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Waukee Community School District

Waukee, Iowa · Public school district · #5 of 124 Iowa districts by enrollment

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13,917

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$11,159

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Iowa median

16.0

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Iowa median 14.4

Waukee Community School District is a public school district based in Waukee, Iowa, serving 13,917 students in 19 schools. By enrollment it ranks #5 of the 124 Iowa districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 97% of them. Its schools average 732 students each, more than the Iowa median of 419. It spends about $11,159 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 16.0 students per teacher.

How Waukee Community compares

Waukee CommunityIowa median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$11,159

Iowa median $11,630 · about the same · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$7,038

Iowa median $7,379 · about the same · FY2020-21

Students per school732

Iowa median 419 · 75% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher16.0

Iowa median 14.4 · 11% above · 2024-25

Students per counselor366

Iowa median 375 · about the same · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$191.4 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 5%State 45%Local 50%

Measure	Waukee Community	Iowa median	Year
Current spending per student	$11,159	$11,630	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,038	$7,379	FY2020-21
Total spending	$228.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$191.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	870	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	1,867	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	16.0	14.4	2024-25
Students per counselor	366	375	2024-25

Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The Iowa median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

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Peer districts in Iowa

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District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
Iowa City Community School DistrictIowa City	15,013	28	$12,543	13.8	#3
Sioux City Community School DistrictSioux City	14,475	21	$11,340	15.0	#4
Waukee Community School DistrictWaukee · this district	13,917	19	$11,159	16.0	#5
Davenport Community School DistrictDavenport	13,171	27	$13,111	13.4	#6
Ankeny Community School DistrictAnkeny	12,746	18	$11,603	15.5	#7

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Tolleson Union High School District (4288)Tolleson, AZ	13,931	$8,848	20.9
Escondido UnionEscondido, CA	13,922	$16,125	18.9
Provo DistrictProvo, UT	13,897	$10,543	21.0
Porterville UnifiedPorterville, CA	13,893	$13,250	22.0

Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.

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