Prairie Crossing

As a very small combined-grade school in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Prairie Crossing educates 67 students from grades K through 12, run under College Comm School District. Enrollment runs roughly 72% below the state mean of about 239.

Within College Comm School District, which oversees 10 schools and 5,792 students, Prairie Crossing is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Prairie Crossing records that 58% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder looks like 21% Black, 12% multiracial, 9% Hispanic. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 84%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 4.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 19.1:1 average. About 70% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Linn County runs at roughly 40%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, Linn County reports that the typical household earns roughly $77,649 per year, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Linn County's 83 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,480 students), Prairie Crossing is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Prairie Heights Elementary School, around 1.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Prairie Crossing has ticked up 14%, going from 59 students in 2018 to 67 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 66% to 58%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 5.5:1 in 2018 to 4.3:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.