Trailside Elementary School

As a mid-tier primary school in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Trailside Elementary School enrolls 429 students from grades K through 5, part of Cedar Rapids Comm School District. By comparison, Iowa's public schools average about 325 students each, so Trailside Elementary School sits 32% larger than that benchmark.

Cedar Rapids Comm School District comprises 35 schools with combined enrollment of 15,494 students; Trailside Elementary School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Trailside Elementary School reports that the most-represented group is White (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 20% Black, 16% multiracial, 9% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 84% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 67% of students at Trailside Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Linn County (around 40%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Linn County shows the typical household earns roughly $77,649 per year, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Trailside Elementary School is one of 83 public schools in Linn County (combined enrollment of about 36,480 students).

Arthur Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Trailside Elementary School operates from a downtown location.

On allk12, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.