Wright Elementary School

Set in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Wright Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary-level community, part of Cedar Rapids Comm School District. It teaches 282 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Within Cedar Rapids Comm School District, which oversees 35 schools and 15,494 students, Wright Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Wright Elementary School logs that the largest single group is White at 38%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 23% Black, 18% Hispanic, 15% multiracial, 4% Pacific Islander. By comparison, Linn County as a whole is about 84% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Wright Elementary School has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. Around 69% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Linn County runs at roughly 40%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Wright Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 57.5%, the actual is 58.9%, a residual of +1.4 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Linn County shows median household earnings sit near $77,649, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Linn County runs 83 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,480 students), of which Wright Elementary School is one.

Harding Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Wright Elementary School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 63.5%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Wright Elementary School's enrollment has edged down 26% since 2018, when it stood at 381 (now 282). Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 10% to 18%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for Wright Elementary School typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.