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Waukee Comm School District, IA: schools, enrollment and spending
Waukee Comm School District runs 19 public schools with 13,917 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 16.0 students per teacher is 1.6 higher than the Iowa figure of 14.4.
At a glance
- Schools
- 19
- Students
- 13,917
- Teachers (FTE)
- 870
- Students per teacher
- 16.0
- IA: 14.4 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 560 SE University Avenue, Waukee, IA 50263
- Phone
- (515)987-5161
- County
- Dallas County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1930510
- State district ID
- IA-256822 000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 1,867
- School counselors (FTE)
- 38.0About 366 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 47.0
Students per teacher compared
This district16.0
Iowa14.4
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (11,781), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $191.4 million
- Federal revenue
- $10.1 million
- State revenue
- $86.1 million
- Local revenue
- $95.2 million
- Total spending
- $228.5 million
- Spending per pupil
- $19,395
- Salaries
- $84.4 million36.9% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $333.7 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 5.3%
- State: 45.0%
- Local: 49.7%
Iowa overall
- Federal: 10.5%
- State: 48.7%
- Local: 40.8%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$19,395
Iowa$15,206
United States$16,826
Schools in Waukee Comm School District
By level: 2 high, 3 middle, 11 elementary, 2 secondary, 1 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Brookview Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 592 | 14.4 |
| Eason Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 590 | 15.1 |
| Grant Ragan Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 666 | 14.2 |
| Maple Grove Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 577 | 13.1 |
| Northwest High School | High | 10 to 12 | 1,574 | 21.6 |
| Prairieview School | Secondary | 9 | 539 | 15.4 |
| Radiant Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 273 | 11.9 |
| Shuler Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 592 | 14.8 |
| South Middle School | Middle | 6 to 7 | 1,092 | 15.0 |
| Sugar Creek Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 630 | 17.0 |
| Timberline School | Secondary | 8 to 9 | 992 | 16.3 |
| Trailridge School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 754 | 20.9 |
| Vince Meyer Early Learning Center | Prekindergarten | PK | 348 | 24.9 |
| Walnut Hills Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 708 | 17.3 |
| Waterford Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 464 | 15.5 |
| Waukee Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 706 | 15.7 |
| Waukee High School | High | 10 to 12 | 1,375 | 17.0 |
| Waukee Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 867 | 13.3 |
| Woodland Hills Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 578 | 15.2 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Dallas County
- Dallas Center-Grimes Comm School District 3,760 students
- Adel DeSoto Minburn Comm School District 2,278 students
- Perry Comm School District 1,735 students
- Woodward-Granger Comm School District 1,230 students
- Van Meter Comm School District 1,146 students
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.