Waukee Community School District

The Iowa Department of Education's figures for Waukee schools, and the parts of the metro the district reaches. Iowa county-district code 25-6822.

State rating, 2024-25

Overall rating
Acceptable
Score
608.96
out of 900 possible points
Share of possible points
67.66%
statewide average 63.28%

The state moved this rating down one category because at least one student group scored below the cut score it uses to identify schools for targeted support. The groups listed are: Students with Disabilities (IEP). The score itself is unchanged, and on its own it falls in the Commendable range. See what the categories mean.

Students and results

Certified enrollment
14,412
2025-26, public-school students who live in the district
4-year graduation rate
97.14%
Class of 2024 (state 88.27%)
5-year graduation rate
96.81%
Class of 2023 (state 89.88%)
Proficient in math
80.80%
2024-25
Proficient in English language arts
82.51%
2024-25
Proficient in science
74.71%
2024-25
Chronically absent
14.62%
2024-25

Graduation, proficiency and absence figures are the "All Students" values in the district's School Performance Profile. Proficiency is the share of students scoring proficient or above on the Iowa Statewide Assessment of Student Progress. Chronically absent means present for 90% or less of the days enrolled. Certified enrollment is the state's count of the public-school students who live in the district, for school funding, taken on October 1 (Iowa Department of Education). It includes residents who open-enroll in another district, so it is not the number of students the district teaches. The state counts enrollment in full-time equivalents, so its figures carry decimals; they are rounded to whole students here.

Open enrollment, 2025-26

Iowa law lets families enroll in a public district they do not live in (Iowa Code §282.18). In the 2025-26 count, about 236 students open-enrolled into Waukee and about 658 who live in the district open-enrolled out, a net loss of about 422. The state counts these in full-time equivalents (236.1 in and 657.8 out), so the whole numbers are rounded. Families choose for many reasons, so this is not a verdict on the district.

Where the district reaches

The cities in this site's coverage that the district overlaps, from the federal boundary file, and the county taxing districts that pair the city with this school district (rate per $1,000 of taxable value, for bills paid September 2026 and March 2027). The district may also extend outside these 12 cities.

Cities the Waukee district reaches: boundary-file overlap and the county taxing districts that pair the city with it
CityBoundary file overlapTaxing districts
West Des Moines 16.61 sq mi, 35.0% of the city Dallas County: $34.38300
Waukee 19.16 sq mi, 87.4% of the city Dallas County, outside Walnut Township: $35.44280
Dallas County, Walnut Township part: $35.45080
Urbandale 6.26 sq mi, 27.8% of the city Dallas County, Urbandale sanitary sewer district: $33.45648
Clive 3.01 sq mi, 39.3% of the city Dallas County: $33.13117

All metro districts and the city map → · Property tax estimator →

Sources

  1. Iowa Department of Education, Iowa School Performance Profiles: Waukee Comm School District, District Summary, Reporting Year 2025. Retrieved November 5, 2026.
  2. Iowa Department of Education, Iowa School Performance Profiles: Waukee Comm School District, Graduation Rate detail, Reporting Year 2025. Retrieved November 5, 2026.
  3. Iowa Department of Education, Iowa School Performance Profiles: District Ratings, Reporting Year 2025 (2024-25 school year). Retrieved November 5, 2026.
  4. Iowa Department of Education, Iowa School Performance Profiles Technical Guide, December 2025. Retrieved November 5, 2026.
  5. Iowa Department of Education, 2025-26 Certified Enrollment by District (December 18, 2025). Retrieved November 5, 2026. (listing page)
  6. National Center for Education Statistics (EDGE), School District Geographic Relationship Files 2025, LEA to place (grf25_lea_place.xlsx) and LEA to county (grf25_lea_county.xlsx); TIGER 2025, school districts as of 2024-25. Retrieved November 5, 2026. (listing page)
  7. National Center for Education Statistics (Common Core of Data), District Directory Information, 2025-2026 school year: Waukee Community School District. Retrieved November 5, 2026.

Official figures, shown as published for the years named. Not a ranking or a review. Confirm boundaries for a specific address with the district.