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If you had an hour of school board time for Radiant Elementary School, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
273
Elementary
DISTRICT 560 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAUKEE COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 193051002249
Radiant Elementary School
5050 170th ST, Urbandale, IA 50323 · (515) 987-5161 · Dallas County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL273 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 63% 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
11.7:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
83 students
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 41%
Community
1
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 | 58 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 31 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is 23% larger than its 5th grade class (47).
Student demographics
64%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
74.2%
IA avg 73.6% . -3.1pp since 2023
Math
82.5%
IA avg 70.9% . -3.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 83 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.2% | 82.5% |
| 2023-24 | 77.3% | 86.4% |
% 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
77.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
76.7%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 77% 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 Radiant Elementary School
Radiant Elementary School's state test result (77.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radiant Elementary School this school | 273 | 30.4% | 77.8% |
| Lincoln Elementary School Iowa City | 217 | 35.9% | 82.9% |
| James Van Allen Elementary School North Liberty | 376 | 30.3% | 70.1% |
| Tiffin Elementary Tiffin | 191 | 37.2% | 71.0% |
| Sawyer Elementary School Ames | 371 | 36.1% | 71.1% |
| Maple Grove Elementary School West Des Moines | 577 | 33.8% | 75.0% |
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 Radiant Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.8% | #172 of 564 | #13 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.5% | #167 of 564 ▼ 80 | #11 of 15 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.2% | #258 of 564 ▼ 93 | #14 of 15 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 273 | #433 of 705 | #17 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #87 of 561 | #1 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.4% | #100 of 561 | #3 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.4% | #497 of 666 | #4 of 20 |
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
273
-395 (-59%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 273 | 23.3 | 11.7:1 | 30% (83) |
| 2023-24 | 789 | 48.9 | 16.1:1 | 14% (110) |
| 2022-23 | 682 | 43 | 15.9:1 | 9% (60) |
| 2020-21 | 668 | 44 | 15.2:1 | 14% (95) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Radiant Elementary School.
About Radiant Elementary School
Radiant Elementary School is a public small elementary school in Urbandale, Iowa. It has an enrollment of 273 students in kindergarten through 5.
Radiant Elementary School is one of the 19 schools that make up Waukee Comm School District (13,917 students in total).
Of every 100 students at Radiant Elementary School, about 55 are White. The school is also 16% Black, 10% Asian, 9% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. The White share of the county population is higher, at 84%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Radiant Elementary School scores 64%.
The school's 23.3 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.7:1. Elementary schools in Iowa average 13.7:1, 2.0 more students per teacher than here. Income data for the school show 30% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Iowa public elementary schools, Radiant Elementary School outscored 63%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
Radiant Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 77.8%, compared with a predicted 76.7%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Iowa schools on BeatsExpectations.
For Dallas County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $102,379, about 52% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. There are 41 public schools in the county, enrolling about 22,938, Radiant Elementary School among them.
Waterford Elementary School sits about 1.4 miles from Radiant Elementary School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Radiant Elementary School ranks 7th on proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Radiant Elementary School is coded Rural: Fringe, for schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, reported enrollment went from 668 to 273. Such a large difference may reflect a change in the grades served. Federal data show the ratio falling from 15.2:1 to 11.7:1.
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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 Urbandale
- Urbandale High SchoolHigh · 1,301 students
- Urbandale Middle SchoolMiddle · 892 students
- Walnut Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · 708 students
- Olmsted Elementary SchoolElementary · 622 students
- Valerius Elementary SchoolElementary · 598 students
- Webster Elementary SchoolElementary · 519 students
Nearby schools
- Waterford Elementary School1.4 mi · 464
- Walnut Hills Elementary School1.4 mi · 708
- Shuler Elementary School1.8 mi · 592
- Grant Ragan Elementary School1.9 mi · 666
- Northwest High School2.5 mi · 1,574
- DC-G Oak View2.7 mi · 537
Frequently asked questions
About Radiant Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Radiant Elementary School?
Radiant Elementary School enrolls approximately 273 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Radiant Elementary School serve?
Radiant Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Radiant Elementary School?
Approximately 11.7:1 students per teacher at Radiant Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Radiant Elementary School?
At Radiant Elementary School, the student body is approximately 55% White, 9% Hispanic, 16% Black, 10% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Radiant Elementary School public or private?
Radiant 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.