Northwest High School
Waukee, IA · High School · Grades 10-12
Northwest High School is a high school in Waukee, IA with 1,427 students enrolled and a 64% proficiency rate. Part of Waukee Comm School District. NCES data from the U.S. Department of Education.
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About This School
Northwest High School is a high school located in Waukee, Iowa. The school serves 1,427 students in grades 10-12.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 64% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading. The school reports a 87% graduation rate.
14% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Northwest High School is part of the Waukee Comm School District in Iowa.
How This School Compares
Northwest High School has 1,427 students enrolled, making it larger than the average school in Waukee Comm School District (770 students). Its 64% proficiency rate is 1 percentage points below the district average of 65%. Compared to the Iowa state average of 53%, the school performs 10 points higher.
Frequently Asked Questions
Northwest High School has 1,427 students enrolled in grades 10-12. The student-to-teacher ratio is not reported.
According to EDFacts data, 64% of students at Northwest High School meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
Northwest High School has a 87% graduation rate, measuring the percentage of students who graduate within four years.
Northwest High School is part of the Waukee Comm School District in Waukee, Iowa. You can view all schools in this district on the district page.
All data on this page comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. These are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.
School profiles are built from NCES directory data and EDFacts assessment results. Proficiency rates reflect combined math and reading performance. Graduation rates are reported for high schools with available data.
this entity is one of the data points covered by this site’s U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment dataset. The detail above comes directly from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts; the context that follows situates the headline numbers against the broader distribution across U.S. public schools and districts.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.