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If you had an hour of school board time for Prairie Hill Elementary School, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
466
Elementary
DISTRICT 374 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLLEGE COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190786002216
Prairie Hill Elementary School
151 Prairie Hill Ct SW, Cedar Rapids, IA 52404 · (319) 848-5330 · Linn County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL466 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 79% of Iowa public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
13.8:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
164 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 | 42 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 105 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 80 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (105) is 22% larger than its 4th grade class (86).
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
82.3%
IA avg 73.6% . +7.9pp since 2023
Math
82.3%
IA avg 70.9% . +2.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 82.3% | 82.3% |
| 2023-24 | 74.4% | 79.6% |
% 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
79.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
74.3%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 74% 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 Hill Elementary School
Prairie Hill Elementary School's state test result (79.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie Hill Elementary School this school | 466 | 35.2% | 79.6% |
| Prairie View Elementary School Cedar Rapids | 430 | 35.6% | 84.8% |
| Prairie Heights Elementary School Cedar Rapids | 403 | 40.2% | 67.5% |
| South Prairie Elementary Grimes | 436 | 30.3% | N/A |
| Prairie Ridge Elementary Cedar Rapids | 438 | 34.7% | 81.4% |
| 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 Hill Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Linn County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.6% | #137 of 564 | #9 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.3% | #169 of 564 ▲ 43 | #8 of 39 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.3% | #110 of 564 ▲ 98 | #9 of 39 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 466 | #126 of 705 | #6 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #329 of 561 | #21 of 42 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.9% | #187 of 561 | #21 of 42 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.2% | #431 of 666 | #29 of 44 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.6% | #262 of 359 | #21 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
466
+8 (+2%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 466 | 33.7 | 13.8:1 | 35% (164) |
| 2023-24 | 473 | 32.8 | 14.4:1 | 35% (167) |
| 2022-23 | 467 | 33 | 14.1:1 | 34% (159) |
| 2020-21 | 458 | 33 | 13.9:1 | 29% (134) |
| 2017-18 | 499 | 32.8 | 15.2:1 | 27% (135) |
| 2015-16 | 484 | 32 | 15.1:1 | 26% (124) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Prairie Hill Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (499 to 466); teachers up 3% (32.8 to 33.7).
About Prairie Hill Elementary School
Prairie Hill Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, administered by College Comm School District. The school has 466 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 4. Elementary schools in Iowa have about 325 students on average; enrollment here is 43% higher.
Prairie Hill Elementary School falls under College Comm School District, which has 10 schools enrolling 5,792 students.
The student body at Prairie Hill Elementary School is 64% White. The rest of enrollment is 19% Black, 8% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. Among all residents of Linn County, the White share is about 84%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 54%.
The school had 33.7 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 13.8:1. It is about the same as the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Iowa. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 35%.
Among Iowa public elementary schools, Prairie Hill Elementary School outscored 79%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Prairie Hill Elementary School is +5.3 points: 79.6% actual, 74.3% predicted.
In the wider Linn County area, median household income comes to about $77,649, roughly 35% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Linn County counts 83 public schools with about 36,480 students.
Prairie Hill Elementary School's nearest public school is Prairie Early Childhood Center (less than a tenth of a mile). Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 72.2%; Prairie Hill Elementary School's is 79.6%, ranking 3rd of 8.
Locale data from NCES put Prairie Hill Elementary School inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000 (City: Mid-size).
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 458 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 466.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on athletics, class schedules, and weather closures here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Ridge ElementaryElementary · 438 students
- Prairie Crest ElementaryElementary · 434 students
- Prairie View Elementary SchoolElementary · 430 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 Hill Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Prairie Hill Elementary. Prairie Hill Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Prairie Hill Elementary SchoolSouth Beloit, IL · 447 students
Nearby schools
- Prairie Early Childhood Center0.1 mi · 74
- Prairie View Elementary School0.2 mi · 430
- Prairie Point0.2 mi · 868
- Prairie Heights Elementary School0.2 mi · 403
- Prairie Crest Elementary0.3 mi · 434
- Prairie Ridge Elementary0.3 mi · 438
Frequently asked questions
About Prairie Hill Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Prairie Hill Elementary School?
Prairie Hill Elementary School enrolls approximately 466 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does Prairie Hill Elementary School serve?
Prairie Hill Elementary School serves grades PK-04.
How many students per teacher at Prairie Hill Elementary School?
Approximately 13.8:1 students per teacher at Prairie Hill Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Prairie Hill Elementary School?
Student demographics at Prairie Hill Elementary School are roughly 64% White, 8% Hispanic, 19% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Prairie Hill Elementary School public or private?
Prairie Hill 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.