Elementary · Iowa
Cowles Elementary School
Free meals for allCowles Elementary School, a public elementary school in Des Moines, Iowa: grades pre-k–8, 392 students, 16.7 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Des Moines Independent Comm School District.
Size and class size
Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 392
- Teachers (FTE)
- 23.5
- Students per teacher
- 16.7
- Grades
- Pre-K–8
- Elementary
More students per teacher than 95% of elementary schools in Iowa
Median 13.3 · 668 schools compared
More students per teacher than 71% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Larger than 65% of elementary schools in Iowa
Median 320 · 669 schools compared
Smaller than 55% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Iowa's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Iowa: 73%88%proficient
+4.8 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 94% of elementary schools in Iowa
Median 73% · 609 elementary schools compared
194 students tested, grades 3–8 · ISASP; proficient means Levels 2-3
Math
Iowa: 73%85%proficient
+8.7 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 76% of elementary schools in Iowa
Median 76% · 609 elementary schools compared
194 students tested, grades 3–8 · ISASP; proficient means Levels 2-3
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades Pre-K–8
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- Some virtual classes
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Large suburb
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Des Moines Independent Comm School District.
Location
- Address
- 6401 College Ave, Des Moines, IA 50324
- Phone
- (515)242-7818
- City or town
- Windsor Heights
- County
- Polk County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Windsor ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 254 | 11.8 | 63% | 62% |
Clive Learning AcademyFree meals for all | Pre-K–6 | 551 | 12.7 | 72% | 70% |
Hillis Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 279 | 11.4 | 43% | 47% |
Horizon Science Academy Des MoinesCharterFree meals for all | Pre-K–4 | 150 | 18.7 | 41% | 66% |
Crestview School of InquiryFree meals for all | Pre-K–6 | 558 | 11.6 | 51% | 52% |
Perkins Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 438 | 15.0 | 59% | 62% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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