Des Moines, IA
Des Moines, IA schools & districts: ratings, enrollment, map
3 bd $1,546/mo in Des Moines. Iowa charges a 3.80% flat income tax.
- Public-school students
- 125,211
- NCES 2024-2025
- Pupil–teacher ratio
- 15
- 8,372 teachers
- Districts / schools
- 34 / 232
- Public districts and schools
- Bedrooms
- 1
- Usual for this household: studio.
- Childcare
- $0
- No kids under 5
- Left over each month
- $2,910
- After tax and rent
- Bachelor's or higher
- 39.1%
- Adults 25+. ACS 2023.
Largest public school districts
12 largest in Des Moines.
- Des Moines Independent Comm School District
Des Moines
- Students
- 30,048
- Schools
- 59
- Pupil–teacher
- 14.5
- Waukee Comm School District
Waukee
- Students
- 13,917
- Schools
- 19
- Pupil–teacher
- 16
- Ankeny Comm School District
Ankeny
- Students
- 12,746
- Schools
- 18
- Pupil–teacher
- 15.5
- West Des Moines Comm School District
West Des Moines
- Students
- 9,110
- Schools
- 14
- Pupil–teacher
- 14.5
- Southeast Polk Comm School District
Altoona
- Students
- 7,501
- Schools
- 11
- Pupil–teacher
- 15
- Johnston Comm School District
Johnston
- Students
- 7,373
- Schools
- 8
- Pupil–teacher
- 15.5
- Urbandale Comm School District
Urbandale
- Students
- 4,208
- Schools
- 6
- Pupil–teacher
- 14
- Dallas Center-Grimes Comm School District
Grimes
- Students
- 3,760
- Schools
- 7
- Pupil–teacher
- 15.1
- Indianola Comm School District
Indianola
- Students
- 3,599
- Schools
- 6
- Pupil–teacher
- 15.1
- Norwalk Comm School District
Norwalk
- Students
- 3,584
- Schools
- 5
- Pupil–teacher
- 15.4
- Bondurant-Farrar Comm School District
Bondurant
- Students
- 2,824
- Schools
- 5
- Pupil–teacher
- 14.9
- Newton Comm School District
Newton
- Students
- 2,693
- Schools
- 6
- Pupil–teacher
- 14.6
NCES 2024–25.
Public schools by level
- Primary
- 135
- Elementary grades
- Middle
- 44
- Middle or junior high
- High
- 49
- Secondary grades
- Other
- 2
- K–12, ungraded, alternative
230 public schools. NCES 2024–25.
Where the Des Moines metro sits
Roughly the core of the Des Moines, IA metro area. Drag to look around, or open the larger map to search for a specific school or neighbourhood.
Family of four
2 adults, 2 kids (1 under 5), 3 bd. $861/mo left. Childcare $1,035. Des Moines paycheck
NCES 2024-2025. How we figure this
Take-home by job in Des Moines
- Registered nurse
- Software developer
- Elementary school teacher
- High school teacher
- Accountant / auditor
- Truck driver (heavy)
- Electrician
- Civil engineer
- Lawyer
- Police officer
- Financial analyst
- Pharmacist
- Product / project manager
- Physical therapist
- Nurse practitioner
- Physician
- Construction manager
- Data scientist
- Firefighter
- Mechanical engineer
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