Capitol View Elementary School

Capitol View Elementary School is a large elementary school in Des Moines, Iowa, part of Des Moines Independent Comm School District. The school serves 533 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 64% bigger than the state mean of about 325.

Within Des Moines Independent Comm School District, which oversees 59 schools and 29,676 students, Capitol View Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Capitol View Elementary School records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 56%. Beyond that, the school reports 19% Black, 17% White, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 10% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Capitol View Elementary School reports 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.3:1. The state averages about 13.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 92% of students at Capitol View Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Polk County's rate of about 49%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Capitol View Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.8%, the actual is 41.6%, a residual of -4.2 points.

In the broader community, census data for Polk County shows median household earnings sit near $83,576, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Polk County's 137 public schools (combined enrollment of about 77,436 students), Capitol View Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: East High School, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Capitol View Elementary School at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 45.1%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Five-year trend. Capitol View Elementary School's enrollment has edged down 10% since 2018, when it stood at 594 (now 533). Hispanic enrollment moved from 51% to 56% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 11.7:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 today.

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