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Enrollment
590
Elementary
DISTRICT 560 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAUKEE COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 193051000299
Eason Elementary School
605 SE Boone Dr, Waukee, IA 50263 · (515) 987-5200 · Dallas County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL590 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
166 students
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 41%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 78 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 96 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 96 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 113 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 105 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 102 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (102).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 48% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
79.8%
IA avg 73.6% . +1.3pp since 2023
Math
79.1%
IA avg 70.9% . -4.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.8% | 79.1% |
| 2023-24 | 78.5% | 83.4% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
79.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
77.9%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 78% typical for Iowa schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Iowa's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Eason Elementary School
Eason Elementary School's state test result (79.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eason Elementary School this school | 590 | 28.1% | 79.3% |
| Rock Creek Elementary Ankeny | 639 | 26.4% | 78.6% |
| Southeast Elementary School Ankeny | 585 | 33.0% | 72.8% |
| East Ridge Elementary Coralville | 442 | 32.4% | 74.4% |
| Clay Elementary Altoona | 700 | 36.1% | 71.3% |
| Grant Ragan Elementary School Waukee | 666 | 28.2% | 78.7% |
Matched among Iowa elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Eason Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.3% | #147 of 564 | #10 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.1% | #241 of 564 ▼ 103 | #13 of 15 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.8% | #155 of 564 ▼ 18 | #11 of 15 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 590 | #42 of 705 | #8 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #433 of 561 | #10 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.5% | #180 of 561 | #8 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.1% | #528 of 666 | #6 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.4% | #155 of 168 | N/A |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
590
+26 (+5%) vs 2020
+51% since 2000-01, when it was 390
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 14.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 590 | 39.9 | 14.8:1 | 28% (166) |
| 2023-24 | 620 | 41.3 | 15.0:1 | 30% (186) |
| 2022-23 | 641 | 42.7 | 15.0:1 | 31% (200) |
| 2020-21 | 564 | 38 | 14.8:1 | 18% (99) |
| 2017-18 | 582 | 33.5 | 17.4:1 | 15% (89) |
| 2015-16 | 566 | 35 | 16.2:1 | 14% (78) |
| 2010-11 | 615 | 33 | 18.6:1 | 6% (34) |
| 2000-01 | 390 | 21 | 18.6:1 | 2% (9) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Eason Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (582 to 590); teachers up 19% (33.5 to 39.9).
About Eason Elementary School
Students in Waukee, Iowa, attend Eason Elementary School, a large elementary school. The school enrolls 590 students in kindergarten through 5. Elementary schools in Iowa average about 325 students, which makes this school 82% bigger than average.
Waukee Comm School District enrolls 13,917 students, and its 19 schools include Eason Elementary School.
More than half of the students at Eason Elementary School are White (65%). The remaining shares are 16% Black, 8% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Census estimates put the White share of Dallas County's population at about 84%. The diversity index for Eason Elementary School is 54%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its staff includes 39.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 14.8 students per teacher. The gap from the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Iowa is 1.1 students per teacher. Roughly 28% of students at Eason Elementary School can receive free or reduced-price lunch.
Eason Elementary School is 1.4 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (79.3% versus 77.9%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Iowa.
For the population of Dallas County, the median household earns about $102,379 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 52% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Across Dallas County, 41 public schools serve about 22,938 students.
Eason Elementary School's nearest public school is Maple Grove Elementary School (about 1.2 miles). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Eason Elementary School. On state test proficiency, Eason Elementary School ranks 5th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
Locale data from NCES put Eason Elementary School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Federal enrollment counts rose from 564 (2020-21) to 590 (2024-25).
On allk12, people connected to Eason Elementary School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Dallas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
107,968
Census ACS
Median income
$102,379
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
52%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
41
22,938 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Waukee Comm School District
- Northwest High SchoolHigh · 1,574 students
- Waukee High SchoolHigh · 1,375 students
- South Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,092 students
- Timberline SchoolHigh · 992 students
- Waukee Middle SchoolMiddle · 867 students
- Trailridge SchoolMiddle · 754 students
Other schools in Waukee
- Northwest High SchoolHigh · 1,574 students
- Waukee High SchoolHigh · 1,375 students
- South Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,092 students
- Timberline SchoolHigh · 992 students
- Waukee Middle SchoolMiddle · 867 students
- Trailridge SchoolMiddle · 754 students
Nearby schools
- Maple Grove Elementary School1.2 mi · 577
- Prairieview School1.5 mi · 539
- Shuler Elementary School1.6 mi · 592
- Waukee High School1.6 mi · 1,375
- Waukee Middle School2.0 mi · 867
- Grant Ragan Elementary School2.1 mi · 666
Frequently asked questions
About Eason Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Eason Elementary School?
Eason Elementary School enrolls approximately 590 students in grades KG-05.
Is Eason Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Eason Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Eason Elementary School have?
Eason Elementary School employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Eason Elementary School?
At Eason Elementary School, the student body is approximately 65% White, 8% Hispanic, 16% Black, 4% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Eason Elementary School public or private?
Eason Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Waukee Comm School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.