Summary:
The Waukee Community School District in Iowa is home to 10 high-performing elementary schools serving students from Waukee, Urbandale, and West Des Moines. Several schools within the district stand out as exceptional, including Walnut Hills Elementary School, which consistently ranks among the top 5 elementary schools in the state, and Shuler Elementary School and Brookview Elementary School, which also rank among the top 50 schools in Iowa.
The district as a whole performs significantly better than the state average on standardized tests, with 3rd-grade English Language Arts proficiency rates reaching 79.4% compared to the state average of 64.2%. While the schools have varying levels of racial diversity and free/reduced lunch rates, the district appears to provide adequate funding, with an average of $11,351 spent per student and student-teacher ratios around 14.8 to 1.
The consistent high performance across multiple schools suggests a strong, cohesive educational program within the Waukee Community School District. The district may benefit from identifying and sharing best practices from its top-performing schools to help raise the overall level of achievement across all its elementary schools.
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