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Enrollment
666
Elementary
DISTRICT 560 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAUKEE COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 193051002234
Grant Ragan Elementary School
645 NE Dartmoor Drive, Waukee, IA 50263 · (515) 987-0435 · Dallas County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL666 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 64% of Iowa public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Iowa public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
188 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 | 95 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 134 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 110 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 117 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 97 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 113 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (95) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (113).
Student demographics
57%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
77.8%
IA avg 73.6% . -0.7pp since 2023
Math
78.4%
IA avg 70.9% . -5.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77.8% | 78.4% |
| 2023-24 | 78.5% | 84.3% |
% 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
78.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
77.8%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.8pp
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 Grant Ragan Elementary School
Grant Ragan Elementary School's state test result (78.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Ragan Elementary School this school | 666 | 28.2% | 78.7% |
| Jordan Creek Elementary School West Des Moines | 652 | 33.4% | 82.2% |
| Webster Elementary School Urbandale | 519 | 23.9% | 85.0% |
| Waukee Elementary School Waukee | 706 | 20.5% | 81.7% |
| Heritage Elementary Ankeny | 604 | 33.9% | 74.9% |
| Eason Elementary School Waukee | 590 | 28.1% | 79.3% |
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 Grant Ragan Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.7% | #156 of 564 | #12 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.4% | #250 of 564 ▼ 128 | #14 of 15 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.8% | #191 of 564 ▼ 53 | #12 of 15 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 666 | #17 of 705 | #4 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #358 of 561 | #7 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.8% | #166 of 561 | #7 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.2% | #526 of 666 | #5 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.5% | #266 of 359 | #7 of 9 |
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
666
+51 (+8%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 666 | 47.2 | 14.1:1 | 28% (188) |
| 2023-24 | 662 | 46.1 | 14.4:1 | 26% (172) |
| 2022-23 | 620 | 45.3 | 13.7:1 | 22% (138) |
| 2020-21 | 615 | 45 | 13.7:1 | 18% (109) |
| 2017-18 | 712 | 45 | 15.8:1 | 11% (77) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Grant Ragan Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (712 to 666); teachers up 5% (45 to 47.2).
About Grant Ragan Elementary School
The public elementary school Grant Ragan Elementary School is located in Waukee, Iowa. Enrollment is 666 students in 2024-25, and the school serves kindergarten through 5. Against the 325-student average for elementary schools in Iowa, enrollment here is 105% higher.
Waukee Comm School District has 19 schools and 13,917 students, and Grant Ragan Elementary School is one of those schools.
At Grant Ragan Elementary School, White students make up 63% of the student body. Next come 13% Hispanic, 10% Black, 8% Asian, and 7% multiracial. The county population is about 84% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 57% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal staffing data show 47.2 full-time-equivalent teachers at Grant Ragan Elementary School and a ratio of 14.1:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Iowa average 13.7:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 28% of students.
allk12 grades Grant Ragan Elementary School a B. The grade compares the school only with Iowa public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Grant Ragan Elementary School is within a point of the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 78.7% actual, 77.8% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Iowa.
Among Dallas County residents, the median household income is $102,379, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Grant Ragan Elementary School is one of 41 public schools in the county.
The nearest public school is Shuler Elementary School, at about 1.0 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 82.2% proficiency; Grant Ragan Elementary School posts 78.7%.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment is up 8% from 2020-21, when Grant Ragan Elementary School had 615 students, to 2024-25, when it had 666.
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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
- Shuler Elementary School1.0 mi · 592
- Northwest High School1.2 mi · 1,574
- Waukee Middle School1.4 mi · 867
- Vince Meyer Early Learning Center1.5 mi · 348
- Waukee High School1.6 mi · 1,375
- Prairieview School1.7 mi · 539
Frequently asked questions
About Grant Ragan Elementary SchoolHow large is Grant Ragan Elementary School?
Grant Ragan Elementary School enrolls approximately 666 students in grades KG-05.
Is Grant Ragan Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Grant Ragan Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Grant Ragan Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Grant Ragan Elementary School is approximately 14.1:1 (47 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Grant Ragan Elementary School?
Student demographics at Grant Ragan Elementary School are roughly 63% White, 13% Hispanic, 10% Black, 8% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Grant Ragan Elementary School in?
Grant Ragan Elementary School is part of Waukee Comm School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.