Holmes Junior High School

Holmes Junior High School, an expansive 6-8 campus in Cedar Falls, Iowa, operated by Cedar Falls Comm School District, caters to 628 students, covering grades 7 through 9. By comparison, Iowa's public schools average about 400 students each, so Holmes Junior High School sits 57% above that benchmark.

Within Cedar Falls Comm School District, which oversees 10 schools and 5,853 students, Holmes Junior High School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Holmes Junior High School shows that nearly all students (82%) are White; the rest consists of 7% multiracial, 5% Black, 3% Hispanic, 3% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Holmes Junior High School reports 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.4:1. The state averages around 15.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 25% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Black Hawk County (around 52%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Holmes Junior High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 79.4%, the actual is 85.3%, a residual of +5.9 points.

In the area at large, Black Hawk County reports that the typical household earns roughly $66,417 per year, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Holmes Junior High School is one of 35 public schools in Black Hawk County (combined enrollment of about 18,224 students).

Helen A Hansen Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Holmes Junior High School comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 81.1%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Holmes Junior High School has grew 5%, going from 599 students in 2018 to 628 in 2025.

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