Meeting High Standards
Academics
Hitting the books
GRADUATION RATES
Cedar Falls Schools are proud to maintain graduation rates above both state and national averages. Our graduation rates consistently put Cedar Falls near the top of the 25 largest school districts in the state, year after year.
“We are extremely pleased with the increase in our graduation rate. This speaks to the hard work of our teachers and administrators, each and every day. Although, this is just one way to measure our success as a District, we continue to look at student-by-student, skill-by-skill to ensure all students have success in Cedar Falls Schools. Excellence in all we do is the mantra we focus on,” said Dr. Andy Pattee, Superintendent.
2021
93.01%
Cedar Falls High School
4-year Cohort Graduation
97.3%
of 9th-graders are on track to graduate
0%
of 3rd-graders retained
ACT SCORES
Cedar Falls High School students who took the college entrance exam in 2021 earned an average composite score of 24.6, which is the highest in school history. The state of Iowa composite for 2021 was 21.5 and the national composite average was 20.3.
"Our students continue to out-perform other schools in the state and nation," said Pam Zeigler, Cedar Falls Community Schools' Associate Superintendent. "We have also increased the percent of graduates who complete the ACT exam over the past several years." The four subject areas included on the ACT are English, math, reading and science.
2021 Class Average
24.6
Culture and School Climate
Life Inside these Halls
ATTENDANCE RATES
District Attendance
95.4%
85%
of our secondary students are involved in activities
STUDENT ENGAGEMENT
The Instructional Practices Inventory is a teacher-led process used to measure student engagement. The goal of the ratio is to get as close to a 1:1 as possible. This shows the student engagement of students with lower order thinking to higher order deeper thinking. This district data is made up of 3-4 building observations for that year for each building.
IPI Score
2.04
(scores close to 1 are ideal)
STUDENT DEMOGRAPHICS
3.6%
are English Language Learners
15.9%
minorities
11.8%
receive special education services
22.2%
participate in our free and reduced lunch program