Maple Grove Elementary School

Maple Grove Elementary School, a sprawling elementary school in West Des Moines, Iowa, one of the schools within Waukee Comm School District, caters to 577 students, covering grades K through 5. That puts it 78% larger than the typical public school in Iowa, which averages around 325 students.

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

Demographically, Maple Grove Elementary School shows that 50% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 19% Black, 12% multiracial, 11% Hispanic, 8% Asian. By comparison, Dallas County as a whole is about 84% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Maple Grove Elementary School has 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 34% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Dallas County runs at roughly 22%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Maple Grove Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 75.0%; this one delivers 75.0%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Dallas County put median household earnings sit near $102,379, roughly 52% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Dallas County's 41 public schools (combined enrollment of about 22,938 students), Maple Grove Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Eason Elementary School, roughly 1.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Maple Grove Elementary School at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 80.0%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Maple Grove Elementary School has shrank 22%, going from 737 students in 2018 to 577 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 73% to 50%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 today.

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