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Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 4

Cornell Elementary School, Des Moines, IA

CEP schoolCornell Elementary School is a public elementary school in Des Moines, part of Saydel Comm School District. It enrolled 555 students in 2024-25, with 14.6 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
555
Teachers (FTE)
38.0
Students per teacher
14.6
Grades
PK to 4

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 14.8. The Iowa average across schools is 14.4. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school14.6
District14.8
Iowa14.4
United States15.3

School details

Address
5817 NE 3rd St, Des Moines, IA 50313
Phone
(515)244-8173
District
Saydel Comm School District
County
Polk County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Locale
Suburb: Large
NCES school ID
192532001445
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
81
Reduced-price lunch
5
Free or reduced-price lunch
8615.5% 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

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.