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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 5

Perkins Elementary School, Des Moines, IA

CEP schoolPerkins Elementary School is a public elementary school in Des Moines, part of Des Moines Independent Comm School District. It enrolled 438 students in 2024-25, with 15.1 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
438
Teachers (FTE)
29.0
Students per teacher
15.1
Grades
K to 5

This school's ratio is about the same as 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 school15.1
District14.5
Iowa14.4
United States15.3

School details

Address
4301 College, Des Moines, IA 50311
Phone
(515)242-8430
District
Des Moines Independent Comm School District
County
Polk County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Locale
City: Midsize
NCES school ID
190897000570
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
244
Reduced-price lunch
31
Free or reduced-price lunch
27562.8% 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 Des Moines Independent Comm School District

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.