Pre-K · Iowa

Mitchell Early Childhood Center

Free meals for all

Mitchell Early Childhood Center, a public pre-k school in Des Moines, Iowa: grade pre-k, 292 students, 18.3 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Des Moines Independent Comm School District.

Size and class size

Compared with pre-K centers of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 292
Teachers (FTE): 16.0
Students per teacher: 18.3
Grades: Pre-K; Pre-K

More students per teacher than 57% of pre-K centers in Iowa

Median 17.4 · 37 schools compared

More students per teacher than 61% of pre-K centers in the US

Median 16.0 · 1,186 schools compared

Larger than 90% of pre-K centers in Iowa

Median 82 · 40 schools compared

Larger than 87% of pre-K centers in the US

Median 117 · 1,436 schools compared

State test results

No state test results published for this school: state tests cover grades 3–8, and small groups are not published.

What it offers

Grades: Pre-K · Grade Pre-K
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: In person
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: 111 Porter, Des Moines, IA 50310
Phone: (515)242-8424
City or town: Des Moines
County: Polk County

Quality of life in Des Moines Schools in Des Moines

Nearby pre-K centers

The closest public pre-K centers by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Jessie Franklin TaylorFree meals for all	Pre-K	195	17.1	5.4 mi
McKee Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K	235	19.6	6.8 mi
Woodlawn Early Childhood CenterFree meals for all	Pre-K	216	18.9	7.3 mi
Learning Resource Center	Pre-K	—	—	7.6 mi
Terrace Learning Center	Pre-K	361	22.0	13.9 mi
Vince Meyer Early Learning Center	Pre-K	348	23.5	14.7 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).

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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