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Des Moines, IA Public Schools

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    best schools in Des Moines HANAWALT ELEMENTARY, JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, GREENWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, FOUR MILE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, PLEASANT HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, PHILLIPS ELEMENTARY, PERKINS ELEMENTARY AT SAMUELSON, SOUTHEAST POLK HIGH SCHOOL, CLIVE SCHOOL, SOUTHEAST POLK JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

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    Des Moines zip codes50309, 50314, 50315, 50316, 50317, 50032, 50310, 50313, 50312, 50311

    POPULATION
    198,688

    Des Moines, IA Public Schools


    DES MOINES INDEPENDENT COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT

    Address: 1801 16TH STREET, DES MOINES, 50314
    Phone: (515) 242-7911


    32,068 Students enrolled in District

    72 Schools in District

    DISTRICT RATING
    COMPARED TO STATE
    (10 is best)
    1
    Better than:
    of IA school
    districts
    1.4%
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    COMPARED TO U.S.
    (10 is best)
    2
    Better than:
    of US school
    districts
    17.8%
    STUDENTS PER CLASSROOM
    14
    STATE AVERAGE 14

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    Public School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind)

    62%
    75%
    60%
    73%
    65%
    76%
    DISTRICT
    STATE
    PROFICIENT IN
    READING & MATH
    PROFICIENT IN
    READING
    PROFICIENT IN
    MATH
    SCHOOLS IN THIS DISTRICT GRADES
    ADAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
    3720 E 29TH ST, DES MOINES, IA 50317
    (515) 242-8401
    PK-05
    BRIDGES
    111 PORTER AVE, DES MOINES, IA 50315
    (515) 242-7552
    N-N
    BRIDGES HIGH SCHOOL AT MITCHELL
    111 PORTER AVE, DES MOINES, IA 50315
    (515) 242-7552
    N-N
    BRODY MIDDLE SCHOOL
    2501 PARK AVE, DES MOINES, IA 50321
    (515) 242-8443
    06-08
    BRUBAKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
    2900 E 42ND STREET, DES MOINES, IA 50317
    (515) 242-8405
    PK-05
    CALLANAN MIDDLE SCHOOL
    3010 CENTER STREET, DES MOINES, IA 50312
    (515) 242-8101
    06-08
    CAPITOL VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
    320 E. 16TH, DES MOINES, IA 50316
    (515) 242-8402
    PK-05
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    School district enrollment by group
    ETHNIC/RACIAL GROUPS THIS DISTRICT THIS STATE
    WHITE (NON-HISPANIC) (%) 62.9 86.6
    BLACK (%) 17.1 5.1
    HISPANIC (%) 14.8 5.8
    ASIAN OR PACIFIC ISLANDER (%) 4.6 1.9
    AMERICAN INDIAN OR NATIVE OF ALASKA (%) 0.6 0.6
    ECONOMIC GROUPS THIS DISTRICT THIS STATE
    ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED (%) 48.1 31.9
    Educational Expenditures
    FOR THIS DISTRICT PER STUDENT TOTAL % OF TOTAL
    INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES $5,612 $179,965,000 52.9
    SUPPORT EXPENDITURES
    STUDENT $518 $16,611,000 4.9
    STAFF $212 $6,797,000 2.0
    GENERAL ADMINISTRATION $122 $3,924,000 1.2
    SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION $570 $18,266,000 5.4
    OPERATION $921 $29,523,000 8.7
    TRANSPORTATION $273 $8,742,000 2.6
    OTHER $223 $7,158,000 2.1
    TOTAL SUPPORT $2,838 $91,021,000 26.7
    NON-INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES $2,162 $69,333,000 20.4
    TOTAL EXPENDITURES $10,612 $340,319,000 100.0
    FOR THE STATE PER STUDENT TOTAL % OF TOTAL
    INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES $4,993 $2,413,984,200 51.7
    SUPPORT EXPENDITURES
    STUDENT $494 $239,000,508 5.1
    STAFF $397 $191,853,239 4.1
    GENERAL ADMINISTRATION $233 $112,641,026 2.4
    SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION $496 $239,950,725 5.1
    OPERATION $781 $377,379,653 8.1
    TRANSPORTATION $305 $147,483,793 3.2
    OTHER $266 $128,726,029 2.8
    TOTAL SUPPORT $2,972 $1,437,034,973 30.8
    NON-INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES $1,690 $816,887,517 17.5
    TOTAL EXPENDITURES $9,655 $4,667,906,690 100.0
    FOR THE NATION PER STUDENT TOTAL % OF TOTAL
    INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES $5,582 $274,180,000,000 53.3
    SUPPORT EXPENDITURES
    STUDENT $475 $23,356,970,935 4.5
    STAFF $446 $21,924,659,888 4.3
    GENERAL ADMINISTRATION $181 $8,920,041,056 1.7
    SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION $514 $25,277,042,259 4.9
    OPERATION $902 $44,320,216,892 8.6
    TRANSPORTATION $384 $18,864,068,868 3.7
    OTHER $294 $14,465,936,592 2.8
    TOTAL SUPPORT $3,199 $157,129,000,000 30.6
    NON-INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES $1,687 $82,900,118,526 16.1
    TOTAL EXPENDITURES $10,469 $514,209,000,000 100.0

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