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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Prairie Heights Elementary School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
403
Elementary
DISTRICT 374 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLLEGE COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190786000387
Prairie Heights Elementary School
190 76th Ave SW, Cedar Rapids, IA 52404 · (319) 848-5230 · Linn County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL403 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 25% of Iowa public elementary schools
- CTest 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
162 students
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 41%
Community
5
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 20 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 75 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 7% smaller than its 4th grade class (81).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within College Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
71.8%
IA avg 73.6% . +10.6pp since 2023
Math
71.1%
IA avg 70.9% . +4.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.8% | 71.1% |
| 2023-24 | 61.2% | 66.2% |
% 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
67.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.8%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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 Prairie Heights Elementary School
Prairie Heights Elementary School's state test result (67.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie Heights Elementary School this school | 403 | 40.2% | 67.5% |
| Prairie View Elementary School Cedar Rapids | 430 | 35.6% | 84.8% |
| Prairie Hill Elementary School Cedar Rapids | 466 | 35.2% | 79.6% |
| Hubbell Elementary Des Moines | 362 | 42.8% | 67.1% |
| Neil Armstrong Elementary School Eldridge | 369 | 38.8% | 76.4% |
| Maple Grove Elementary Cedar Rapids | 539 | 41.2% | 76.9% |
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 Prairie Heights Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Linn County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.5% | #372 of 564 | #25 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.1% | #367 of 564 ▲ 61 | #23 of 39 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.8% | #305 of 564 ▲ 112 | #21 of 39 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 403 | #217 of 705 | #16 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #283 of 561 | #16 of 42 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.7% | #190 of 561 | #22 of 42 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.2% | #361 of 666 | #27 of 44 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.0% | #198 of 359 | #17 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
403
+31 (+8%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 398
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 403 | 29.8 | 13.5:1 | 40% (162) |
| 2023-24 | 396 | 29.8 | 13.3:1 | 41% (164) |
| 2022-23 | 402 | 29.7 | 13.5:1 | 37% (149) |
| 2020-21 | 372 | 29 | 12.8:1 | 34% (127) |
| 2017-18 | 458 | 31 | 14.8:1 | 36% (167) |
| 2015-16 | 450 | 31 | 14.5:1 | 37% (165) |
| 2010-11 | 523 | 31 | 16.9:1 | 28% (149) |
| 2000-01 | 543 | 33 | 16.4:1 | 22% (121) |
| 1990-91 | 398 | 22 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Prairie Heights Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (458 to 403); teachers down 4% (31 to 29.8).
About Prairie Heights Elementary School
In Cedar Rapids, Iowa, part of Linn County, Prairie Heights Elementary School is an elementary school. The school enrolls 403 students, from pre-K through 4. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Iowa) has about 325 students.
Prairie Heights Elementary School is among 10 schools run by College Comm School District, which serves 5,792 students.
Prairie Heights Elementary School's enrollment is 65% White. Enrollment also includes 18% Black, 8% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. Among people living in Linn County, the White share is about 84%. Prairie Heights Elementary School has a diversity index of 54%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its 29.8 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 13.5:1. Across elementary schools in Iowa, the average ratio is about 13.7:1. The school's lunch program data list 40% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is close to the 40% average for public schools in Linn County.
allk12 grades Prairie Heights 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, Prairie Heights Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Iowa schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 67.5%; the prediction is 71.8%.
Among Linn County residents, median household income is about $77,649, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Prairie Heights Elementary School is one of 83 public schools in Linn County, which together enroll about 36,480 students.
The nearest public school is Prairie Hill Elementary School, at about 0.2 miles. Prairie Heights Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 73.9%, higher than Prairie Heights Elementary School's 67.5%.
Its NCES locale code is City: Mid-size: the school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 403 was 8% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 372.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Prairie Heights Elementary School. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 College Comm School District
- Prairie High SchoolHigh · 1,766 students
- Prairie PointMiddle · 868 students
- Prairie CreekMiddle · 846 students
- Prairie Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 466 students
- Prairie Ridge ElementaryElementary · 438 students
- Prairie Crest ElementaryElementary · 434 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
Other Prairie Heights Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Prairie Heights Elementary. Prairie Heights Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- Prairie Heights Elementary SchoolLaGrange, IN · 537 students
- Prairie Heights Elementary SchoolFOUNTAIN, CO · 130 students
- Prairie Heights Elementary SchoolAlta Vista, KS · 76 students
Nearby schools
- Prairie Hill Elementary School0.2 mi · 466
- Prairie Early Childhood Center0.3 mi · 74
- Prairie Crest Elementary0.3 mi · 434
- Prairie View Elementary School0.3 mi · 430
- Prairie Ridge Elementary0.4 mi · 438
- Prairie Point0.4 mi · 868
Frequently asked questions
About Prairie Heights Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Prairie Heights Elementary School?
Prairie Heights Elementary School enrolls approximately 403 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does Prairie Heights Elementary School serve?
Prairie Heights Elementary School serves grades PK-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Prairie Heights Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Prairie Heights Elementary School is approximately 13.5:1 (30 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Prairie Heights Elementary School?
Prairie Heights Elementary School reports a student body of 65% White, 8% Hispanic, 18% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Prairie Heights Elementary School public or private?
Prairie Heights Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by College Comm School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.