Cedar Rapids Community Schools

Listed by NCES as Cedar Rapids Comm School District (district ID 1906540)

Public school district · Linn County · Iowa · NCES district ID 1906540

Cedar Rapids Community Schools spent $14,365 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23, more than 93% of the other Iowa districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 (median $12,583). Its 29 schools enrolled 14,474 students in 2024-25; 48.9% of its revenue came from the state. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $14,892 per student, up 3.7% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 78% (Iowa: 87.5%).

NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 · Census Bureau school finances 2023-24 · NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · method

Spending per student among Iowa's largest districts

Current spending per student excludes construction and debt. Among the 10 districts shown, Cedar Rapids Community Schools ranks 3.

Current spending per student, largest Iowa districts, FY23Des Moines Independent Comm $15,286; Waterloo Community Schools $14,490; Cedar Rapids Community Schools $14,365; Iowa City $14,290; Davenport Community $13,995; West Des Moines Community Schools $13,914; Dubuque Comm $13,808; Sioux City Community Schools $12,880; Ankeny Comm $12,127; Waukee Community $11,927; State median, 1,000+ students $12,583.10k12k14k16kDes Moines Independent Comm$15,286Waterloo Community Schools$14,490Cedar Rapids Community Schools$14,365Iowa City$14,290Davenport Community$13,995West Des Moines Community Scho…$13,914Dubuque Comm$13,808Sioux City Community Schools$12,880Ankeny Comm$12,127Waukee Community$11,927State median, 1,000+ students $12,583
Current spending per student, largest Iowa districts, FY23Des Moines Independent Comm $15,286; Waterloo Community Schools $14,490; Cedar Rapids Community Schools $14,365; Iowa City $14,290; Davenport Community $13,995; West Des Moines Community Schools $13,914; Dubuque Comm $13,808; Sioux City Community Schools $12,880; Ankeny Comm $12,127; Waukee Community $11,927; State median, 1,000+ students $12,583.10k12k14k16kDes Moines Independent Comm$15,286Waterloo Community Schools$14,490Cedar Rapids Community Schools$14,365Iowa City$14,290Davenport Community$13,995West Des Moines Community Schools$13,914Dubuque Comm$13,808Sioux City Community Schools$12,880Ankeny Comm$12,127Waukee Community$11,927State median, 1,000+ students $12,583
Current spending per student, largest Iowa districts, FY23Des Moines Independent Comm $15,286; Waterloo Community Schools $14,490; Cedar Rapids Community Schools $14,365; Iowa City $14,290; Davenport Community $13,995; West Des Moines Community Schools $13,914; Dubuque Comm $13,808; Sioux City Community Schools $12,880; Ankeny Comm $12,127; Waukee Community $11,927; State median, 1,000+ students $12,583.10k12k14k16kDes Moines Independent Comm$15,286Waterloo Community Schools$14,490Cedar Rapids Community Schools$14,365Iowa City$14,290Davenport Community$13,995West Des Moines Community Schools$13,914Dubuque Comm$13,808Sioux City Community Schools$12,880Ankeny Comm$12,127Waukee Community$11,927State median, 1,000+ students $12,583
Current spending per student, largest Iowa districts, FY23Des Moines Independent Comm $15,286; Waterloo Community Schools $14,490; Cedar Rapids Community Schools $14,365; Iowa City $14,290; Davenport Community $13,995; West Des Moines Community Schools $13,914; Dubuque Comm $13,808; Sioux City Community Schools $12,880; Ankeny Comm $12,127; Waukee Community $11,927; State median, 1,000+ students $12,583.10k12k14k16kDes Moines Independent Comm$15,286Waterloo Community Schools$14,490Cedar Rapids Community Schools$14,365Iowa City$14,290Davenport Community$13,995West Des Moines Community Schools$13,914Dubuque Comm$13,808Sioux City Community Schools$12,880Ankeny Comm$12,127Waukee Community$11,927State median, 1,000+ students $12,583

Where the money came from

$295,932,000 in revenue: 48.9% state, 39.0% local and 12.1% federal. Total spending including $28,858,000 of capital outlay was $270,463,000, or $17,377 per student; the figure above leaves capital out.

