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Saydel High School, Des Moines, IA

CEP schoolSaydel High School is a public high school in Des Moines, part of Saydel Comm School District. It enrolled 458 students in 2024-25, with 17.0 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
458
Teachers (FTE)
27.0
Students per teacher
17.0
Grades
9 to 12

This school's ratio is 2.2 higher than the district figure of 14.8. The Iowa average across schools is 14.4. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school17.0
District14.8
Iowa14.4
United States15.3

School details

Address
5601 NE 7th St, Des Moines, IA 50313
Phone
(515)262-9325
District
Saydel Comm School District
County
Polk County
Level
High
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Locale
Suburb: Large
NCES school ID
192532001447
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
213
Reduced-price lunch
29
Free or reduced-price lunch
24252.8% 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

High 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.