Hiawatha Elementary School

Hiawatha Elementary School, a reasonably sized K-5 school in Hiawatha, Iowa, part of Cedar Rapids Comm School District, serves 334 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Hiawatha Elementary School is one of 35 schools operated by Cedar Rapids Comm School District, a district that teaches 15,494 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Hiawatha Elementary School shows that White students make up the majority at 60%; the rest reads as 15% Hispanic, 10% Black, 9% multiracial, 6% Asian. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 84%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting Hiawatha Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 53% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Linn County (around 40%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Hiawatha Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 65.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 67.7%.

In the area at large, Linn County reports that median household income runs about $77,649, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Linn County runs 83 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,480 students), of which Hiawatha Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Nixon Elementary School, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Hiawatha Elementary School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hiawatha Elementary School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 70.4%.

Hiawatha Elementary School operates from a residential location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hiawatha Elementary School has shrank 20%, going from 416 students in 2018 to 334 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 11% to 6% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 today.

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