Enrollment
324
Elementary
DISTRICT 332 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CEDAR RAPIDS COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190654000251
Johnson STEAM Academy School
355 18th ST SE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52403 · (319) 558-3400 · Linn County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL324 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 1% of Iowa public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
11.7:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
228 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 52 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 41 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (66).
Student demographics
68%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
35.9%
IA avg 73.6% . -0.1pp since 2023
Math
49.7%
IA avg 70.9% . +3.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 up about 4 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.9% | 49.7% |
| 2023-24 | 36.0% | 46.0% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
40.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.8%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 57% typical for Iowa schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Johnson STEAM Academy School
Johnson STEAM Academy School's state test result (40.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson STEAM Academy School this school | 324 | 70.4% | 40.0% |
| Cedar River Academy at Taylor Cedar Rapids | 355 | 76.1% | 37.0% |
| Lincoln Elementary School Dubuque | 257 | 72.0% | 47.8% |
| Jefferson Elementary School Davenport | 384 | 71.1% | 24.2% |
| Madison Elementary School Davenport | 318 | 80.5% | 27.8% |
| Kirkwood Elementary School Coralville | 270 | 69.6% | 47.8% |
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 Johnson STEAM Academy School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Linn County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #550 of 564 | #37 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.7% | #519 of 564 ▲ 16 | #35 of 39 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.9% | #560 of 564 ▼ 7 | #38 of 39 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 324 | #328 of 705 | #28 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #90 of 561 | #4 of 42 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.4% | #65 of 561 | #7 of 42 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.4% | #70 of 666 | #6 of 44 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.5% | #159 of 359 | #13 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
324
-73 (-18%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 433
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 324 | 27.7 | 11.7:1 | 70% (228) |
| 2023-24 | 343 | 24.3 | 14.1:1 | 80% (274) |
| 2022-23 | 346 | 26.1 | 13.2:1 | 74% (257) |
| 2020-21 | 397 | 29 | 13.7:1 | 78% (308) |
| 2017-18 | 379 | 26.5 | 14.3:1 | 81% (308) |
| 2015-16 | 395 | 24 | 16.5:1 | 82% (324) |
| 2010-11 | 242 | 21 | 11.5:1 | 80% (194) |
| 2000-01 | 423 | 28 | 15.1:1 | 63% (266) |
| 1990-91 | 433 | 29 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Johnson STEAM Academy School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (379 to 324); teachers up 4% (26.5 to 27.7).
About Johnson STEAM Academy School
Johnson STEAM Academy School is a medium-sized elementary school in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, (ZIP code 52403). The school had 324 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25.
The Cedar Rapids Comm School District system has 35 schools and 15,494 students.
Black students are the largest group at Johnson STEAM Academy School, with 42% of enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 33% White, 15% multiracial, and 10% Hispanic. Among all residents of Linn County, the Black share is about 6%. The chance that two students picked at random at Johnson STEAM Academy School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 68%.
The school employs the equivalent of 27.7 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 11.7:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Iowa is 13.7:1, higher than at this school. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Johnson STEAM Academy School is 70%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Linn County is 40%.
Johnson STEAM Academy School is graded F by allk12, scoring above 1% of Iowa public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 56.8% for Johnson STEAM Academy School, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 40.0%. The 16.8-point gap ranks in the bottom 10% of Iowa schools.
Census Bureau estimates for Linn County show that median household income is about $77,649, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Johnson STEAM Academy School is one of 83 public schools in Linn County, which together enroll about 36,480 students.
The shortest distance from Johnson STEAM Academy School to another public school is about 0.4 miles, to Empowering Excellence Charter School. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. On state test proficiency, Johnson STEAM Academy School ranks 7th in a group of 7 nearby schools.
For locale, NCES codes Johnson STEAM Academy School as City: Mid-size.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 18%, from 397 to 324. The ratio of students to teachers went from 13.7:1 to 11.7:1 over the same years.
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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
Nearby schools
- Empowering Excellence Charter School0.4 mi · 120
- McKinley STEAM Academy0.7 mi · 426
- Franklin Middle School0.8 mi · 469
- Grant Wood Elementary School0.9 mi · 356
- George Washington High School1.0 mi · 1,182
- Metro High School1.0 mi · 288
Frequently asked questions
About Johnson STEAM Academy SchoolHow large is Johnson STEAM Academy School?
Johnson STEAM Academy School enrolls approximately 324 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Johnson STEAM Academy School serve?
Johnson STEAM Academy School serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Johnson STEAM Academy School have?
Johnson STEAM Academy School employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Johnson STEAM Academy School?
Student demographics at Johnson STEAM Academy School are roughly 33% White, 10% Hispanic, 42% Black, 0% Asian, 15% Two or more.
Who oversees Johnson STEAM Academy School?
Johnson STEAM Academy School is overseen by Cedar Rapids Comm School District in Linn County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.