Prairie High School

Set in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Prairie High School is a sprawling high school, overseen by College Comm School District. It caters to 1,766 students across grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 277% above the state mean of about 468.

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

In terms of who attends, Prairie High School records that White students make up the majority at 70%. Other groups include 13% Black, 7% multiracial, 7% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 84% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 95 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Prairie High School higher than the state norm the norm. About 30% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Linn County (around 40%), the school's rate is south of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Prairie High School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 77.0%; this one comes in at 64.8%, -12.2 points off the demographic line.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Linn County) shows that median household income runs about $77,649, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Linn County's 83 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,480 students), Prairie High School is one campus in the mix.

Prairie Crest Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Prairie High School comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 74.3%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Prairie High School's enrollment has climbed 50% since 2018, when it stood at 1,175 (now 1,766). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 83% to 70%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 18.6:1 today.

Inside the community feed, members of the Prairie High School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.