High · Regular · Grades 9 to 12
East High School, Des Moines, IA
Enrollment and teachers
- Students
- 1,952
- Teachers (FTE)
- 89.0
- Students per teacher
- 21.9
- Grades
- 9 to 12
This school's ratio is 7.4 higher 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.
School details
- Address
- 815 E 13th St, Des Moines, IA 50316
- Phone
- (515)242-7788
- County
- Polk County
- Level
- High
- Type
- Regular
- Status
- Open
- Charter
- No
- Locale
- City: Midsize
- NCES school ID
- 190897000528
School meals
- Free lunch
- 1,314
- Reduced-price lunch
- 216
- Free or reduced-price lunch
- 1,53078.4% 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 high schools in Des Moines Independent Comm School District
- Lincoln High School 2,364 students
- Roosevelt High School 2,051 students
- North High School 1,428 students
- Hoover High School 898 students
- Virtual Campus 380 students
High schools elsewhere in Des Moines
- Saydel High School Saydel Comm School District
- Great Oaks High School and Career Center Charter Organization: Oakmont Education
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.