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Walnut Hills Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

4240 Nw 156th St

Urbandale IA, 50323, Polk County

Phone: 515-987-3585

Ranking:

(36 out of 696, top 5%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Waukee Community School District

Title I Eligible School: No

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	45		37		35		34		48		46		43
Total Students:	746		614		546		526		798		766		717
Prekindergarten:	40	5.4%	13	2.1%	13	2.4%	13	2.5%	16	2.0%	12	1.6%	18	2.5%
Kindergarten:	133	17.8%	130	21.2%	92	16.8%	100	19.0%	125	15.7%	126	16.4%	109	15.2%
Grade 1:	133	17.8%	99	16.1%	101	18.5%	89	16.9%	124	15.5%	116	15.1%	149	20.8%
Grade 2:	117	15.7%	99	16.1%	93	17.0%	81	15.4%	111	13.9%	156	20.4%	125	17.4%
Grade 3:	112	15.0%	98	16.0%	80	14.7%	62	11.8%	161	20.2%	131	17.1%	128	17.9%
Grade 4:	111	14.9%	93	15.1%	72	13.2%	97	18.4%	132	16.5%	128	16.7%	96	13.4%
Grade 5:	100	13.4%	82	13.4%	95	17.4%	84	16.0%	129	16.2%	97	12.7%	92	12.8%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	369	49.5%	318	51.8%	285	52.2%	280	53.2%	409	51.3%	389	50.8%	365	50.9%
Female:	377	50.5%	296	48.2%	261	47.8%	246	46.8%	389	48.7%	369	48.2%	348	48.5%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	0.3%	2	0.3%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	4	0.5%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	34	4.6%	30	4.9%	22	4.0%	21	4.0%	34	4.3%	36	4.7%	27	3.8%
Hispanic:	26	3.5%	21	3.4%	15	2.7%	20	3.8%	23	2.9%	14	1.8%	15	2.1%
Black:	8	1.1%	9	1.5%	6	1.1%	7	1.3%	5	0.6%	10	1.3%	10	1.4%
White:	650	87.1%	532	86.6%	490	89.7%	466	88.6%	716	89.7%	706	92.2%	665	92.7%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	2	0.3%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	24	3.2%	19	3.1%	11	2.0%	10	1.9%	16	2.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	18	2.4%	26	4.2%	24	4.4%	17	3.2%	22	2.8%	19	2.5%	24	3.3%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	9	1.2%	6	1.0%	3	0.5%	15	2.9%	9	1.1%	9	1.2%	7	1.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.73		16.82		15.52		15.70		16.49		16.50		16.80

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
IA
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	96.00%	91.61%	N/A
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90.80%	91.33%	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	90.54%	88.19%	N/A
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89.77%	86.75%	N/A
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	83.33%	87.14%	N/A
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92.68%	91.36%	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83.33%	85.22%	N/A
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82.72%	84.81%	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	91.01%	91.86%	N/A
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	91.89%	90.68%	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	89.89%	88.07%	N/A
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	89.19%	85.74%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	79.5%	84.2%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	20.5%	15.8%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	8.0 years	8.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	50.0%	55.3%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	50.0%	44.7%

Mean Base Salary:	$39,984.0	$35,660.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$33,974.0	$31,508.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$45,994.0	$40,788.0

* Walnut Hills Elementary Primary School was rated 5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.