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The public elementary schools with the highest student-to-teacher ratios in Polk County, Iowa · page 2

Ranks 51–86 of the public schools with the highest student-to-teacher ratios in Polk County, Iowa. Back to page 1.

HIGHEST RATIO · POLK COUNTY, IOWA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	Ratio
51	Lawson Elementary School	Johnston, IA	Johnston Comm School District	Elementary	545	13.3:1
52	Park Ave Elementary School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Elementary	380	13.2:1
53	Studebaker Elementary School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Elementary	561	13.1:1
54	King Elementary School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Elementary	315	13.1:1
55	Centennial Elementary	Altoona, IA	Southeast Polk Comm School District	Elementary	423	13.1:1
56	Hanawalt Elementary	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Elementary	312	13.0:1
57	Northwest Elementary School	Ankeny, IA	Ankeny Comm School District	Elementary	346	12.8:1
58	Olmsted Elementary School	Urbandale, IA	Urbandale Comm School District	Elementary	622	12.8:1
59	Findley Elementary School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Elementary	324	12.8:1
60	Valerius Elementary School	Urbandale, IA	Urbandale Comm School District	Elementary	598	12.8:1
61	Clive Learning Academy	Des Moines, IA	West Des Moines Comm School District	Elementary	551	12.7:1
62	Samuelson Elementary School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Elementary	386	12.6:1
63	South Union Elementary School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Elementary	422	12.5:1
64	Altoona Elementary	Altoona, IA	Southeast Polk Comm School District	Elementary	429	12.3:1
65	Wright Elementary School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Elementary	265	12.2:1
66	Delaware Elementary	Des Moines, IA	Southeast Polk Comm School District	Elementary	440	12.1:1
67	Lovejoy Elementary School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Elementary	394	12.1:1
68	Madison Elementary School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Elementary	285	12.1:1
69	Stowe Elementary School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Elementary	297	12.1:1
70	Moore Elementary School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Elementary	285	12.1:1
71	Brubaker Elementary School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Elementary	622	12.1:1
72	Karen Acres Elementary School	Urbandale, IA	Urbandale Comm School District	Elementary	233	12.0:1
73	McKinley Elementary School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Elementary	275	12.0:1
74	Pleasant Hill Elementary School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Elementary	241	11.9:1
75	Windsor Elementary	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Elementary	254	11.8:1
76	Hillside Elementary School	West Des Moines, IA	West Des Moines Comm School District	Elementary	548	11.7:1
77	Crestview School of Inquiry	Clive, IA	West Des Moines Comm School District	Elementary	558	11.6:1
78	Cattell Elementary School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Elementary	314	11.6:1
79	River Woods Elementary School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Elementary	493	11.5:1
80	Howe Elementary	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Elementary	297	11.4:1
81	Hillis Elementary School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Elementary	279	11.4:1
82	Monroe Elementary School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Elementary	341	11.4:1
83	Phillips Elementary	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Elementary	263	11.0:1
84	Oak Park	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Elementary	288	10.6:1
85	Willard Elementary School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Elementary	247	10.4:1
86	Edmunds Elementary School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Elementary	259	9.1:1

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