Cedar Rapids Community Schools revenue by source, fiscal year 2022-23State $144,574,000; Local $115,502,000; Federal $35,856,000; total $295,932,000.
  • State$144,574,000 49%
  • Local$115,502,000 39%
  • Federal$35,856,000 12%

Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23: current expenditures for elementary and secondary education divided by fall membership; the state median covers 125 districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022. Revenue by source (TOTALREV, TFEDREV, TSTREV, TLOCREV).

Enrollment fell from 2022-23 to 2024-25

15,289 students in 2022-23, 15,257 students in 2023-24, 14,474 students in 2024-25, counted across the schools that reported each year.

Cedar Rapids Community Schools enrollment by school year2022-23: 15,289, 2023-24: 15,257, 2024-25: 14,47405k10k15k20k2022-2315,2892023-2415,2572024-2514,474
Cedar Rapids Community Schools enrollment by school year2022-23: 15,289, 2023-24: 15,257, 2024-25: 14,47405k10k15k20k2022-2315,2892023-2415,2572024-2514,474
Cedar Rapids Community Schools enrollment by school year2022-23: 15,289, 2023-24: 15,257, 2024-25: 14,47405k10k15k20k2022-2315,2892023-2415,2572024-2514,474
Cedar Rapids Community Schools enrollment by school year2022-23: 15,289, 2023-24: 15,257, 2024-25: 14,47405k10k15k20k2022-2315,2892023-2415,2572024-2514,474

Teachers and students per teacher

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-2315,2891014.115.1
2023-2415,2571007.615.1
2024-2514,474991.314.6

Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; sums over the schools reporting each year.

$77,287,000 in teacher salaries in fiscal year 2022-23, $4,966 per student

Cedar Rapids Community Schools booked $77,287,000 of teacher salaries in its 2022-23 finance report and counted 1,045 full-time teachers in its Common Core of Data district staff file for 2022-23 (the school files behind the staffing figures on this page count teachers separately, so the two can differ), or $73,943 of salary spending per teacher. That is more than 94 in 100 Iowa districts with a figure (state median $63,361, 318 districts). It is spending, not what a teacher is paid: the salary lines and the teacher count come from different files, so the result can differ widely from the average salary the district publishes (its salary schedule gives pay); benefits are left out, and states book salaries differently, so compare districts within one state. For pay, the National Education Association put the average Iowa teacher salary at $59,262 in 2021-22 (NCES Digest table 211.60).

ProgramTeacher salariesShare
Regular programs$51,054,00066.1%
Special education$11,932,00015.4%
Vocational$835,0001.1%
Other programs$13,466,00017.4%

Teacher salaries per student, fiscal years 2018-19 to 2022-23

The district's teacher salary bill divided by its fall enrollment each year: $4,742 in 2018-19, $4,873 in 2019-20, $5,179 in 2020-21, $5,084 in 2021-22, $4,966 in 2022-23.

Cedar Rapids Community Schools teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $4,742, 2019-20: $4,873, 2020-21: $5,179, 2021-22: $5,084, 2022-23: $4,96602k4k6k2018-19$4,7422019-20$4,8732020-21$5,1792021-22$5,0842022-23$4,966
Cedar Rapids Community Schools teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $4,742, 2019-20: $4,873, 2020-21: $5,179, 2021-22: $5,084, 2022-23: $4,96602k4k6k2018-19$4,7422019-20$4,8732020-21$5,1792021-22$5,0842022-23$4,966
Cedar Rapids Community Schools teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $4,742, 2019-20: $4,873, 2020-21: $5,179, 2021-22: $5,084, 2022-23: $4,96602k4k6k2018-19$4,7422019-20$4,8732020-21$5,1792021-22$5,0842022-23$4,966
Cedar Rapids Community Schools teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $4,742, 2019-20: $4,873, 2020-21: $5,179, 2021-22: $5,084, 2022-23: $4,96602k4k6k2018-19$4,7422019-20$4,8732020-21$5,1792021-22$5,0842022-23$4,966

Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal years 2019 to 2023: teacher salaries in regular, special, vocational and other programs (Z35 to Z38) and fall membership (V33); NCES Common Core of Data LEA staff file 2022-23, teachers (full-time equivalent).

