Downtown School

1800 Grand Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50309 Map

Low income

21%

free or reduced-price lunch

Students

197

2024-25

Students per teacher

13.4

2024-25

Test score trends

Test scores for Iowa are not available yet — enrollment and demographics are shown below. We are adding states one at a time.

Race and ethnicity, 2024-25

Year-by-year history is loaded from the NCES Common Core of Data (2017-18 onward).


Walnut Street School Grades PK–5 · Des Moines Independent Comm School District	0.7 mi	—	—	—	Not enough years of data	62%	257	Black 33%
Edmunds Elementary School Grades K–5 · Des Moines Independent Comm School District	0.8 mi	—	—	—	Not enough years of data	94%	259	Black 72%
Ruby Van Meter Grades K–12 Special education · Des Moines Independent Comm School District	0.9 mi	—	—	—	Not enough years of data	72%	109	White 45%
Greenwood Elementary School Grades PK–5 · Des Moines Independent Comm School District	1.3 mi	—	—	—	Not enough years of data	46%	293	White 56%
King Elementary School Grades K–5 · Des Moines Independent Comm School District	1.4 mi	—	—	—	Not enough years of data	96%	315	Hispanic 41%
Moulton Elementary School Grades PK–5 · Des Moines Independent Comm School District	1.8 mi	—	—	—	Not enough years of data	94%	465	Black 52%
Hubbell Elementary Grades K–5 · Des Moines Independent Comm School District	1.8 mi	—	—	—	Not enough years of data	43%	362	White 59%
Jessie Franklin Taylor Grades PK · Des Moines Independent Comm School District	1.9 mi	—	—	—	Not enough years of data	88%	195	Black 39%
Carver Elementary Grades PK–5 · Des Moines Independent Comm School District	1.9 mi	—	—	—	Not enough years of data	92%	436	Hispanic 60%
McKinley Elementary School Grades PK–5 · Des Moines Independent Comm School District	2.0 mi	—	—	—	Not enough years of data	87%	275	Hispanic 47%