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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the McKinley STEAM Academy administration to hear?
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Enrollment
426
Middle
DISTRICT 450 · STATE 400
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CEDAR RAPIDS COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190654000254
McKinley STEAM Academy
620 10th ST SE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52403 · (319) 558-2348 · Linn County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL426 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 10% of Iowa public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
258 students
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 41%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 149 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 133 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 144 | 34% |
Student demographics
64%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
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
64.5%
IA avg 73.6% . -2.9pp since 2023
Math
55.1%
IA avg 70.9% . +5.3pp 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 are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.5% | 55.1% |
| 2023-24 | 67.4% | 49.8% |
% 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
58.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.6%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 McKinley STEAM Academy
McKinley STEAM Academy's state test result (58.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| McKinley STEAM Academy this school | 426 | 60.6% | 58.1% |
| Franklin Middle School Cedar Rapids | 469 | 58.6% | 60.1% |
| Williams Middle School Davenport | 577 | 56.8% | 44.0% |
| Thomas Jefferson Middle School Dubuque | 402 | 67.4% | 48.3% |
| Wood Middle School Davenport | 629 | 52.8% | 54.8% |
| Frank L Smart Middle School Davenport | 430 | 68.8% | 30.9% |
Matched among Iowa middle 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 McKinley STEAM Academy ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Linn County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.1% | #197 of 224 | #15 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.1% | #200 of 224 ▲ 5 | #15 of 17 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.5% | #190 of 224 ▼ 10 | #15 of 17 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 426 | #90 of 246 | #12 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #52 of 180 | #4 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.4% | #27 of 180 | #3 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.6% | #29 of 237 | #3 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.2% | #78 of 103 | #9 of 10 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
426
-67 (-14%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 538
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 17.0:1
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 | 426 | 31.7 | 13.4:1 | 61% (258) |
| 2023-24 | 414 | 30.6 | 13.5:1 | 58% (240) |
| 2022-23 | 448 | 31.9 | 14.0:1 | 52% (234) |
| 2020-21 | 493 | 29 | 17.0:1 | 64% (315) |
| 2017-18 | 459 | 34.1 | 13.5:1 | 59% (270) |
| 2015-16 | 523 | 34 | 15.4:1 | 56% (294) |
| 2010-11 | 561 | 40 | 14.0:1 | 53% (299) |
| 2000-01 | 695 | 43 | 16.2:1 | 27% (187) |
| 1990-91 | 538 | 40 | 13.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for McKinley STEAM Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (459 to 426); teachers down 7% (34.1 to 31.7).
About McKinley STEAM Academy
McKinley STEAM Academy is a public middle-grades school run by Cedar Rapids Comm School District in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. It reports enrollment of 426 students in grades 6 through 8.
Cedar Rapids Comm School District is the district for McKinley STEAM Academy. It has 35 schools and 15,494 students.
Federal enrollment data show McKinley STEAM Academy is 51% White. Other groups make up 27% Black, 12% multiracial, and 8% Hispanic. Linn County as a whole is about 84% White, so the school's share is lower. A diversity index of 64% means there is a 64% chance two randomly chosen students at McKinley STEAM Academy are from different groups.
The school lists 31.7 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.4:1. The average for middle schools in Iowa, 15.2:1, is higher. A total of 258 students, or 61%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 40% for public schools in Linn County.
Among Iowa public middle schools, McKinley STEAM Academy outscored 10%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
McKinley STEAM Academy sits between the top and bottom 10% of Iowa schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 58.1% and a predicted 61.6%.
The school's county is Linn County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $77,649, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Linn County's 83 public schools enroll about 36,480 students and include McKinley STEAM Academy.
McKinley STEAM Academy's closest public school neighbor is Metro High School, about 0.5 miles away. Within five miles of McKinley STEAM Academy, there are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, McKinley STEAM Academy is ahead of the 51.1% nearby average, ranking 4th of 7.
The NCES locale for McKinley STEAM Academy is City: Mid-size, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment decreased by 14% across 4 years, from 493 in 2020-21 to 426 in 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 17.0:1 in 2020-21, and 13.4:1 in 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at McKinley STEAM Academy. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
- Metro High School0.5 mi · 288
- Johnson STEAM Academy School0.7 mi · 324
- City View High0.7 mi · 100
- Empowering Excellence Charter School1.0 mi · 120
- Grant Wood Elementary School1.2 mi · 356
- Franklin Middle School1.4 mi · 469
Frequently asked questions
About McKinley STEAM AcademyHow large is McKinley STEAM Academy?
McKinley STEAM Academy enrolls approximately 426 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does McKinley STEAM Academy serve?
McKinley STEAM Academy serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does McKinley STEAM Academy have?
McKinley STEAM Academy employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.
How diverse is McKinley STEAM Academy?
McKinley STEAM Academy reports a student body of 51% White, 8% Hispanic, 27% Black, 1% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Who oversees McKinley STEAM Academy?
McKinley STEAM Academy 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.