Cedar Rapids, IA
Kids in Cedar Rapids
Public-school enrollment and staffing from NCES, plus bedrooms, childcare and how educated the adults already here are. This is not a GreatSchools ranking.
- Public-school students
- 43,022
- NCES CCD 2024-2025, regular and charter districts in this metro.
- Pupil–teacher ratio
- 14.1
- 3,056 teachers across 18 districts and 98 schools.
- Districts / schools
- 18 / 98
- Open regular, component and charter LEAs geocoded to this CBSA.
- Bedrooms you set
- 1
- A household this size usually wants a studio.
- Childcare in this setup
- $0
- No kids under 5 in the current household, so this is $0.
- Leftover with current kids
- $3,132
- After tax, rent and everything else.
Largest public school districts
The 12 biggest open regular and charter districts geocoded to the Cedar Rapids metro, ranked by students enrolled. District websites are the direct source for enrollment boundaries, calendars and programs.
- Cedar Rapids Comm School District
Cedar Rapids
- Students
- 15,224
- Schools
- 31
- Pupil–teacher
- 14.4
- Linn-Mar Comm School District
Marion
- Students
- 7,430
- Schools
- 12
- Pupil–teacher
- 14.8
- College Comm School District
Cedar Rapids
- Students
- 5,832
- Schools
- 10
- Pupil–teacher
- 15.1
- Marion Independent School District
Marion
- Students
- 2,163
- Schools
- 5
- Pupil–teacher
- 12
- Benton Comm School District
Van Horne
- Students
- 1,637
- Schools
- 5
- Pupil–teacher
- 15.6
- Vinton-Shellsburg Comm School District
Vinton
- Students
- 1,558
- Schools
- 4
- Pupil–teacher
- 13.4
- Mount Vernon Comm School District
Mount Vernon
- Students
- 1,438
- Schools
- 3
- Pupil–teacher
- 15.7
- Center Point-Urbana Comm School District
Center Point
- Students
- 1,370
- Schools
- 4
- Pupil–teacher
- 13.9
- Anamosa Comm School District
Anamosa
- Students
- 1,128
- Schools
- 3
- Pupil–teacher
- 13.3
- Monticello Comm School District
Monticello
- Students
- 1,023
- Schools
- 4
- Pupil–teacher
- 13.6
- Alburnett Comm School District
Alburnett
- Students
- 857
- Schools
- 3
- Pupil–teacher
- 14.7
- Lisbon Comm School District
Lisbon
- Students
- 762
- Schools
- 2
- Pupil–teacher
- 13.6
Source: NCES CCD 2024–25, LEA directory, membership and staff files. Pupil–teacher is students divided by reported teacher FTE.
Public schools by level
- Primary
- 53
- Elementary grades
- Middle
- 22
- Middle or junior high
- High
- 21
- Secondary grades
- Other
- 1
- K–12, ungraded, alternative
97 open public schools in the NCES CCD 2024–25 school directory, grouped by the level NCES assigns from grades offered.
Where the Cedar Rapids metro sits
Roughly the core of the Cedar Rapids, IA metro area. Drag to look around, or open the larger map to search for a specific school or neighbourhood.
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If this were a family of four
Two adults, two kids, one under five, three bedrooms: leftover in Cedar Rapids would be $1,196 a month, with $998 going to childcare. Run that household on the paycheck page →
Enrollment and staffing: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-2025, joined to metros with NCES EDGE LEA geocodes. Childcare is a national baseline scaled by this metro's cost index — not a daycare quote. No test-score rankings.