Trailridge School

Trailridge School, a heavily attended 6-8 campus in Waukee, Iowa, one of the schools within Waukee Comm School District, enrolls 754 students, covering grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Iowa's public schools average about 400 students each, so Trailridge School sits 89% above that benchmark.

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

In terms of who attends, Trailridge School logs that White students make up the majority at 75%. Beyond that, the school logs 7% Black, 6% Asian, 6% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Dallas County as a whole is about 84% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Trailridge School has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.4:1. The state averages around 15.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 12% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Dallas County (around 22%), the school's rate is south of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Trailridge School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 85.9%, the actual is 85.8%, a residual of -0.1 points.

In the broader community, Dallas County reports that median household income runs about $102,379, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Trailridge School is one of 41 public schools in Dallas County (combined enrollment of about 22,938 students).

Northwest High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Trailridge School comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 79.0%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

On allk12, the feed for Trailridge School typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.