Prairieview School

Prairieview School, a reasonably sized senior high in Waukee, Iowa, operated by Waukee Comm School District, instructs 539 students, covering grade 9.

Waukee Comm School District runs 19 schools in total, collectively educating 13,917 students. Prairieview School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Prairieview School reports that 72% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school shows 10% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 6% Black, 5% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 84%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Prairieview School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 14% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Dallas County's rate of about 22%.

With demographic context factored in, Prairieview School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 84.8%; this one delivers 79.0%.

In the area at large, Dallas County reports that median household income runs about $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), Prairieview School is one campus in the mix.

Waukee High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Prairieview School. On composite proficiency, Prairieview School comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 78.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Over the past 7-year window. Prairieview School's enrollment has declined 26% since 2018, when it stood at 726 (now 539). The White share of enrollment fell from 86% to 72% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for Prairieview School typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.