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Walnut Hills Elementary School

๐Ÿ“ 4240 156th St, Urbandale, Dallas County, 50323

625
Pupils
16.3
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Walnut Hills Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Urbandale, Dallas County. The school has 625 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Doug Barry. It is part of the Waukee Comm School District school district. It serves grades Kโ€“5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 38.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.3:1. 81% of students are proficient in reading. 91% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.

School details

Principal
Doug Barry
School district
Waukee Comm School District

Enrollment & staffing

Walnut Hills Elementary School enrolls 625 students across grades Kโ€“5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 38.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.3:1.

Male students
314 (50%)
Female students
311 (50%)
Teachers (FTE)
38.4
Student-teacher ratio
16.3:1
Grade span
Kโ€“5

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 80% White, 6.2% Two or more races and 5.3% Asian.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
White49880%
Two or more races396.2%
Asian335.3%
Hispanic or Latino294.6%
Black or African American264.2%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

55 of the school's 625 students (8.8%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 48 qualify for free lunch and 7 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.

School setting & status

Suburb, LargeGrades Kโ€“5

Walnut Hills Elementary School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IA-30, state senate district 10, state house district 19.

School district: Waukee Comm School District

Walnut Hills Elementary School is one of 17 schools in Waukee Comm School District, based in Waukee, Iowa. The district serves 13,917 students district-wide and employs 831 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 625 students, Walnut Hills Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 819 students per school.

13,917
District students
17
Schools
831
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

81%
Reading proficient
91%
Math proficient
3%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

๐Ÿ“ถ Fiber internet ๐Ÿ“ก Campus Wi-Fi

Setting: Suburb - Large

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