenwood Leadership Academy SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 386 students
C-PublicGrant Wood Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 356 students
DPublicCedar River Academy at TaylorElementary · Grades PK–5 · 355 students
D-PublicPierce Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 334 students
CPublicJohnson STEAM Academy SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 324 students
D-PublicGrant Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 312 students
D-PublicErskine Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 308 students
C-PublicWright Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 282 students
DPublicHarrison Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 277 students
D-PublicCleveland Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 254 students
DPublicMadison Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 153 students
DPublicLasalle Catholic Middle SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 375 students
PrivateSt. Pius X Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 358 students
PrivateRegis Middle SchoolElementary · Grades 6–8 · 317 students
PrivateSt. Matthew SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 299 students
PrivateLasalle Catholic Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–4 · 224 students
PrivateAll Saints Catholic SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 151 students
PrivateSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.