📍 278 South Prairie Rd SW, Cedar Rapids, Linn County, 52404
Prairie Ridge Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Cedar Rapids, Linn County. The school has 440 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Amy Beach. It is part of the College Comm School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–4 in an urban setting. The school employs 30.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.5:1. 67% of students are proficient in reading. 77% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Prairie Ridge Elementary enrolls 440 students across grades Pre-K–4. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 30.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 75% White, 11% Black or African American and 7% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 328 | 75% |
| Black or African American | 49 | 11% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 31 | 7% |
| Two or more races | 28 | 6.4% |
| Asian | 4 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
152 of the school's 440 students (35%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 133 qualify for free lunch and 19 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Prairie Ridge Elementary is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IA-20, state senate district 35, state house district 69.
Prairie Ridge Elementary is one of 10 schools in College Comm School District, based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The district serves 5,832 students district-wide and employs 371 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 440 students, Prairie Ridge Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 583 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize
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