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What advice would you give to incoming students at Prairie Ridge Elementary?
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Enrollment
438
Elementary
DISTRICT 374 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLLEGE COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190786000761
Prairie Ridge Elementary
278 South Prairie Rd SW, Cedar Rapids, IA 52404 · (319) 848-5100 · Linn County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL438 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 86% 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.
- A-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
13.6:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
152 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 | 50 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 78 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (81).
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
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
84.3%
IA avg 73.6% . +5.7pp since 2023
Math
83.7%
IA avg 70.9% . +5.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 84 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 84.3% | 83.7% |
| 2023-24 | 78.6% | 78.6% |
% 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
81.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
74.6%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 75% 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 Ridge Elementary
Prairie Ridge Elementary's state test result (81.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie Ridge Elementary this school | 438 | 34.7% | 81.4% |
| Centennial Elementary Altoona | 423 | 38.1% | 79.4% |
| Neil Armstrong Elementary School Eldridge | 369 | 38.8% | 76.4% |
| South Prairie Elementary Grimes | 436 | 30.3% | N/A |
| Prairie View Elementary School Cedar Rapids | 430 | 35.6% | 84.8% |
| Herbert Hoover Elementary School Bettendorf | 359 | 33.7% | 71.3% |
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 Ridge Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Linn County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.4% | #111 of 564 | #7 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 83.7% | #149 of 564 ▲ 80 | #7 of 39 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.3% | #76 of 564 ▲ 57 | #5 of 39 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 438 | #164 of 705 | #9 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #301 of 561 | #17 of 42 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.4% | #225 of 561 | #27 of 42 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.7% | #439 of 666 | #30 of 44 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.9% | #307 of 359 | #26 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
438
+2 (+0%) vs 2020
-17% since 2010-11, when it was 530
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 438 | 32.2 | 13.6:1 | 35% (152) |
| 2023-24 | 449 | 30.3 | 14.8:1 | 33% (149) |
| 2022-23 | 440 | 30.4 | 14.5:1 | 35% (152) |
| 2020-21 | 436 | 30 | 14.5:1 | 29% (128) |
| 2017-18 | 456 | 31 | 14.7:1 | 32% (144) |
| 2015-16 | 460 | 31 | 14.8:1 | 28% (129) |
| 2010-11 | 530 | 32 | 16.6:1 | 29% (153) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Prairie Ridge Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (456 to 438); teachers up 4% (31 to 32.2).
About Prairie Ridge Elementary
Students in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, attend Prairie Ridge Elementary, a medium-sized elementary school. Enrollment is 438 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 4. The average for elementary schools in Iowa is about 325 students, so this school is 35% bigger than average.
College Comm School District runs Prairie Ridge Elementary along with 9 other schools, enrolling 5,792 students in total.
By race and ethnicity, Prairie Ridge Elementary is 70% White. It is also 11% Black, 9% multiracial, and 8% Hispanic. For comparison, the population of Linn County is roughly 84% White. By the diversity index, Prairie Ridge Elementary comes in at 48%.
Dividing enrollment by its 32.2 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 13.6:1. Elementary schools in Iowa have a similar average ratio of 13.7:1. Eligible students account for 35% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program.
Measured against Iowa public elementary schools, Prairie Ridge Elementary receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Compared with Iowa schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Prairie Ridge Elementary's results are 6.8 points above predicted: 81.4% against 74.6%.
Prairie Ridge Elementary is located in Linn County, where median household income is about $77,649, roughly 35% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 83 public schools in Linn County, with a combined enrollment of about 36,480.
The closest other public school is Prairie View Elementary School, about 0.1 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Prairie Ridge Elementary's average proficiency of 81.4% compares with 71.9% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Its location is classified as City: Mid-size by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Federal data show 436 students in 2020-21 and 438 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Prairie Ridge Elementary covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 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 Ridge Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Prairie Ridge Elementary. Prairie Ridge Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- Prairie Ridge Elementary SchoolKALAMAZOO, MI · 449 students
- Prairie Ridge Elementary SchoolShawnee, KS · 431 students
- Prairie Ridge Elementary SchoolFIRESTONE, CO · 387 students
Nearby schools
- Prairie View Elementary School0.1 mi · 430
- Prairie Crest Elementary0.2 mi · 434
- Prairie High School0.3 mi · 1,766
- Prairie Hill Elementary School0.3 mi · 466
- Prairie Early Childhood Center0.4 mi · 74
- Prairie Heights Elementary School0.4 mi · 403
Frequently asked questions
About Prairie Ridge ElementaryHow large is Prairie Ridge Elementary?
Prairie Ridge Elementary enrolls approximately 438 students in grades PK-04.
Is Prairie Ridge Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Prairie Ridge Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Prairie Ridge Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Prairie Ridge Elementary is approximately 13.6:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Prairie Ridge Elementary?
At Prairie Ridge Elementary, the student body is approximately 70% White, 8% Hispanic, 11% Black, 0% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Prairie Ridge Elementary?
Prairie Ridge Elementary 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.