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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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