John F Kennedy High School
Cedar Rapids, IA·Public·Midsize city·Cedar Rapids Comm School District
Dual enrollment in Iowa
College credit earned while still in high school. It is the single largest lever on a college bill, and what it costs your family depends almost entirely on which state you are in.
The state covers dual-enrolment tuition, so college credit earned in high school costs your family little or nothing.
Senior Year Plus — Postsecondary Enrollment Options (PSEO) and Concurrent Enrollment
Free
Iowa Code section 261E.7(2) (Iowa Code 2026) bars an eligible postsecondary institution from charging a PSEO student for tuition, textbooks, materials, or fees directly related to the course; the only thing the student may be required to buy is equipment that becomes the student's own property, and textbooks are expressly excluded from 'equipment'. The student's resident school district reimburses the college the lesser of the actual and customary cost of tuition, textbooks, materials and fees, or $250 per course. Important exception: if the student fails to complete and receive credit for the course, the student (or the parent/guardian if the student is under 18) must reimburse the district for those costs. Source is the official Iowa Code PDF published by the Iowa Legislature.
Who can enroll. Under Senior Year Plus, PSEO is open to resident 11th and 12th graders and to 9th and 10th graders identified as gifted and talented under the district's criteria; the student must meet proficiency requirements and the course generally may not duplicate one offered by the district. 'Eligible postsecondary institution' means Iowa community colleges, Iowa accredited private colleges, and the Regents universities, and courses must be nonsectarian. Concurrent enrollment (district-to-community-college sharing) is delivered under contract between a district and its area community college and is likewise tuition-free to the student.
Anchored on 16 public colleges in Iowa · verified 2026-07-31.
Community colleges in Iowa
We do not hold map coordinates for this school, so these are the largest community colleges in the state rather than the closest ones. Check the drive before you plan around any of them. Open one to see what starting there and transferring would actually save.
- Des Moines Area Community CollegeAnkeny, IA$5,790in-state / yr
- Kirkwood Community CollegeCedar Rapids, IA$6,176in-state / yr
- Eastern Iowa Community College DistrictDavenport, IA$4,848in-state / yr
- Iowa Central Community CollegeFort Dodge, IA$5,496in-state / yr
- Iowa Western Community CollegeCouncil Bluffs, IA$6,930in-state / yr
Scholarships only this school's students can win
Awards in our corpus that name this high school. Smaller applicant pools than anything national - often by orders of magnitude.
Results
State assessments, 2021. Reported by EDFacts as ranges rather than exact figures, to keep small cohorts from being identifiable.
| Year | Math | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 63% | 77% |
| 2019 | 79% | 80% |
| 2018 | 81% | 79% |
Who goes here
31% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That figure is also the federal shorthand for family income, and it is what most need-based aid and fee waivers key on.
Outside of class
Activities colleges actually read on an application - and where to find them near this school. Depth in one or two beats a list of ten.
Plan from here
Directory, enrollment and staffing from the NCES Common Core of Data; proficiency and graduation from EDFacts. Dual-enrollment funding rules from state policy, verified on our last review. Figures change - confirm with the school before relying on one. NCES record