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Mitchell Early Childhood Center, Des Moines, IA

CEP schoolMitchell Early Childhood Center is a public prekindergarten school in Des Moines, part of Des Moines Independent Comm School District. It enrolled 292 students in 2024-25, with 18.2 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
292
Teachers (FTE)
16.0
Students per teacher
18.2
Grades
PK

This school's ratio is 3.7 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 school18.2
District14.5
Iowa14.4
United States15.3

School details

Address
111 Porter, Des Moines, IA 50310
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
190897002166
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School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
168
Reduced-price lunch
28
Free or reduced-price lunch
19667.1% 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.