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How has Prairie Point changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
868
Middle
DISTRICT 857 · STATE 400
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLLEGE COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190786002110
Prairie Point
8015 Kirkwood Blvd, Cedar Rapids, IA 52404 · (319) 848-5500 · Linn County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL868 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 22% of Iowa public middle 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
326 students
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 41%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 425 | 49% |
| Grade 8 | 443 | 51% |
Student demographics
51%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
Prairie Point→Prairie High School
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
74.7%
IA avg 73.6% . -1.3pp since 2023
Math
71.5%
IA avg 70.9% . +1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.7% | 71.5% |
| 2023-24 | 76.0% | 70.5% |
% 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
69.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.2%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% 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 Point
Prairie Point's state test result (69.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie Point this school | 868 | 37.6% | 69.9% |
| Prairie Creek Cedar Rapids | 846 | 34.2% | 67.5% |
| Bettendorf Middle School Bettendorf | 952 | 36.1% | 74.1% |
| Merrill Middle School Des Moines | 657 | 43.7% | 72.2% |
| Taft Middle School Cedar Rapids | 593 | 46.5% | 71.0% |
| North Central Middle School North Liberty | 925 | 27.7% | 76.7% |
Matched among Iowa middle 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 Point ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Linn County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.9% | #157 of 224 | #12 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.5% | #149 of 224 ▼ 6 | #11 of 17 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.7% | #149 of 224 ▼ 2 | #12 of 17 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 868 | #16 of 246 | #1 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #144 of 180 | #13 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.8% | #56 of 180 | #7 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.6% | #132 of 237 | #8 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.2% | #3 of 103 | #2 of 10 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
868
-428 (-33%) vs 2020
-16% since 2010-11, when it was 1,037
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 868 | 54.9 | 15.8:1 | 38% (326) |
| 2023-24 | 1,306 | 79.3 | 16.5:1 | 32% (423) |
| 2022-23 | 1,324 | 76.6 | 17.3:1 | 35% (457) |
| 2020-21 | 1,296 | 79 | 16.4:1 | 32% (417) |
| 2017-18 | 1,280 | 78.5 | 16.3:1 | 28% (357) |
| 2015-16 | 1,219 | 79 | 15.4:1 | 31% (375) |
| 2010-11 | 1,037 | 68 | 15.3:1 | 29% (300) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Prairie Point.
Since 2017-18: students down 32% (1,280 to 868); teachers down 30% (78.5 to 54.9).
About Prairie Point
In Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Prairie Point is a large middle school. It is open to students in grades 7 through 8 and enrolls 868 students. By comparison, middle schools in Iowa enroll about 400 students on average.
College Comm School District has 10 schools and 5,792 students, and Prairie Point is one of those schools.
White students are 68% of those enrolled at Prairie Point. The rest of enrollment is 17% Black, 8% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, and 3% Asian. Census estimates put the White share of Linn County's population at about 84%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 51, compared with 70 nationally.
With 54.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 15.8:1. The 15.2:1 average for middle schools in Iowa is close to this figure. Roughly 38% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Linn County is close, at 40%.
Prairie Point earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 22% of Iowa public middle schools.
Test results at Prairie Point are 3.2 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (69.9% actual, 73.2% predicted).
In 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%. Linn County counts 83 public schools with about 36,480 students.
Prairie Early Childhood Center is about 0.2 miles from Prairie Point, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Prairie Point ranks 4th on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, City: Mid-size, means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 868, from 1,296 in 2020-21.
People who know Prairie Point can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 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
- 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 CreekMiddle · 846 students
- Harding Middle SchoolMiddle · 710 students
Nearby schools
- Prairie Early Childhood Center0.2 mi · 74
- Prairie Hill Elementary School0.2 mi · 466
- Prairie Creek0.4 mi · 846
- Prairie Heights Elementary School0.4 mi · 403
- Prairie View Elementary School0.5 mi · 430
- Prairie Ridge Elementary0.5 mi · 438
Frequently asked questions
About Prairie PointWhat is the total enrollment at Prairie Point?
Prairie Point enrolls approximately 868 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Prairie Point serve?
Prairie Point serves grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Prairie Point?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Prairie Point is approximately 15.8:1 (55 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Prairie Point?
Prairie Point reports a student body of 68% White, 5% Hispanic, 17% Black, 3% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Prairie Point?
Prairie Point is overseen by College Comm School District in Linn County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.