West Willow Elementary School

West Willow Elementary School is a K-5 school of sizable scale in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, run under Cedar Rapids Comm School District, hosting 555 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 325 students per school, that is 71% bigger than typical.

West Willow Elementary School is one of 35 schools operated by Cedar Rapids Comm School District, a district that educates 15,494 students overall.

Demographically, West Willow Elementary School records that the most-represented group is White (55%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder comes out to 26% Black, 9% multiracial, 8% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 84% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, West Willow Elementary School lists 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.3:1. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 50% of students at West Willow Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Linn County runs at roughly 40%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), West Willow Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 67.0%, the actual is 63.9%, a residual of -3.1 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Linn County indicate the typical household earns roughly $77,649 per year, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. West Willow Elementary School is one of 83 public schools in Linn County (combined enrollment of about 36,480 students).

The closest other public school is Truman Early Learning Center, roughly 0.8 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, West Willow Elementary School comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 58.4%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. West Willow Elementary School's enrollment has climbed 16% since 2018, when it stood at 477 (now 555). White enrollment moved from 78% to 55% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 16.3:1 in 2025.

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