Other · Iowa
Ruby Van Meter
Special educationFree meals for allRuby Van Meter, a public other school in Des Moines, Iowa: grades k–12, 109 students, 5.0 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Des Moines Independent Comm School District.
Size and class size
Compared with 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
- 109
- Teachers (FTE)
- 21.6
- Students per teacher
- 5.0
- Grades
- K–12
- Other
Fewer students per teacher than 60% of schools in Iowa
Median 19.4 · 5 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 87% of schools in the US
Median 12.7 · 3,627 schools compared
Larger than 50% of schools in Iowa
Median 108 · 10 schools compared
Smaller than 65% of schools in the US
Median 207 · 3,982 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%Not published: too few students tested.
ISASP; proficient means Levels 2-3
Math
Iowa: 73%Not published: too few students tested.
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
- Other · Grades K–12
- Type
- District school · Special education
- 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
- 710 28th St, Des Moines, IA 50312
- Phone
- (515)242-8220
- City or town
- Des Moines
- County
- Polk County
Nearby schools
The closest public schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
No other public schools within 25 miles.
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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