Elementary · Iowa

Garton Elementary

Free meals for all

Garton Elementary, a public elementary school in Des Moines, Iowa: grades pre-k–5, 535 students, 14.9 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: 535
Teachers (FTE): 36.0
Students per teacher: 14.9
Grades: Pre-K–5; Elementary

More students per teacher than 79% of elementary schools in Iowa

Median 13.3 · 668 schools compared

More students per teacher than 54% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Larger than 88% of elementary schools in Iowa

Median 320 · 669 schools compared

Larger than 72% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

What it offers

Grades: Elementary · Grades Pre-K–5
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: Some virtual classes
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Midsize city
Run by: Des Moines Independent Comm School District

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: 2820 E 24th St, Des Moines, IA 50317
Phone: (515)242-8408
City or town: Des Moines
County: Polk County

Quality of life in Des Moines Schools in Des Moines

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Phillips ElementaryFree meals for all	K–5	263	11.0	0.9 mi
Cattell Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	K–5	314	11.6	1.6 mi
Stowe Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	K–5	297	12.1	1.7 mi
Madison Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	285	12.1	1.9 mi
Brubaker Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	K–5	622	12.1	2.1 mi
Findley Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	K–6	324	12.7	2.2 mi

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).

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