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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Cedar Heights Elementary School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
451
Elementary
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CEDAR FALLS COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190651000222
Cedar Heights Elementary School
2417 Rainbow Dr, Cedar Falls, IA 50613 · (319) 553-2855 · Black Hawk County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL451 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
152 students
DISTRICT 27% · STATE 41%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 19 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 57 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 65 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 12% smaller than its 6th grade class (65).
Student demographics
39%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
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
74.1%
IA avg 73.6% . -0.6pp since 2023
Math
73.6%
IA avg 70.9% . -3.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.1% | 73.6% |
| 2023-24 | 74.7% | 77.3% |
% 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
73.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
75.1%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 75% 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 Heights Elementary School
Cedar Heights Elementary School's state test result (73.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Heights Elementary School this school | 451 | 33.7% | 73.3% |
| Kluckhohn Elementary School Le Mars | 407 | 32.9% | 73.0% |
| Carver Elementary School Dubuque | 499 | 31.7% | 81.9% |
| John Kennedy Elementary School Dubuque | 493 | 29.8% | 77.5% |
| Sergeant Bluff-Luton Elementary School Sergeant Bluff | 383 | 36.0% | 77.1% |
| Centennial Elementary Altoona | 423 | 38.1% | 79.4% |
Matched among Iowa elementary 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 Heights Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Black Hawk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.3% | #275 of 564 | #11 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.6% | #322 of 564 ▼ 65 | #12 of 21 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.1% | #259 of 564 ▼ 56 | #11 of 21 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 451 | #147 of 705 | #12 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #270 of 561 | #14 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.0% | #274 of 561 | #13 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.7% | #449 of 666 | #15 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.4% | #173 of 359 | #9 of 13 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
451
-26 (-5%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 436
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 451 | 33.7 | 13.4:1 | 34% (152) |
| 2023-24 | 432 | 34.7 | 12.4:1 | 42% (181) |
| 2022-23 | 474 | 32.9 | 14.4:1 | 39% (187) |
| 2020-21 | 477 | 36 | 13.3:1 | 31% (148) |
| 2017-18 | 521 | 32.8 | 15.9:1 | 28% (145) |
| 2015-16 | 536 | 32 | 16.8:1 | 29% (156) |
| 2010-11 | 455 | 34 | 13.4:1 | 23% (106) |
| 2000-01 | 394 | 27 | 14.6:1 | 11% (45) |
| 1990-91 | 436 | 19 | 22.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cedar Heights Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (521 to 451); teachers up 3% (32.8 to 33.7).
About Cedar Heights Elementary School
Cedar Heights Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Cedar Falls, Iowa, one of the schools in Cedar Falls Comm School District. The latest federal count shows 451 students in pre-K through 6. Against the 325-student average for elementary schools in Iowa, enrollment here is 39% higher.
Cedar Falls Comm School District counts 5,853 students in its 10 schools, and Cedar Heights Elementary School is one of them.
At Cedar Heights Elementary School, White students make up 77% of the student body. It is also 9% multiracial, 6% Black, and 5% Hispanic. For comparison, Black Hawk County is about 80% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 39% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Cedar Heights Elementary School's 33.7 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 13.4:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Iowa average 13.7:1. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 34%. That is 18 points below the 52% average for public schools in Black Hawk County.
The model predicts 75.1% for a school in Iowa with Cedar Heights Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Cedar Heights Elementary School posts 73.3%.
County data help place the school in context: in Black Hawk County, the median household income is $66,417, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 30%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. In all, Black Hawk County has 35 public schools and roughly 18,224 students.
The shortest distance from Cedar Heights Elementary School to another public school is about 1.1 miles, to Orchard Hill Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The school's 73.3% average proficiency ranks 6th among 9 nearby schools.
NCES assigns Cedar Heights Elementary School the locale City: Small, meaning inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Cedar Heights Elementary School's enrollment declined from 477 in 2020-21 to 451 in 2024-25.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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
- Cedar Falls High SchoolHigh · 1,333 students
- 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
Other schools in Cedar Falls
- Cedar Falls High SchoolHigh · 1,333 students
- 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
Other Cedar Heights Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Cedar Heights Elementary. Cedar Heights Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Cedar Heights Elementary SchoolWoodward, OK · 237 students
Nearby schools
- Orchard Hill Elementary School1.1 mi · 458
- Peet Junior High School1.1 mi · 695
- Southdale Elementary School1.4 mi · 539
- Central Middle School1.9 mi · 469
- Lincoln Elementary School1.9 mi · 416
- Fred Becker Elementary School2.1 mi · 501
Frequently asked questions
About Cedar Heights Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Cedar Heights Elementary School?
Cedar Heights Elementary School enrolls approximately 451 students in grades PK-06.
Is Cedar Heights Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Cedar Heights Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cedar Heights Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cedar Heights Elementary School is approximately 13.4:1 (34 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Cedar Heights Elementary School?
Cedar Heights Elementary School reports a student body of 77% White, 5% Hispanic, 6% Black, 2% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Cedar Heights Elementary School?
Cedar Heights Elementary School is overseen by Cedar Falls Comm School District in Black Hawk County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.