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Enrollment
1,766
High
DISTRICT 579 · STATE 468
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLLEGE COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190786000388
Prairie High School
401 76th Ave SW, Cedar Rapids, IA 52404 · (319) 848-5340 · Linn County
GRADES 09–12HIGH12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL1,766 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 13% of Iowa public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
95 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
526 students
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 41%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 446 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 460 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 420 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 440 | 25% |
Student demographics
48%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
Feeds from
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
77.0%
IA avg 73.6% . +12.9pp since 2023
Math
66.9%
IA avg 70.9% . +12.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77.0% | 66.9% |
| 2023-24 | 64.1% | 54.8% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
64.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
77.0%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 77% typical for Iowa schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 High School
Prairie High School's state test result (64.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie High School this school | 1,766 | 29.8% | 64.8% |
| Southeast Polk High School Pleasant Hill | 1,722 | 33.4% | 67.5% |
| Bettendorf High School Bettendorf | 1,433 | 29.4% | 77.3% |
| Liberty High School North Liberty | 1,286 | 24.3% | 75.9% |
| John F Kennedy High School Cedar Rapids | 1,648 | 36.0% | 69.3% |
| Clear Creek Amana High School Tiffin | 800 | 28.3% | 76.1% |
Matched among Iowa high 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 High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Linn County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.8% | #249 of 313 | #10 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.9% | #205 of 314 ▲ 76 | #8 of 14 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.0% | #173 of 314 ▲ 106 | #8 of 14 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,766 | #7 of 340 | #2 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.6:1 | #245 of 259 | #12 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.5% | #55 of 260 | #4 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.8% | #209 of 320 | #7 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +50.3% | #7 of 133 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,766
+516 (+41%) vs 2020
+156% since 1990-91, when it was 690
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
was 18.1:1
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 | 1,766 | 95.2 | 18.6:1 | 30% (526) |
| 2023-24 | 1,271 | 72.7 | 17.5:1 | 30% (386) |
| 2022-23 | 1,298 | 72.7 | 17.9:1 | 31% (402) |
| 2020-21 | 1,250 | 69 | 18.1:1 | 26% (322) |
| 2017-18 | 1,175 | 69.7 | 16.9:1 | 26% (306) |
| 2015-16 | 1,095 | 67 | 16.3:1 | 26% (287) |
| 2010-11 | 968 | 63 | 15.4:1 | 22% (214) |
| 2000-01 | 992 | 56 | 17.7:1 | 15% (150) |
| 1990-91 | 690 | 42 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Prairie High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 50% (1,175 to 1,766); teachers up 36% (69.7 to 95.2).
About Prairie High School
Prairie High School is a public high school run by College Comm School District in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. In all, 1,766 students attend the school in grades 9 through 12. It has 277% more students than the average for high schools in Iowa (about 468).
Prairie High School is in College Comm School District, a district with 5,792 students across 10 schools.
The largest group at Prairie High School is White students, at 70%. The remaining students are 13% Black, 7% multiracial, and 7% Hispanic. Among people living in Linn County, the White share is about 84%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Prairie High School scores 48%.
The school has 95.2 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 18.6 students per teacher. Statewide, high schools in Iowa average 17.3:1. Of all students at Prairie High School, 30% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Linn County average 40%.
On the allk12 Grade, Prairie High School lands at D, ahead of 13% of Iowa public high schools.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results for Prairie High School is 77.0%. It actually posts 64.8%, which is 12.2 points lower and in the bottom 10% of Iowa schools.
Looking at the county, Linn County, median household income comes to about $77,649, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. The county's public schools total 83, with about 36,480 students.
Prairie Crest Elementary is the nearest public school to Prairie High School, about 0.2 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Prairie High School ranks 8th on proficiency.
The federal government classifies Prairie High School's location as City: Mid-size.
Prairie High School had 1,250 students in 2020-21 and 1,766 in 2024-25, according to federal records. Those counts may cover different grade spans.
People who know Prairie High School can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 PointMiddle · 868 students
- Prairie CreekMiddle · 846 students
- Prairie Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 466 students
- Prairie Ridge ElementaryElementary · 438 students
- Prairie Crest ElementaryElementary · 434 students
- Prairie View Elementary SchoolElementary · 430 students
Other schools in Cedar Rapids
- 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
- Harding Middle SchoolMiddle · 710 students
Other Prairie High schools
One other US public school is named Prairie High. Prairie High School is the largest of the 2.
- Prairie High SchoolBRUSH PRAIRIE, WA · 1,502 students
Nearby schools
- Prairie Crest Elementary0.2 mi · 434
- Prairie Ridge Elementary0.3 mi · 438
- Prairie View Elementary School0.3 mi · 430
- Prairie Heights Elementary School0.5 mi · 403
- Prairie Hill Elementary School0.5 mi · 466
- Prairie Early Childhood Center0.6 mi · 74
Frequently asked questions
About Prairie High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Prairie High School?
Prairie High School enrolls approximately 1,766 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Prairie High School serve?
Prairie High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Prairie High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Prairie High School is approximately 18.6:1 (95 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Prairie High School?
At Prairie High School, the student body is approximately 70% White, 7% Hispanic, 13% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Prairie High School public or private?
Prairie High 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.