Waterford Elementary School

Set in Urbandale, Iowa, Waterford Elementary School is a moderately sized K-5 school, overseen by Waukee Comm School District. It educates 464 students across grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 43% above the state mean of about 325.

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

In terms of who attends, Waterford Elementary School shows that 76% of the student body identifies as White; the rest reads as 9% Asian, 7% Black, 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 84% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. About 10% 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 south of typical.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Dallas County put median household earnings sit near $102,379, roughly 52% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Waterford Elementary School is one of 41 public schools in Dallas County (combined enrollment of about 22,938 students).

Nearest neighbor: DC-G Oak View, around 1.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Waterford Elementary School.

The school occupies an outlying site.

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