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Jessie Franklin Taylor, Des Moines, IA

CEP schoolJessie Franklin Taylor is a public prekindergarten school in Des Moines, part of Des Moines Independent Comm School District. It enrolled 195 students in 2024-25, with 17.7 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
195
Teachers (FTE)
11.0
Students per teacher
17.7
Grades
PK

This school's ratio is 3.2 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.

This school17.7
District14.5
Iowa14.4
United States15.3

School details

Address
1801 16th Street, Des Moines, IA 50314
Phone
(515)242-8424
District
Des Moines Independent Comm School District
County
Polk County
Level
Prekindergarten
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
City: Midsize
NCES school ID
190897002218
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
140
Reduced-price lunch
32
Free or reduced-price lunch
17288.2% 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 prekindergarten schools in Des Moines Independent 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.