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

Key statistics

9,110

Students enrolled

14

Public schools

628

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 381
Kindergarten 594
Grade 1 615
Grade 2 632
Grade 3 671
Grade 4 606
Grade 5 617
Grade 6 680
Grade 7 649
Grade 8 657
Grade 9 699
Grade 10 789
Grade 11 748
Grade 12 772

By race/ethnicity

White 53%
Hispanic/Latino 21%
Black or African American 12%
Two or more races 8%
Asian 6%
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

56% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 5,048 of 9,009 students in the district's schools

Free lunch 46%
Reduced-price lunch 10%

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

$14,690 spent per student on day-to-day operations Iowa median: $13,428 per student

Spending per student

Instruction $9,229
Support services $4,944
Other (food service, etc.) $517

Where the money comes from

Local 54%
State 40%
Federal 7%

Total revenue $171.0 milliontotal spending $170.2 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: SmallStudents: 80% city, 20% suburb

Total staff (FTE)

1,282

District office

3550 Mills Civic Parkway, West Des Moines IA 50265

Phone

(515) 633-5000

County

Polk County

Official website

NCES District ID

1930930

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About West Des Moines Comm School District

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The West Des Moines Community School District will be a caring community of learners that knows and lifts every child. We will inspire joy in learning. Our schools will excel at preparing each student for his or her life journey

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