About Des Moines Independent Community School District
Des Moines Independent Community School District is a public school system serving Polk County, Iowa, based in Des Moines. It serves 30,048 students across 59 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a city: mid-size district. By enrollment it is the #1 largest of Iowa’s 329 school systems.
Size and structure
Des Moines Independent Community School District enrolls 30,048 students in 59 schools — an average of about 509 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #1 of 329 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Des Moines Independent Community School District, from the NCES Common Core of Data (30,048 students reported):
For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.
Teachers & staff
Des Moines Independent Community School District employs about 2,066 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 14.5:1 — above the Iowa average of about 14.0:1. Total district staff is roughly 4,774.
Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.
How Iowa funds schools
District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for Des Moines Independent Community School District are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.
Report card & state results
Iowa reports results through the Iowa School Performance Profiles, covering proficiency, academic growth, graduation, English-language progress and conditions for learning. Look up Des Moines Independent Community School District on the Iowa School Performance Profiles.
Accreditation status
Iowa public districts are accredited by the state through the Iowa Department of Education under its accreditation standards (Iowa Admin. Code 281—12), not a private accreditor. See the Iowa Department of Education.
Des Moines Independent Community School District vs. Iowa
See every Iowa district side by side in the Iowa directory.
Look up Des Moines Independent Community School District’s full data
These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):