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Des Moines Independent Comm School District School Calendar, Spring Break & Teacher Days 2025-26

Des Moines, Iowa · Polk County

30,277
Students
59
Schools
14.6:1
Student-Teacher
2,069 teachers
-1 - 12
Grades

Quick Facts

513
Avg. School Size
2,945
Total Staff

Contact

Address
2100 Fleur Drive
Des Moines, IA 50321
Phone
(515)242-7911

Staff & Students

Teachers (FTE)
2,069
Total Staff
2,945
Data Source
NCES Common Core of Data
School Year 2023-24

Schools in Des Moines Independent Comm School District (59)

Lincoln High School

Des Moines

High
2,441 studentsGrades 9 - 1227.4:1 ratio66.28% FRPL

Roosevelt High School

Des Moines

High
2,039 studentsGrades 9 - 1230.9:1 ratio47.92% FRPL

East High School

Des Moines

High
2,014 studentsGrades 9 - 1223.7:1 ratio69.46% FRPL

North High School

Des Moines

High
1,514 studentsGrades 9 - 1222.3:1 ratio75.03% FRPL

Hoover High School

Des Moines

High
923 studentsGrades 9 - 1222.5:1 ratio69.66% FRPL

Weeks Middle School

Des Moines

Middle
668 studentsGrades 6 - 816.3:1 ratio77.69% FRPL

Meredith Middle School

Des Moines

Middle
653 studentsGrades 6 - 814.5:1 ratio74.27% FRPL

Merrill Middle School

Des Moines

Middle
651 studentsGrades 6 - 817.6:1 ratio36.41% FRPL

McCombs Middle School

Des Moines

Middle
644 studentsGrades 6 - 816.5:1 ratio77.02% FRPL

Harding Middle School

Des Moines

Middle
634 studentsGrades 6 - 816.7:1 ratio81.86% FRPL

Brubaker Elementary School

Des Moines

Primary
618 studentsGrades 0 - 512.1:1 ratio75.24% FRPL

Brody Middle School

Des Moines

Middle
598 studentsGrades 6 - 818.7:1 ratio64.55% FRPL

Studebaker Elementary School

Des Moines

Primary
553 studentsGrades 0 - 514.6:1 ratio80.29% FRPL

Capitol View Elementary School

Des Moines

Primary
545 studentsGrades -1 - 512.4:1 ratio85.32% FRPL

Callanan Middle School

Des Moines

Middle
543 studentsGrades 6 - 817:1 ratio74.03% FRPL

River Woods Elementary School

Des Moines

Primary
505 studentsGrades 0 - 511.7:1 ratio80.4% FRPL

Morris Elementary School

Des Moines

Primary
498 studentsGrades 0 - 513.8:1 ratio81.53% FRPL

Jackson Elementary School

Des Moines

Primary
495 studentsGrades -1 - 515:1 ratio72.53% FRPL

Goodrell Middle School

Des Moines

Middle
493 studentsGrades 6 - 814.5:1 ratio74.24% FRPL

Hoyt Middle School

Des Moines

Middle
486 studentsGrades 6 - 815.7:1 ratio70.78% FRPL

Hiatt Middle School

Des Moines

Middle
466 studentsGrades 6 - 812.9:1 ratio83.69% FRPL

Moulton Elementary School

Des Moines

Primary
450 studentsGrades -1 - 513.2:1 ratio88.22% FRPL

Perkins Elementary School

Des Moines

Primary
444 studentsGrades 0 - 515.3:1 ratio55.63% FRPL

Garton Elementary

Des Moines

Primary
429 studentsGrades 0 - 511.9:1 ratio77.62% FRPL

South Union Elementary School

Des Moines

Primary
424 studentsGrades 0 - 511.2:1 ratio81.13% FRPL

Carver Elementary

Des Moines

Primary
419 studentsGrades -1 - 512:1 ratio87.35% FRPL

Lovejoy Elementary School

Des Moines

Primary
