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Sugar Creek Elementary School

Serves grades KG - 5

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
965 Ashworth Rd
Waukee, IA 59263
Phone
(515) 987-5160
District
Waukee Comm School District
County
DALLAS COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
623
Classroom Teachers
0

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Iowa

9

(10 is best)

Better than 89.4% of all IA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

9

(10 is best)

Sugar Creek Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

100 80 60 40 20 0
84%
71%
80%
66%
87%
75%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

100 80 60 40 20 0
84%
73%
82%
73%
86%
73%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 5

100 80 60 40 20 0
88%
69%
88%
68%
88%
71%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
No Data
16
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Kindergarten 130 20.9%
Grade 1 99 15.9%
Grade 2 97 15.6%
Grade 3 104 16.7%
Grade 4 100 16.1%
Grade 5 93 14.9%
Total 623 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 76.0% 76.2% 75.9%
Black 4.3% 7.3% 7.3%
Hispanic 6.3% 7.6% 13.2%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 13.4% 8.6% 2.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.3% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 12.0% 18.0% 41.1%
Free lunch eligible 10.6% 15.5% 35.6%
Reduced lunch eligible 1.4% 2.6% 5.5%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 67,241 3,200,517
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 1,214.2 57
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.8% 6.0%
5-19 YEARS OLD 22.7% 20.0%
20-44 YEARS OLD 38.6% 32.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 21.5% 24.4%
65 OR OLDER 10.4% 17.6%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 26,854 1,290,139
Single Parent Households With Children 6.4% 7.9%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 97.8% 93.0%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 61.9% 30.3%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 35.8% 14.7%
$100,000 - $149,999 18.2% 18.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 12.0% 14.3%
$50,000 - $74,999 13.7% 17.9%
$30,000 - $49,999 11.2% 15.9%
$15,000 - $29,999 6.0% 11.2%
$15,000 or less 3.1% 7.8%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,338 $82,912,000 36.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $348 $4,554,000 2.0%
Staff $680 $8,892,000 3.9%
General Administration $28 $361,000 0.2%
School Administration $556 $7,271,000 3.2%
Operation $749 $9,795,000 4.3%
Transportation $376 $4,925,000 2.2%
Other $462 $6,038,000 2.6%
Total Support $3,198 $41,836,000 18.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $7,930 $103,742,000 45.4%
Total Expenditures $17,466 $228,490,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,491 $3,832,227,000 47.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $784 $400,839,000 5.0%
Staff $806 $412,275,000 5.1%
General Administration $316 $161,505,000 2.0%
School Administration $727 $372,123,000 4.6%
Operation $1,129 $577,474,000 7.2%
Transportation $419 $214,335,000 2.7%
Other $407 $208,438,000 2.6%
Total Support $4,588 $2,346,989,000 29.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,653 $1,868,692,000 23.2%
Total Expenditures $15,732 $8,047,908,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%