Middle · Regular · Grades 7 to 8

Stilwell Junior High School, West Des Moines, IA

CEP schoolStilwell Junior High School is a public middle school in West Des Moines, part of West Des Moines Comm School District. It enrolled 645 students in 2024-25, with 13.7 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 645
Teachers (FTE): 47.0
Students per teacher: 13.7
Grades: 7 to 8

This school's ratio is 0.8 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.

This school13.7

District14.5

Iowa14.4

United States15.3

School details

Address: 1601 Vine St, West Des Moines, IA 50265
Phone: (515)633-6000
District: West Des Moines Comm School District
County: Polk County
Level: Middle
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: No
Virtual: No
Locale: City: Small
NCES school ID: 193093001796

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School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.

Free lunch: 246
Reduced-price lunch: 57
Free or reduced-price lunch: 30347.0% 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 middle schools in West Des Moines Comm School District

Indian Hills Junior High School 661 students

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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.