Roosevelt Creative Corridor Business Academy

Roosevelt Creative Corridor Business Academy is a reasonably sized intermediate school in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, overseen by Cedar Rapids Comm School District. The school enrolls 484 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 21% above the state mean of about 400.

Cedar Rapids Comm School District runs 35 schools in total, collectively educating 15,494 students. Roosevelt Creative Corridor Business Academy is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Roosevelt Creative Corridor Business Academy logs that 41% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school records 34% White, 10% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 2% Pacific Islander. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 6%.

On the income-and-resources front, Roosevelt Creative Corridor Business Academy shows 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.2:1 average. Roughly 71% of students at Roosevelt Creative Corridor Business Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Linn County's rate of about 40%.

With demographic context factored in, Roosevelt Creative Corridor Business Academy sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 56.4%; this one delivers 53.1%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Linn County put median household income runs about $77,649, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Linn County runs 83 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,480 students), of which Roosevelt Creative Corridor Business Academy is one.

The closest other public school is Harrison Elementary School, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Roosevelt Creative Corridor Business Academy ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 54.7%.

Roosevelt Creative Corridor Business Academy operates from an urban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 16%: 573 students in 2018 compared to 484 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 51% to 34%.

On the community side, members of the Roosevelt Creative Corridor Business Academy community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.