Enrollment
289
Elementary
DISTRICT 332 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CEDAR RAPIDS COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190654000255
Nixon Elementary School
200 Nixon DR, Hiawatha, IA 52233 · (319) 558-2188 · Linn County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL289 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 31% 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
11.6:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
195 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 | 56 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 37 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 43 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is 12% larger than its 5th grade class (50).
Student demographics
70%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
62.1%
IA avg 73.6% . +4.3pp since 2023
Math
69.3%
IA avg 70.9% . +7.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.1% | 69.3% |
| 2023-24 | 57.8% | 61.5% |
% 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
61.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.2%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Nixon Elementary School
Nixon Elementary School's state test result (61.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nixon Elementary School this school | 289 | 67.5% | 61.0% |
| Moore Elementary School Des Moines | 285 | 67.0% | 48.5% |
| Mitchell Early Childhood Center Des Moines | 292 | 67.1% | N/A |
| Hillis Elementary School Des Moines | 279 | 76.3% | 47.5% |
| Clive Learning Academy Des Moines | 551 | 59.7% | 70.1% |
| Kittrell Elementary School Waterloo | 576 | 71.5% | 61.5% |
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 Nixon Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Linn County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #456 of 564 | #29 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.3% | #395 of 564 ▲ 66 | #24 of 39 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.1% | #440 of 564 ▲ 14 | #30 of 39 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 289 | #402 of 705 | #33 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #77 of 561 | #3 of 42 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.1% | #50 of 561 | #5 of 42 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.5% | #86 of 666 | #10 of 44 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.2% | #178 of 359 | #15 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
289
-25 (-8%) vs 2020
-41% since 1990-91, when it was 492
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 12.1:1
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 | 289 | 24.9 | 11.6:1 | 67% (195) |
| 2023-24 | 284 | 23.9 | 11.9:1 | 74% (210) |
| 2022-23 | 289 | 22.8 | 12.7:1 | 67% (194) |
| 2020-21 | 314 | 26 | 12.1:1 | 65% (205) |
| 2017-18 | 333 | 23.9 | 13.9:1 | 53% (178) |
| 2015-16 | 368 | 19 | 19.4:1 | 55% (202) |
| 2010-11 | 315 | 20 | 15.8:1 | 43% (134) |
| 2000-01 | 455 | 27 | 16.9:1 | 24% (109) |
| 1990-91 | 492 | 26 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Nixon Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (333 to 289); teachers up 4% (23.9 to 24.9).
About Nixon Elementary School
Nixon Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Hiawatha, Iowa, administered by Cedar Rapids Comm School District. Students in pre-K through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 289 students.
A total of 35 schools make up Cedar Rapids Comm School District, with 15,494 students enrolled.
Nixon Elementary School's enrollment has no majority group, and White students are the largest at 48%. It is also 19% Black, 12% Hispanic, 11% Asian, and 9% multiracial. Linn County's residents are about 84% White, 35 points above the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at Nixon Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 70%.
Staffing totals 24.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 11.6:1. That ratio is under the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Iowa. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Nixon Elementary School is 67%. That is 27 points above the 40% average for public schools in Linn County.
allk12 grades Nixon Elementary School a C. The grade compares the school only with Iowa public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
After adjusting for student poverty, Nixon Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Iowa schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 61.0%; the prediction is 58.2%.
Linn County census figures show that median household income is about $77,649, roughly 35% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Nixon Elementary School is among the 83 public schools in Linn County.
Hiawatha Elementary School is the closest public school, about 0.7 miles away in a straight line. Nixon Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nixon Elementary School comes in 8th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Mid-size by the National Center for Education Statistics.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Nixon Elementary School went from 314 students to 289.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Nixon Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Nixon Elementary. Nixon Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 5.
- Nixon Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 672 students
- Nixon Elementary SchoolEL PASO, TX · 510 students
- Nixon Elementary SchoolMontgomery, AL · 476 students
- Nixon Elementary SchoolLANDING, NJ · 261 students
Nearby schools
- Hiawatha Elementary School0.7 mi · 334
- John F Kennedy High School1.5 mi · 1,648
- Pierce Elementary School1.5 mi · 334
- Westfield Elementary School1.6 mi · 445
- Harding Middle School1.6 mi · 710
- Wright Elementary School2.0 mi · 282
Frequently asked questions
About Nixon Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Nixon Elementary School?
Nixon Elementary School enrolls approximately 289 students in grades PK-05.
Is Nixon Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Nixon Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Nixon Elementary School have?
Nixon Elementary School employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Nixon Elementary School?
Student demographics at Nixon Elementary School are roughly 48% White, 12% Hispanic, 19% Black, 11% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Nixon Elementary School?
Nixon Elementary School is overseen by Cedar Rapids Comm School District in Linn County.
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