Elementary · Iowa
South Prairie Elementary
South Prairie Elementary, a public elementary school in Grimes, Iowa: grades k–4, 436 students, 13.5 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Dallas Center-Grimes 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
- 436
- Teachers (FTE)
- 32.4
- Students per teacher
- 13.5
- Grades
- K–4
- Elementary
More students per teacher than 53% of elementary schools in Iowa
Median 13.3 · 668 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 62% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Larger than 74% of elementary schools in Iowa
Median 320 · 669 schools compared
Larger than 54% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades K–4
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- Some virtual classes
- Area
- Large suburb
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Dallas Center-Grimes Comm School District.
Location
- Address
- 500 S James St, Grimes, IA 50111
- Phone
- (515)986-4057
- City or town
- Grimes
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-K–4 | 530 | 17.4 | |
| K–4 | 412 | 14.6 | |
| K–5 | 464 | 15.4 | |
| K–5 | 613 | 13.9 | |
| K–5 | 575 | 14.3 | |
| Pre-K–5 | 519 | 13.5 |
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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