My Substack piece this week is about the 2023-24 Iowa school enrollment numbers, with a map and two graphics. One of those graphics looks at Waterloo’s stagnant enrollment vs. Waukee’s astronomical growth.
The Des Moines Register, in its evaluation of private school enrollments and voucher use, committed a whopper of an error online: “Dallas County, which holds much of the Urbandale and West Des Moines school districts, is the wealthiest in the state, with a median household income above $90,000 — roughly the 300% cutoff for a family of four.”
Dallas County holds a good part of both cities, but precisely NONE of the Urbandale school district and a tiny piece of West Des Moines. Everyone in those cities living in Dallas County save for one subdivision goes to Waukee.
UPDATE: The DMR’s error also appeared in print.