Crestview School of Inquiry

Crestview School of Inquiry is a K-5 school of heavily attended scale in Clive, Iowa, one of the schools within West Des Moines Comm School District, caters to 558 students in grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 325 students per school, that is 72% larger than typical.

Crestview School of Inquiry is one of 13 schools operated by West Des Moines Comm School District, a district that educates 9,009 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Crestview School of Inquiry logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 58% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 17% White, 12% Asian, 10% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Polk County as a whole is about 10% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 84% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Polk County's rate of about 49%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Crestview School of Inquiry tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 52.0%.

In the surrounding community, Polk County reports that median household income runs about $83,576, roughly 40% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Polk County runs 137 public schools (combined enrollment of about 77,436 students), of which Crestview School of Inquiry is one.

Nearest neighbor: Clive Learning Academy, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Crestview School of Inquiry. On composite proficiency, Crestview School of Inquiry comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 72.5%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 554 students in 2018 compared to 558 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 29% to 58%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 today.

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