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Valley High School, West Des Moines, IA

Valley High School is a public high school in West Des Moines, part of West Des Moines Comm School District. It enrolled 2,178 students in 2024-25, with 18.5 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
2,178
Teachers (FTE)
118.0
Students per teacher
18.5
Grades
10 to 12

This school's ratio is 4.0 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 school18.5
District14.5
Iowa14.4
United States15.3

School details

Address
3650 Woodland Ave, West Des Moines, IA 50266
Phone
(515)633-4000
District
West Des Moines Comm School District
County
Polk County
Level
High
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
City: Small
NCES school ID
193093001797
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
1,227
Reduced-price lunch
254
Free or reduced-price lunch
1,48168.0% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

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 high schools in West Des Moines 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.