Regular local school district · Black Hawk County
Cedar Falls Comm School District, IA: schools, enrollment and spending
Cedar Falls Comm School District runs 10 public schools with 5,875 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 14.1 students per teacher is about the same as the Iowa figure of 14.4.
At a glance
- Schools
- 10
- Students
- 5,875
- Teachers (FTE)
- 416
- Students per teacher
- 14.1
- IA: 14.4 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1002 W 1st St, Cedar Falls, IA 50613
- Phone
- (319)553-3000
- County
- Black Hawk County
- Locale
- City: Small
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1906510
- State district ID
- IA-071044 000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 796
- School counselors (FTE)
- 15.0About 392 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 21.0
Students per teacher compared
This district14.1
Iowa14.4
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (5,808), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $81.0 million
- Federal revenue
- $5.9 million
- State revenue
- $41.5 million
- Local revenue
- $33.6 million
- Total spending
- $76.9 million
- Spending per pupil
- $13,233
- Salaries
- $41.6 million54.1% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $78.4 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 7.2%
- State: 51.2%
- Local: 41.5%
Iowa overall
- Federal: 10.5%
- State: 48.7%
- Local: 40.8%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$13,233
Iowa$15,206
United States$16,826
Schools in Cedar Falls Comm School District
By level: 1 high, 2 middle, 7 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Bess Streeter Aldrich Elementary | Elementary | PK to 6 | 472 | 17.5 |
| Cedar Falls High School | High | 10 to 12 | 1,333 | 13.9 |
| Cedar Heights Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 6 | 451 | 13.7 |
| Helen A Hansen Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 6 | 569 | 16.3 |
| Holmes Junior High School | Middle | 7 to 9 | 628 | 13.7 |
| Lincoln Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 6 | 416 | 13.0 |
| North Cedar Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 6 | 292 | 13.9 |
| Orchard Hill Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 6 | 458 | 13.9 |
| Peet Junior High School | Middle | 7 to 9 | 695 | 14.2 |
| Southdale Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 6 | 539 | 14.2 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Black Hawk County
- Waterloo Comm School District 10,635 students
- Union Comm School District 952 students
- Hudson Comm School District 933 students
- Dunkerton Comm School District 415 students
- Central Rivers AEA
More in Iowa
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.