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Enrollment
1,333
High
DISTRICT 585 · STATE 468
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CEDAR FALLS COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190651000221
Cedar Falls High School
2701 W 27th St, Cedar Falls, IA 50613 · (319) 553-2500 · Black Hawk County
GRADES 10–12HIGH13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL1,333 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
96 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
276 students
DISTRICT 27% · STATE 41%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 10 | 434 | 33% |
| Grade 11 | 435 | 33% |
| Grade 12 | 464 | 35% |
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · STATE 48% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Based on grade levels within Cedar Falls Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
78.2%
IA avg 73.6% . -1.4pp since 2023
Math
79.7%
IA avg 70.9% . +0.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.2% | 79.7% |
| 2023-24 | 79.6% | 79.4% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
79.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
81.6%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 82% typical for Iowa schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Iowa's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Cedar Falls High School
Cedar Falls High School's state test result (79.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Falls High School this school | 1,333 | 20.7% | 79.5% |
| Ankeny High School Ankeny | 1,375 | 23.0% | 79.5% |
| Dallas Center-Grimes High School Grimes | 1,073 | 17.8% | 75.7% |
| Northview Middle School Ankeny | 1,021 | 17.1% | 85.7% |
| Ankeny Centennial High School Ankeny | 1,470 | 16.5% | 81.3% |
| Bondurant-Farrar High School Bondurant | 849 | 20.4% | 71.0% |
Matched among Iowa high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Cedar Falls High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Black Hawk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.5% | #68 of 313 | #2 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.7% | #56 of 314 ▼ 9 | #2 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.2% | #150 of 314 ▼ 18 | #3 of 6 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,333 | #28 of 340 | #2 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #113 of 259 | #4 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.3% | #101 of 260 | #4 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.7% | #283 of 320 | #7 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +19.3% | #42 of 133 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,333
+104 (+8%) vs 2020
+29% since 1990-91, when it was 1,037
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 13.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,333 | 96 | 13.9:1 | 21% (276) |
| 2023-24 | 1,336 | 94 | 14.2:1 | 24% (315) |
| 2022-23 | 1,302 | 94.7 | 13.8:1 | 24% (311) |
| 2020-21 | 1,229 | 91 | 13.5:1 | 21% (264) |
| 2017-18 | 1,117 | 87.8 | 12.7:1 | 15% (169) |
| 2015-16 | 1,156 | 81 | 14.3:1 | 21% (237) |
| 2010-11 | 1,090 | 74 | 14.7:1 | 15% (164) |
| 2000-01 | 1,210 | 82 | 14.8:1 | 12% (146) |
| 1990-91 | 1,037 | 67 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cedar Falls High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 19% (1,117 to 1,333); teachers up 9% (87.8 to 96).
About Cedar Falls High School
Cedar Falls High School is the name of a large high school in Cedar Falls, Iowa. It has an enrollment of 1,333 students in grades 10 through 12. On average, high schools in Iowa enroll around 468, and this school is 185% bigger than that mark.
Cedar Falls Comm School District serves 5,853 students across 10 schools.
Cedar Falls High School is 84% White by enrollment. The remaining shares are 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 3% Black, and 3% Asian. The diversity index for Cedar Falls High School is 28%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Staffing at Cedar Falls High School comes to 96 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 13.9:1. High schools in Iowa average 17.3:1, 3.4 more students per teacher than here. Cedar Falls High School counts 21% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Black Hawk County average 52%.
Compared with Iowa schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Cedar Falls High School's results are 2.1 points below predicted: 79.5% against 81.6%.
American Community Survey estimates for Black Hawk County show that median household income comes to about $66,417, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 30% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Black Hawk County counts 35 public schools with about 18,224 students.
Helen A Hansen Elementary School sits about 1.3 miles from Cedar Falls High School. Cedar Falls High School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Cedar Falls High School comes in 6th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Cedar Falls High School is City: Small, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The school's student count rose 8% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
The Cedar Falls High School discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. You can also rate the school on this page.
Black Hawk County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
131,049
Census ACS
Median income
$66,417
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
35
18,224 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cedar Falls Comm School District
- Peet Junior High SchoolMiddle · 695 students
- Holmes Junior High SchoolMiddle · 628 students
- Helen A Hansen Elementary SchoolElementary · 569 students
- Southdale Elementary SchoolElementary · 539 students
- Bess Streeter Aldrich ElementaryElementary · 472 students
- Orchard Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 458 students
Other schools in Cedar Falls
- Peet Junior High SchoolMiddle · 695 students
- Holmes Junior High SchoolMiddle · 628 students
- Helen A Hansen Elementary SchoolElementary · 569 students
- Southdale Elementary SchoolElementary · 539 students
- Bess Streeter Aldrich ElementaryElementary · 472 students
- Orchard Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 458 students
Nearby schools
- Helen A Hansen Elementary School1.3 mi · 569
- Holmes Junior High School1.3 mi · 628
- Bess Streeter Aldrich Elementary1.5 mi · 472
- Lincoln Elementary School1.9 mi · 416
- Peet Junior High School2.0 mi · 695
- Southdale Elementary School2.2 mi · 539
Frequently asked questions
About Cedar Falls High SchoolHow large is Cedar Falls High School?
Cedar Falls High School enrolls approximately 1,333 students in grades 10-12.
What age range does Cedar Falls High School serve?
Cedar Falls High School serves students from grade 10 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Cedar Falls High School?
Approximately 13.9:1 students per teacher at Cedar Falls High School.
What is the student diversity at Cedar Falls High School?
Student demographics at Cedar Falls High School are roughly 84% White, 4% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Cedar Falls High School?
Cedar Falls High School is overseen by Cedar Falls Comm School District in Black Hawk County.
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