412 studentsGrades 0 - 513.3:1 ratio82.04% FRPL

Park Ave Elementary School

Des Moines

Primary
408 studentsGrades 0 - 514.6:1 ratio75.25% FRPL

Cowles Elementary School

Des Moines

Primary
403 studentsGrades -1 - 818.3:1 ratio15.88% FRPL

Virtual Campus

Des Moines

High
387 studentsGrades 9 - 1219.4:1 ratio64.08% FRPL

Samuelson Elementary School

Des Moines

Primary
384 studentsGrades 0 - 511.6:1 ratio72.92% FRPL

Hubbell Elementary

Des Moines

Primary
383 studentsGrades 0 - 515.3:1 ratio40.21% FRPL

Monroe Elementary School

Des Moines

Primary
377 studentsGrades 0 - 511.1:1 ratio88.86% FRPL

Mitchell Early Childhood Center

Des Moines

340 studentsGrades -1 - -121.3:1 ratio72.35% FRPL

Hanawalt Elementary

Des Moines

Primary
317 studentsGrades 0 - 512.2:1 ratio46.37% FRPL

Stowe Elementary School

Des Moines

Primary
311 studentsGrades 0 - 513:1 ratio77.81% FRPL

Oak Park

Des Moines

Primary
309 studentsGrades 0 - 511.9:1 ratio80.58% FRPL

Cattell Elementary School

Des Moines

Primary
308 studentsGrades 0 - 510.6:1 ratio78.9% FRPL

Greenwood Elementary School

Des Moines

Primary
307 studentsGrades -1 - 515.4:1 ratio49.84% FRPL

Jefferson Elementary School

Des Moines

Primary
306 studentsGrades 0 - 514.6:1 ratio40.2% FRPL

Howe Elementary

Des Moines

Primary
303 studentsGrades 0 - 512.1:1 ratio77.89% FRPL

Moore Elementary School

Des Moines

Primary
298 studentsGrades 0 - 513:1 ratio63.76% FRPL

Hillis Elementary School

Des Moines

Primary
291 studentsGrades 0 - 512.1:1 ratio63.92% FRPL

Edmunds Elementary School

Des Moines

Primary
286 studentsGrades 0 - 511.4:1 ratio94.76% FRPL

Findley Elementary School

Des Moines

Primary
284 studentsGrades 0 - 511.8:1 ratio80.63% FRPL

Willard Elementary School

Des Moines

Primary
282 studentsGrades 0 - 511.8:1 ratio81.91% FRPL

King Elementary School

Des Moines

Primary
273 studentsGrades 0 - 511.4:1 ratio91.21% FRPL

McKinley Elementary School

Des Moines

Primary
269 studentsGrades -1 - 512.8:1 ratio78.07% FRPL

Windsor Elementary

Des Moines

Primary
267 studentsGrades 0 - 512.1:1 ratio48.31% FRPL

McKee Elementary School

Des Moines

263 studentsGrades -1 - -120.2:1 ratio71.48% FRPL

Phillips Elementary

Des Moines

Primary
254 studentsGrades 0 - 511:1 ratio68.9% FRPL

Madison Elementary School

Des Moines

Primary
247 studentsGrades 0 - 511.8:1 ratio80.57% FRPL

Walnut Street School

Des Moines

Primary
244 studentsGrades -1 - 515.3:1 ratio55.33% FRPL

Wright Elementary School

Des Moines

Primary
244 studentsGrades 0 - 511.1:1 ratio67.21% FRPL

Downtown School

Des Moines

Primary
235 studentsGrades 0 - 529.4:1 ratio18.72% FRPL

Woodlawn Early Childhood Center

Des Moines

215 studentsGrades -1 - -119.5:1 ratio79.07% FRPL

Pleasant Hill Elementary School

Des Moines

Primary
211 studentsGrades 0 - 511.7:1 ratio63.03% FRPL

Jessie Franklin Taylor

Des Moines

194 studentsGrades -1 - -117.6:1 ratio82.47% FRPL

Ruby Van Meter

Des Moines

Other
112 studentsGrades 0 - 125.1:1 ratio58.93% FRPL

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