Middle · Iowa
Meredith Middle School
Free meals for allMeredith Middle School, a public middle school in Des Moines, Iowa: grades 6–8, 662 students, 16.4 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Des Moines Independent Comm School District.
Size and class size
Compared with middle 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
- 662
- Teachers (FTE)
- 40.3
- Students per teacher
- 16.4
- Grades
- 6–8
- Middle
More students per teacher than 78% of middle schools in Iowa
Median 14.4 · 243 schools compared
More students per teacher than 66% of middle schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared
Larger than 84% of middle schools in Iowa
Median 338 · 244 schools compared
Larger than 65% of middle schools in the US
Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared
What it offers
- Grades
- Middle · Grades 6–8
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- Some virtual classes
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Midsize city
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
- 4827 Madison Ave, Des Moines, IA 50310
- Phone
- (515)242-7250
- City or town
- Des Moines
- County
- Polk County
Nearby middle schools
The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6–8 | 892 | 15.2 | |
Callanan Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 553 | 15.8 |
Merrill Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 657 | 16.8 |
Harding Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 603 | 15.8 |
Indian Hills Junior High SchoolFree meals for all | 7–8 | 661 | 12.8 |
| 6–7 | 1,118 | 15.4 |
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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