Waterloo Community School District
Serves Waterloo, Evansdale, Elk Run Heights, Gilbertville and Raymond, and parts of Cedar Falls.
Waterloo’s School Grade D− better than 4% of Iowa school districts
What stands out about Waterloo Community School District
- Its letter, D−: results better than 4% of Iowa districts
- Math proficiency 11 pts below the state
- Reading proficiency 13 pts below the state
- Graduation rate 16 pts below the state
- Spends 12% more per student than the IA average
- 14 students per teacher
- Debt of $71.3M, about $6,796 per student
What this district adds to its towns’ grade
D−: better than 4% of the 326 Iowa school districts we grade. Each town’s School Grade weighs its districts by the students they test; spending and class size are shown but don’t count.
Where would my kid go?
The school path for Waterloo. Grade by grade →
Test scores vs. IA
2021–22 · class of 202393% of students in the tested grades sat the 2022 tests.
Reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute); the newest year for each measure.
Where the money goes
fiscal 2024Fiscal 2022–24 includes federal pandemic relief (ESSER).
U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.
About steady since 2020–21.
Schools in the district
18 public schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Iowa’s other public schools.
Nearby districts
Compare spending and schools next door.
District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory 2024–25 and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau’s school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: state results reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute). The letters are our own summary, graded within Iowa.