State test results, 2021-22

In 2021-22, the students tested in Cedar Rapids Community Schools scored proficient or above: 61% in reading and 51% in math, against 69.7% in reading and 63.8% in math across Iowa. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within Iowa, not across states.

Students proficient or above, 2021-22
SubjectThis districtIowaStudents tested
Reading and language arts61%69.7%9,651
Math51%63.8%9,674

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22, all students, from ED Data Express (the Data Rescue Project archive; ED has no 2022-23 result for this district): ED shows district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.

Graduation rate, class of 2023

78% of the 1,206 students in Cedar Rapids Community Schools' class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 87.5% across Iowa. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and counts those who earned a regular diploma by 2023. Every state computes it the same way under federal law, though each sets its own diploma requirements.

Four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rate, class of 2023
This districtIowa
Four-year graduation rate78%87.5%
Students in the class1,20638,026

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express: ED shows district rates as ranges (for example 90-94%) and leaves out small classes.

18 elementary schools, 6,472 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Viola Gibson Elementary School56517.312.7%Not Title I
West Willow Elementary School55516.342.3%Eligible, no program
Maple Grove Elementary53915.434.0%Not Title I
Van Buren Elementary School42912.377.2%Schoolwide program
Hoover Elementary School42010.779.3%Schoolwide program
Kenwood Leadership Academy School38613.352.6%Schoolwide program
Grant Wood Elementary School35614.754.2%Schoolwide program
Cedar River Academy at Taylor35512.970.4%Schoolwide program
Hiawatha Elementary School33411.946.1%Schoolwide program
Pierce Elementary School33414.127.2%Not Title I
Johnson STEAM Academy School32411.766.7%Schoolwide program
Grant Elementary School31211.559.3%Schoolwide program
The other 6 elementary schools
SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Erskine Elementary School30816.044.2%Eligible, no program
Nixon Elementary School28911.661.6%Schoolwide program
Wright Elementary School28214.761.3%Targeted program
Harrison Elementary School27712.556.7%Schoolwide program
Cleveland Elementary School25412.267.3%Schoolwide program
Madison Elementary School15313.839.9%Eligible, no program

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

6 middle schools, 3,104 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Harding Middle School71016.036.9%Eligible, no program
Taft Middle School59315.441.7%Eligible, no program
Roosevelt Creative Corridor Business Academy48414.263.6%Eligible, no program
Franklin Middle School46913.949.9%Eligible, no program
McKinley STEAM Academy42613.453.3%Eligible, no program
Wilson Middle School42213.771.8%Eligible, no program

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

4 high schools, 4,619 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
John F Kennedy High School1,64817.829.6%Not Title I
Thomas Jefferson High School1,50117.752.8%Eligible, no program
George Washington High School1,18215.347.0%Eligible, no program
Metro High School28811.475.3%Eligible, no program

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

1 other school, 279 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Truman Early Learning Center27916.438.7%Not reported

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

5 more schools on file: small, closed or in an earlier directory

These records carry fewer federal fields than a full school page needs, so each is summarized here with what NCES reports.

Truman Early Learning Center

School in Cedar Rapids; open in 2024-25; 279 students; 16.4 students per teacher.

Arthur Elementary School

Elementary school in Cedar Rapids; last listed in the 2024-25 NCES directory (closed); 242 students; 13.9 students per teacher.

Garfield Elementary School

Elementary school in Cedar Rapids; last listed in the 2024-25 NCES directory (closed); 214 students; 12.5 students per teacher.

Cedar Rapids Virtual Academy

Middle school in Cedar Rapids; last listed in the 2024-25 NCES directory (closed); 47 students; 15.7 students per teacher.

Cedar Rapids Virtual Academy Elementary

Elementary school in Cedar Rapids; last listed in the 2024-25 NCES directory (closed); 17 students.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and earlier directories: the last year each school was listed, its students and its teachers.

Contact Cedar Rapids Community Schools

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, local education agency directory 2024-25. Enrollment, boundaries and school assignment are the district's to confirm.

