Enrollment
356
Elementary
DISTRICT 332 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CEDAR RAPIDS COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190654000243
Grant Wood Elementary School
645 26th ST SE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52403 · (319) 558-2467 · Linn County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL356 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 33% of Iowa public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Iowa public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
222 students
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 41%
Community
0
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 | 57 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 46 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (46).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
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ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
65.3%
IA avg 73.6% . +0.4pp since 2023
Math
55.3%
IA avg 70.9% . -18.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 18 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.3% | 55.3% |
| 2023-24 | 64.9% | 73.3% |
% 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
63.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.8%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Grant Wood Elementary School
Grant Wood Elementary School's state test result (63.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Wood Elementary School this school | 356 | 62.4% | 63.3% |
| Trailside Elementary School Cedar Rapids | 429 | 66.9% | N/A |
| Kenwood Leadership Academy School Cedar Rapids | 386 | 60.4% | 59.0% |
| North Hill Elementary School Burlington | 268 | 60.8% | 64.1% |
| Sunnyside Elementary School Burlington | 298 | 56.0% | 74.7% |
| Poyner Elementary Evansdale | 362 | 59.9% | 64.4% |
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 Grant Wood Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Linn County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.3% | #433 of 564 | #28 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.3% | #496 of 564 ▼ 157 | #32 of 39 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.3% | #404 of 564 ▼ 32 | #28 of 39 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 356 | #282 of 705 | #21 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #427 of 561 | #34 of 42 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.1% | #129 of 561 | #16 of 42 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.4% | #112 of 666 | #13 of 44 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.6% | #292 of 359 | #25 of 30 |
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
356
+26 (+8%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 403
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 356 | 24.1 | 14.8:1 | 62% (222) |
| 2023-24 | 356 | 23.9 | 14.9:1 | 69% (245) |
| 2022-23 | 361 | 23.9 | 15.1:1 | 64% (231) |
| 2020-21 | 330 | 23 | 14.3:1 | 66% (219) |
| 2017-18 | 373 | 26.5 | 14.1:1 | 62% (233) |
| 2015-16 | 418 | 22 | 19.0:1 | 65% (271) |
| 2010-11 | 301 | 22 | 13.7:1 | 55% (166) |
| 2000-01 | 437 | 24 | 18.2:1 | 51% (223) |
| 1990-91 | 403 | 28 | 14.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Grant Wood Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (373 to 356); teachers down 9% (26.5 to 24.1).
About Grant Wood Elementary School
Grant Wood Elementary School serves students in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, as a medium-sized elementary school. The school reports 356 students in pre-K through 5.
The district, Cedar Rapids Comm School District, has 15,494 students enrolled across 35 schools.
White students make up a majority at Grant Wood Elementary School, at 57%. The next largest groups are 19% Black, 15% multiracial, and 8% Hispanic. In Linn County overall, about 84% of residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is a 61% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Grant Wood Elementary School counts 24.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 14.8 students for each one. On average, elementary schools in Iowa have 13.7:1, compared with 14.8:1 here. About 62% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Linn County report 40%.
allk12 grades Grant Wood Elementary School a C. The grade compares the school only with Iowa public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Grant Wood Elementary School would score about 60.8%. It scores 63.3%, 2.5 points above that figure.
Within Linn County, the median household income is $77,649, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. In all, Linn County has 83 public schools and roughly 36,480 students.
The closest public school, Erskine Elementary School, is about 0.8 miles from Grant Wood Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. On average proficiency, Grant Wood Elementary School is 3rd of 7 nearby schools with test data.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Mid-size.
Over 4 years, Grant Wood Elementary School's enrollment grew 8%, to 356.
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Linn County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
230,004
Census ACS
Median income
$77,649
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
83
36,480 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cedar Rapids Comm School District
- John F Kennedy High SchoolHigh · 1,648 students
- Thomas Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 1,501 students
- George Washington High SchoolHigh · 1,182 students
- Harding Middle SchoolMiddle · 710 students
- Taft Middle SchoolMiddle · 593 students
- Viola Gibson Elementary SchoolElementary · 565 students
Other schools in Cedar Rapids
- Prairie High SchoolHigh · 1,766 students
- John F Kennedy High SchoolHigh · 1,648 students
- Thomas Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 1,501 students
- George Washington High SchoolHigh · 1,182 students
- Prairie PointMiddle · 868 students
- Prairie CreekMiddle · 846 students
Other Grant Wood Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 1 state are named Grant Wood Elementary. Grant Wood Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Grant Wood Elementary SchoolBettendorf, IA · 433 students
- Grant Wood Elementary SchoolIowa City, IA · 306 students
Nearby schools
- Erskine Elementary School0.8 mi · 308
- Johnson STEAM Academy School0.9 mi · 324
- McKinley STEAM Academy1.2 mi · 426
- Empowering Excellence Charter School1.2 mi · 120
- Metro High School1.2 mi · 288
- George Washington High School1.2 mi · 1,182
Frequently asked questions
About Grant Wood Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Grant Wood Elementary School?
Grant Wood Elementary School enrolls approximately 356 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Grant Wood Elementary School serve?
Grant Wood Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Grant Wood Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Grant Wood Elementary School is approximately 14.8:1 (24 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Grant Wood Elementary School?
Grant Wood Elementary School reports a student body of 57% White, 8% Hispanic, 19% Black, 1% Asian, 15% Two or more.
Is Grant Wood Elementary School public or private?
Grant Wood Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Cedar Rapids Comm School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.