Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 6
Hillside Elementary School, West Des Moines, IA
Enrollment and teachers
- Students
- 548
- Teachers (FTE)
- 47.0
- Students per teacher
- 11.7
- Grades
- PK to 6
This school's ratio is 2.8 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.
School details
- Address
- 713 8th St, West Des Moines, IA 50265
- Phone
- (515)633-6200
- County
- Polk County
- Level
- Elementary
- Type
- Regular
- Status
- Open
- Charter
- No
- Virtual
- No
- Locale
- City: Small
- NCES school ID
- 193093001188
School meals
- Free lunch
- 332
- Reduced-price lunch
- 61
- Free or reduced-price lunch
- 39371.7% 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
- Westridge Elementary 744 students
- Jordan Creek Elementary School 652 students
- Western Hills Elementary School 570 students
- Crestview School of Inquiry 558 students
- Clive Learning Academy 551 students
- Fairmeadows Elementary School 542 students
- Crossroads Park Elementary School 530 students
Elementary schools elsewhere in West Des Moines
- Brookview Elementary School Waukee Comm School District
- Woodland Hills Elementary School Waukee Comm School District
- Maple Grove Elementary School Waukee Comm School District
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.