Enrollment
282
Elementary
DISTRICT 332 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CEDAR RAPIDS COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190654000268
Wright Elementary School
1524 Hollywood Blvd NE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52402 · (319) 558-2278 · Linn County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL282 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
194 students
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 41%
Community
0
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 | 34 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 44 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 37 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 34 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 41 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is 7% larger than its 5th grade class (41).
Student demographics
75%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
61.1%
IA avg 73.6% . +9.0pp since 2023
Math
63.7%
IA avg 70.9% . -7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.1% | 63.7% |
| 2023-24 | 52.1% | 70.7% |
% 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
58.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.5%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Wright Elementary School
Wright Elementary School's state test result (58.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wright Elementary School this school | 282 | 68.8% | 58.9% |
| Harrison Elementary School Cedar Rapids | 277 | 65.7% | 45.5% |
| James Elementary School Ottumwa | 249 | 68.3% | 41.5% |
| McKee Elementary School Des Moines | 235 | 66.0% | N/A |
| Grant Elementary School Cedar Rapids | 312 | 68.3% | 44.7% |
| Lincoln Elementary School Dubuque | 257 | 72.0% | 47.8% |
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 Wright Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Linn County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.9% | #468 of 564 | #31 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.7% | #455 of 564 ▼ 80 | #29 of 39 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.1% | #445 of 564 ▲ 35 | #31 of 39 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 282 | #416 of 705 | #34 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #428 of 561 | #35 of 42 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.7% | #18 of 561 | #1 of 42 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.8% | #80 of 666 | #8 of 44 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.0% | #53 of 359 | #7 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
282
-33 (-10%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 343
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 282 | 19.1 | 14.8:1 | 69% (194) |
| 2023-24 | 282 | 18.9 | 14.9:1 | 76% (215) |
| 2022-23 | 295 | 20.9 | 14.1:1 | 76% (223) |
| 2020-21 | 315 | 21 | 15.0:1 | 77% (241) |
| 2017-18 | 381 | 23 | 16.6:1 | 71% (271) |
| 2015-16 | 377 | 24 | 15.7:1 | 72% (271) |
| 2010-11 | 295 | 26 | 11.3:1 | 57% (169) |
| 2000-01 | 247 | 27 | 9.2:1 | 23% (57) |
| 1990-91 | 343 | 22 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wright Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (381 to 282); teachers down 17% (23 to 19.1).
About Wright Elementary School
Wright Elementary School serves students in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, as a medium-sized elementary school. The student body numbers 282 students, from pre-K through 5.
Cedar Rapids Comm School District is the local district for Wright Elementary School. It runs 35 schools with 15,494 students.
Enrollment at Wright Elementary School is mixed, with White students the largest group at 38%. After that, the student body is 23% Black, 18% Hispanic, 15% multiracial, and 4% Pacific Islander. Census figures show Linn County is about 84% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Wright Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 75%.
The school employs the equivalent of 19.1 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 14.8:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Iowa is 13.7:1, lower than at this school. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Wright Elementary School is 69%. Public schools in Linn County average 40%.
A school with Wright Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Iowa is predicted to score 57.5%. Wright Elementary School scores 58.9%, 1.4 points above that line.
Across Linn County, median household income is about $77,649, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Wright Elementary School is among the 83 public schools in Linn County.
The nearest other public school, Harding Middle School, is about 0.7 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Wright Elementary School. On state test proficiency, Wright Elementary School ranks 7th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
NCES describes the area around Wright Elementary School as City: Mid-size, meaning inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Federal counts put enrollment at 315 in 2020-21 and 282 in 2024-25, a 10% decrease.
Discussions about Wright Elementary School may include school safety, transportation, and start times. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Cedar Rapids Comm School District
- John F Kennedy High SchoolHigh · 1,648 students
- Thomas Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 1,501 students
- George Washington High SchoolHigh · 1,182 students
- Harding Middle SchoolMiddle · 710 students
- Taft Middle SchoolMiddle · 593 students
- Viola Gibson Elementary SchoolElementary · 565 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 Wright Elementary schools
10 other US public schools in 9 states are named Wright Elementary. Wright Elementary School is the 8th largest of the 11.
- Wright Elementary SchoolDes Moines, IA · 265 students
- WRIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLFORT WALTON BEACH, FL · 609 students
- Wright ElementaryEl Monte, CA · 562 students
- Wright Elementary SchoolMoultrie, GA · 554 students
- Wright Elementary SchoolWEATHERFORD, TX · 528 students
Nearby schools
- Harding Middle School0.7 mi · 710
- Kenwood Leadership Academy School0.9 mi · 386
- Pierce Elementary School1.0 mi · 334
- Garfield Elementary School1.1 mi · 202
- John F Kennedy High School1.2 mi · 1,648
- Trailside Elementary School1.4 mi · 429
Frequently asked questions
About Wright Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Wright Elementary School?
Wright Elementary School enrolls approximately 282 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Wright Elementary School serve?
Wright Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Wright Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Wright Elementary School is approximately 14.8:1 (19 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Wright Elementary School?
Wright Elementary School reports a student body of 38% White, 18% Hispanic, 23% Black, 2% Asian, 15% Two or more.
What district is Wright Elementary School in?
Wright Elementary School is part of Cedar Rapids Comm School District.
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