Sugar Creek Elementary School

Sugar Creek Elementary School is one of the sizable K-5 schools in Waukee, Iowa, part of Waukee Comm School District, with 630 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 325 students per school, that is 94% bigger than typical.

Sugar Creek Elementary School is one of 19 schools operated by Waukee Comm School District, a district that serves 13,917 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Sugar Creek Elementary School lists that the largest single group is White, at 67% of enrollment; the rest breaks down as 11% Asian, 8% Black, 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 84% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting Sugar Creek Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 19% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Sugar Creek Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 82.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 79.0%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Dallas County put the typical household earns roughly $102,379 per year, about 52% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Sugar Creek Elementary School is one of 41 public schools in Dallas County (combined enrollment of about 22,938 students).

The closest other public school is Timberline School, roughly 1.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Sugar Creek Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Sugar Creek Elementary School comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 78.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.