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Burlington, IA Social Statistics

NumberPercentSCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school6,248100.0Nursery school, preschool4827.7Kindergarten3004.8Elementary school (grades 1-8)2,93246.9High school (grades…

Cedar Falls, IA Social Statistics

NumberPercentSCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school16,300100.0Nursery school, preschool5243.2Kindergarten3612.2Elementary school (grades 1-8)2,86517.6High school (…

Cedar Rapids, IA Social Statistics

NumberPercentSCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school31,525100.0Nursery school, preschool2,4477.8Kindergarten1,8455.9Elementary school (grades 1-8)13,44842.7High school (…

Clinton, IA Social Statistics

NumberPercentSCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school6,992100.0Nursery school, preschool5067.2Kindergarten3835.5Elementary school (grades 1-8)3,17945.5High school (grades…

Council Bluffs, IA Social Statistics

NumberPercentSCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school14,350100.0Nursery school, preschool9266.5Kindergarten6444.5Elementary school (grades 1-8)6,97148.6High school (…

Farmer, Fannie Merritt

(Encyclopedia) Farmer, Fannie Merritt, 1857–1915, American cookbook author and teacher and writer on cookery, b. Boston. A paralytic stroke prevented her from attending college, and she turned to…

Beiderbecke, Bix

(Encyclopedia) Beiderbecke, Bix (Leon Bismarck Beiderbecke)Beiderbecke, Bixbīˈdərbĕk [key], 1903–31, American jazz cornetist, pianist, and composer, b. Davenport, Iowa. Mainly self-taught, he was…

Pierce, John

(Encyclopedia) Pierce, John, 1910–2002, American electrical engineer, b. Des Moines, Iowa, grad. California Institute of Technology (Ph.D. 1936). Pierce worked at the Bell Telephone Laboratories,…

Tufts University

(Encyclopedia) Tufts University, main campus at Medford, Mass.; coeducational; chartered 1852 by Universalists as a college for men. It became a university in 1955. Jackson College, formerly a…

Prairie Pothole Region

(Encyclopedia) Prairie Pothole Region, large geographic area of central North America consisting of grass-covered wetlands. Stretching northwest from N Iowa through SW Minnesota, E South Dakota, E…