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Cedar Falls High School

Serves grades 10 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
1015 Division St
Cedar Falls, IA 50613
Phone
(319) 553-2500
District
Cedar Falls Comm School District
County
BLACK HAWK COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1302
Classroom Teachers
95

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Iowa

9

(10 is best)

Better than 81.3% of all IA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

8

(10 is best)

Cedar Falls High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

100 80 60 40 20 0
81%
70%
81%
73%
80%
67%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 11

80 60 40 20 0
77%
68%
78%
68%
76%
67%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
14
14
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 10 480 36.9%
Grade 11 422 32.4%
Grade 12 400 30.7%
Total 1302 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 88.5% 87.8% 75.9%
Black 4.5% 5.1% 7.3%
Hispanic 3.2% 3.0% 13.2%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 3.4% 3.5% 2.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.3% 0.6% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 23.9% 27.3% 41.1%
Free lunch eligible 21.0% 24.5% 35.6%
Reduced lunch eligible 2.8% 2.8% 5.5%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 42,494 3,207,004
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 715.2 57
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.4% 5.9%
5-19 YEARS OLD 19.2% 20.1%
20-44 YEARS OLD 42.7% 32.0%
45-64 YEARS OLD 16.9% 24.2%
65 OR OLDER 15.8% 17.8%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 15,956 1,303,763
Single Parent Households With Children 4.3% 7.8%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 97.3% 93.2%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 49.1% 30.9%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 18.7% 16.3%
$100,000 - $149,999 17.5% 18.4%
$75,000 - $99,999 13.1% 14.1%
$50,000 - $74,999 16.2% 17.8%
$30,000 - $49,999 15.8% 15.4%
$15,000 - $29,999 9.8% 10.5%
$15,000 or less 9.0% 7.4%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,237 $42,640,000 55.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $354 $2,087,000 2.7%
Staff $382 $2,249,000 2.9%
General Administration $186 $1,094,000 1.4%
School Administration $632 $3,722,000 4.8%
Operation $984 $5,796,000 7.5%
Transportation $302 $1,778,000 2.3%
Other $246 $1,450,000 1.9%
Total Support $3,085 $18,176,000 23.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,722 $16,040,000 20.9%
Total Expenditures $13,044 $76,856,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,491 $3,832,227,000 47.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $784 $400,839,000 5.0%
Staff $806 $412,275,000 5.1%
General Administration $316 $161,505,000 2.0%
School Administration $727 $372,123,000 4.6%
Operation $1,129 $577,474,000 7.2%
Transportation $419 $214,335,000 2.7%
Other $407 $208,438,000 2.6%
Total Support $4,588 $2,346,989,000 29.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,653 $1,868,692,000 23.2%
Total Expenditures $15,732 $8,047,908,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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