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Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 6

Clive Learning Academy, Des Moines, IA

CEP schoolClive Learning Academy is a public elementary school in Des Moines, part of West Des Moines Comm School District. It enrolled 551 students in 2024-25, with 12.8 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
551
Teachers (FTE)
43.0
Students per teacher
12.8
Grades
PK to 6

This school's ratio is 1.7 lower than the district figure of 14.5. The Iowa average across schools is 14.4. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school12.8
District14.5
Iowa14.4
United States15.3

School details

Address
1600 73rd Street, Des Moines, IA 50324
Phone
(515)633-5800
District
West Des Moines Comm School District
County
Polk County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Large
NCES school ID
193093001789
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
284
Reduced-price lunch
45
Free or reduced-price lunch
32959.7% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in West Des Moines Comm School District

Elementary schools elsewhere in Des Moines

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.