Des Moines Independent Comm School District 鈥� Polk County, IA

Key statistics

30,048

Students enrolled

59

Public schools

2,067

Classroom teachers (FTE)

14.5:1

Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

Pre-K 1,707
Kindergarten 2,038
Grade 1 2,163
Grade 2 2,274
Grade 3 2,265
Grade 4 2,083
Grade 5 2,246
Grade 6 2,058
Grade 7 1,985
Grade 8 2,065
Grade 9 2,092
Grade 10 2,213
Grade 11 2,268
Grade 12 2,591

By race/ethnicity

Hispanic/Latino 32%
White 31%
Black or African American 22%
Asian 7%
Two or more races 7%
American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%
Race not reported <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

76% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 22,584 of 29,676 students in the district's schools

Free lunch 67%
Reduced-price lunch 9%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$15,990 spent per student on day-to-day operations Iowa median: $13,428 per student

Spending per student

Instruction $8,652
Support services $6,635
Other (food service, etc.) $702

Where the money comes from

Local 30%
State 56%
Federal 13%

Total revenue $574.8 milliontotal spending $559.1 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

PK to 12

Locale (NCES)

City: MidsizeStudents: 98% city, 2% suburb

Total staff (FTE)

4,774

District office

2100 Fleur Drive, Des Moines IA 50321

Phone

(515) 242-7911

County

Polk County

Official website

NCES District ID

1908970

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