Eason Elementary School

Located at 605 SE Boone Dr, in Waukee, Iowa, Eason Elementary School is a large elementary school that works with 590 students (grades K through 5), run under Waukee Comm School District. By comparison, Iowa's public schools average about 325 students each, so Eason Elementary School sits 82% above that benchmark.

Within Waukee Comm School District, which oversees 19 schools and 13,917 students, Eason Elementary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Eason Elementary School records that White students make up the majority at 65%. Beyond that, the school reports 16% Black, 8% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 84% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. Roughly 28% of students at Eason Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Eason Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 77.9%; this one delivers 79.3%.

In the broader community, Dallas County reports that median household earnings sit near $102,379, about 52% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Dallas County's 41 public schools (combined enrollment of about 22,938 students), Eason Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Maple Grove Elementary School, roughly 1.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Eason Elementary School at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 81.1%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Eason Elementary School's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 582 (now 590). The White share of enrollment contracted from 77% to 65% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.