North Cedar Lowden Elementary Center

North Cedar Lowden Elementary Center operates as an intimate primary school in Lowden, Iowa, one of the schools within North Cedar Comm School District. Current enrollment sits at 168 students spanning grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 48% below the typical public school in Iowa, which averages around 325 students.

North Cedar Comm School District comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 550 students; North Cedar Lowden Elementary Center is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, North Cedar Lowden Elementary Center shows that nearly all students (94%) are White; the rest is composed of 4% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. Compared to Cedar County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.1:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 38% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Cedar County runs at roughly 28%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, North Cedar Lowden Elementary Center sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 72.9%; this one delivers 77.1%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Cedar County) logs that median household earnings sit near $80,602, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Cedar County's 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,030 students), North Cedar Lowden Elementary Center is one campus in the mix.

Calamus-Wheatland Secondary Attendance Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.9 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 5 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), North Cedar Lowden Elementary Center ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 68.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at North Cedar Lowden Elementary Center has shrank 6%, going from 179 students in 2018 to 168 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, the feed for North Cedar Lowden Elementary Center typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.