What to look at next about Cedar Rapids Community Schools

  1. Iowa districts by spending per studentCedar Rapids Community Schools ranks 10 of 125 Iowa districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 on current spending per student in fiscal year 2022-23 ($14,365).#10 of 125
  2. Every school district in IowaCedar Rapids Community Schools is the number 2 by size of 328 Iowa districts, with 15,564 students in fall 2022 (F-33).#2 of 328
  3. Des Moines Independent Comm School DistrictThe next larger Iowa district: 30,739 students in fall 2022, $15,286 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$15,286
  4. Sioux City Community SchoolsThe next smaller Iowa district: 14,989 students in fall 2022, $12,880 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$12,880
  5. Compare Cedar Rapids Community Schools with Des Moines Independent Comm School DistrictEnrollment, spending, revenue sources and schools, side by side.
  6. John F Kennedy High School, its largest high school1,648 students in 2024-25, 17.8 per teacher.1,648
  7. Teacher salary spending across IowaCedar Rapids Community Schools spent $73,943 in salaries per full-time teacher in fiscal year 2022-23 (state median $63,361); spending, not a salary.$73,943
  8. Find the school district for an addressA home's district decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student and fall 2022 membership; ranks among the state's districts that reported them); NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools).

Questions about Cedar Rapids Community Schools

  1. How many schools and students are in Cedar Rapids Community Schools?
    29 schools were open in 2024-25 (18 elementary, 6 middle, 4 high, 1 other), enrolling 14,474 students, according to the NCES Common Core of Data.
  2. How much does Cedar Rapids Community Schools spend per student?
    $14,365 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), which leaves out construction and debt; the Iowa median for districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 is $12,583 and the U.S. figure is $16,260. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $14,892 per student, up 3.7% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year).
  3. Where does Cedar Rapids Community Schools' money come from?
    $295,932,000 in revenue in fiscal year 2022-23: 48.9% state, 39.0% local and 12.1% federal (NCES F-33).
  4. How many children in Cedar Rapids Community Schools live in poverty?
    The Census Bureau estimates that 2,816 of the 19,149 children aged 5 to 17 living within the district's boundaries in 2024, 14.7%, were in families in poverty (Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates). It is a model-based estimate for everyone living in the district, not a count of its students; the free-meal shares in the school tables are counts of enrolled students.
  5. How much does Cedar Rapids Community Schools spend on teacher salaries?
    $77,287,000 in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), or $4,966 per student. Divided by the 1,045 full-time teachers in the NCES Common Core of Data for 2022-23 that is $73,943 per teacher, more than 94 in 100 Iowa districts (state median $63,361). That is spending, not what a teacher is paid: the salary lines and the teacher count come from different files, and the result can differ widely from the average salary a district publishes. The district's salary schedule gives pay. For pay, the National Education Association put the average Iowa teacher salary at $59,262 in 2021-22 (NCES Digest table 211.60).
  6. How do students in Cedar Rapids Community Schools do on state tests?
    In 2021-22, the students tested in Cedar Rapids Community Schools scored proficient or above: 61% in reading and 51% in math, against 69.7% in reading and 63.8% in math across Iowa. Iowa's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22.
  7. What is the graduation rate in Cedar Rapids Community Schools?
    78% of the 1,206 students in Cedar Rapids Community Schools' class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 87.5% across Iowa. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23.
  8. What is Cedar Rapids Community Schools' NCES district ID?
    1906540. Each of its schools' 12-digit NCES IDs begins with these seven digits.

Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.

Sources

Every federal file behind this record
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
  • Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
  • EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
  • EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23: the class of 2023 for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22: reading and math proficiency for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • NCES Digest of Education Statistics, table 211.60 (2021-22): the state's average teacher salary, from the National Education Association. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, 2024: children aged 5 to 17 and those in families in poverty, by school district. census.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances, fiscal year 2023-24: per pupil current spending for 2023-24 and 2022-23. census.gov
  • NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances Per pupil current spending by school system · FY 2023-24

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey Revenue and expenditures by district · FY 2022-23

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

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