Walnut Hills Elementary School

Walnut Hills Elementary School operates as a sizable elementary school in Urbandale, Iowa, overseen by Waukee Comm School District. Current enrollment sits at 708 students spanning grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 118% bigger than the state mean of about 325.

Waukee Comm School District comprises 19 schools with combined enrollment of 13,917 students; Walnut Hills Elementary School is among them.

On demographics, Walnut Hills Elementary School logs that White students make up the majority at 77%; the rest reads as 6% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 4% Black.

In terms of school funding signals, Walnut Hills Elementary School records 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.3:1. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 7% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Dallas County (around 22%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Walnut Hills Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 88.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 91.1%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Dallas County put median household income runs about $102,379, about 52% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Dallas County's 41 public schools (combined enrollment of about 22,938 students), Walnut Hills Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Shuler Elementary School, around 0.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Walnut Hills Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 81.1%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Walnut Hills Elementary School's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 703 (now 708). The White share of enrollment decreased from 87% to 77% over that span.

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