📍 1224 Mobile St, Waterloo, Black Hawk County, 50703
Cunningham School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Waterloo, Black Hawk County. The school has 376 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Mikayla Montgomery. It is part of the Waterloo Comm School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 32.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.7:1. 32% of students are proficient in reading. 32% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Cunningham School enrolls 376 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 47% male and 53% female. A teaching staff of 32.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 55% Black or African American, 16% Hispanic or Latino and 13% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 208 | 55% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 59 | 16% |
| Two or more races | 50 | 13% |
| White | 30 | 8% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 27 | 7.2% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
337 of the school's 376 students (90%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 307 qualify for free lunch and 30 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Cunningham School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IA-20, state senate district 31, state house district 62.
Cunningham School is one of 18 schools in Waterloo Comm School District, based in Waterloo, Iowa. The district serves 10,635 students district-wide and employs 769 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 376 students, Cunningham School is smaller than the district average of about 591 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small