Des Moines Independent Comm School District
Key statistics
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
- 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
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
County
Polk County
Official website
NCES District ID
1908970
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About Des Moines Independent Comm School District
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