Editing Cedar Rapids, Iowa (section)

==Education==<!--NOTICE This section is linked from [[Hiawatha, Iowa|Hiawatha]], Iowa and [[Marion, Iowa|Marion]], Iowa-->
[[File:2012-0610-CoeCollege.jpg|thumb|[[Coe College]] ]]

===Colleges and universities===
Cedar Rapids is home to two four-year colleges, [[Coe College]] and [[Mount Mercy University]]. The [[University of Iowa]] also has an evening [[Master of Business Administration|MBA]] facility there.<ref>{{cite web|author=The University of Iowa|title=Tippie School of Management: Our Locations|url=http://www.biz.uiowa.edu/mba/locations.html|access-date=January 22, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091011065240/http://www.biz.uiowa.edu/mba/locations.html|archive-date=October 11, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Kirkwood Community College]] is the area's only two-year college, while [[Kaplan University]] (formerly [[Hamilton College (Iowa)|Hamilton College]]) and [[Upper Iowa University]] also have campuses there. [[Cornell College]] in [[Mount Vernon, Iowa|Mount Vernon]] and the University of Iowa's main campus in [[Iowa City, Iowa|Iowa City]] are both within {{convert|30|mi|km}} of Cedar Rapids.

===Primary and secondary schools===
The [[Cedar Rapids Community School District]] is the largest school district in the metropolitan area with an enrollment of 17,263 in the 2006–07 school year.<ref>{{cite web|author=Iowa Department of Education|title=2006–2007 Iowa Public School PreK-12 Enrollments by District, Grade, Race and Gender|url=http://www.iowa.gov/educate/index2.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_view&gid=3323&Itemid=55|access-date=January 22, 2008|format=XLS|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114023822/http://www.iowa.gov/educate/index2.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_view&gid=3323&Itemid=55|archive-date=January 14, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> Most of the city is in the district limits.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://educateiowa.gov/sites/files/ed/documents/FY20_CEDAR%20RAPIDS.pdf|title=Cedar Rapids|publisher=[[Iowa Department of Education]]|access-date=April 7, 2020|archive-date=April 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407225340/https://educateiowa.gov/sites/files/ed/documents/FY20_CEDAR%20RAPIDS.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> The district contains 24 elementary schools, six [[middle school]]s, and four high schools: [[Jefferson High School (Iowa)|Jefferson]], [[Washington High School (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)|Washington]], [[John F. Kennedy High School (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)|Kennedy]], and [[Metro High School (Iowa)|Metro High School]] (an alternative high school).<ref>{{cite web|author=Cedar Rapids Community Schools|title=About Us|url=http://www.cr.k12.ia.us/aboutus/index.html|access-date=January 22, 2008|archive-date=December 25, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071225183238/http://www.cr.k12.ia.us/aboutUs/index.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Two neighboring school districts draw students from within the Cedar Rapids city limits. The [[Linn-Mar Community School District]] serves part of the northeast quadrant of the city and has seven elementary schools inside the city limits.<ref>{{cite web|author=Linn-Mar Community School District|title=Boundaries|url=http://www.linnmar.k12.ia.us/District_Services/District_Information/boundaries.asp|access-date=January 22, 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080311061842/http://www.linnmar.k12.ia.us/District_Services/District_Information/boundaries.asp <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = March 11, 2008}}</ref> The [[College Community School District]] serves part of the southwest quadrant of Cedar Rapids as well as neighboring rural portions of [[Linn County, Iowa|Linn]], [[Benton County, Iowa|Benton]] and [[Johnson County, Iowa|Johnson]] counties. A central campus off Interstate 380 holds College Community's five elementary schools, Prairie Creek Intermediate, Prairie Point Middle School & Ninth Grade Academy, and [[Cedar Rapids Prairie High School|Prairie High School]].<ref>{{cite web|author=College Community School District|title=General Information|url=http://www.prairiepride.org/community/index.htm|access-date=January 22, 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080110090934/http://www.prairiepride.org/community/index.htm |archive-date = January 10, 2008}}</ref> The [[Marion Independent School District (Iowa)|Marion Independent School District]] also serves a portion.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://educateiowa.gov/sites/files/ed/documents/FY20_MARION%20INDEPENDENT.pdf|title=Marion Independent|publisher=[[Iowa Department of Education]]|access-date=March 27, 2020}}{{Dead link|date=November 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

The Cedar Rapids Metro Catholic Education System, which is affiliated with the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dubuque]], consists of four elementary schools,<ref>{{cite web|author=Cedar Rapids Metro Education System|title=Cedar Rapids Metro Education System Elementary Schools|url=http://www.cr-cath.pvt.k12.ia.us/k5%20schools.html|access-date=January 22, 2008}}</ref> two middle schools,<ref>{{cite web|author=Cedar Rapids Metro Education System|title=Cedar Rapids Metro Education System Middle Schools|url=http://www.cr-cath.pvt.k12.ia.us/68%20schools.html|access-date=January 22, 2008}}</ref> one PK-8 school, and one high school ([[Xavier High School (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)|Xavier]]). The Cedar Rapids Catholic Education System and Cedar Rapids Community School District are synonymous with each other in the Cedar Rapids Public and Parochial School System.

The city hosts several private schools, including Summit Schools, [[Cedar Valley Christian School]], Trinity Lutheran School, Isaac Newton Christian Academy, Faith Christian Learning Center, and Good Shepherd Lutheran School of the [[Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod|WELS]].