Enrollment
259
Elementary
DISTRICT 347 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DES MOINES INDEPENDENT COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190897000529
Edmunds Elementary School
950 15th Street, Des Moines, IA 50314 · (515) 243-1174 · Polk County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL259 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 2% of Iowa public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Iowa public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
9.1:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
243 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 41%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 46 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 42 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 35 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 40 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 15% larger than its 5th grade class (40).
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 48% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
34.5%
IA avg 73.6% . -1.0pp since 2023
Math
37.2%
IA avg 70.9% . -3.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.5% | 37.2% |
| 2023-24 | 35.5% | 40.5% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
33.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.0%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 45% typical for Iowa schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Edmunds Elementary School
Edmunds Elementary School's state test result (33.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edmunds Elementary School this school | 259 | 93.8% | 33.0% |
| Hoover Elementary School Cedar Rapids | 420 | 87.6% | 51.3% |
| Cunningham School Waterloo | 443 | 91.4% | 38.1% |
| Moulton Elementary School Des Moines | 465 | 94.2% | 42.2% |
| Van Buren Elementary School Cedar Rapids | 429 | 83.7% | 43.7% |
| Prescott Elementary School Dubuque | 352 | 81.5% | 31.8% |
Matched among Iowa elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Edmunds Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Polk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #560 of 564 | #77 of 78 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.2% | #558 of 564 ▼ 8 | #76 of 78 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.5% | #561 of 564 ▼ 5 | #78 of 78 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 259 | #461 of 705 | #78 of 89 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.1:1 | #5 of 561 | #1 of 86 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.2% | #248 of 561 | #69 of 86 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.8% | #3 of 666 | #3 of 89 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.0% | #126 of 359 | #23 of 64 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
259
-38 (-13%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 408
Student : Teacher
9.1:1
was 10.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 259 | 28.6 | 9.1:1 | 94% (243) |
| 2023-24 | 286 | 25.5 | 11.2:1 | 95% (271) |
| 2022-23 | 268 | 24.6 | 10.9:1 | 98% (262) |
| 2020-21 | 297 | 29 | 10.2:1 | 97% (289) |
| 2017-18 | 312 | 28.5 | 10.9:1 | 97% (303) |
| 2015-16 | 346 | 38 | 9.1:1 | 96% (332) |
| 2010-11 | 206 | 23 | 9.0:1 | 85% (176) |
| 2000-01 | 299 | 33 | 9.1:1 | 75% (224) |
| 1990-91 | 408 | 31 | 13.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Edmunds Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (312 to 259); teachers unchanged (28.5 to 28.6).
About Edmunds Elementary School
Edmunds Elementary School is a public elementary school in Des Moines, Iowa. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 5, with 259 students on the rolls. On average, elementary schools in Iowa enroll around 325, and this school is 20% below that mark.
Des Moines Independent Comm School District is the district for Edmunds Elementary School. It has 59 schools and 29,676 students.
The student body at Edmunds Elementary School is 72% Black. After that, the student body is 14% Hispanic, 7% White, 3% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Among all residents of Polk County, the Black share is about 7%. A diversity index of 45% means there is a 45% chance two randomly chosen students at Edmunds Elementary School are from different groups.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 9.1:1. The school has 28.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in Iowa, the average ratio is 13.7:1. Federal data show 94% of students (243) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 45 points above the 49% average for public schools in Polk County.
On the allk12 Grade, Edmunds Elementary School lands at F, ahead of 2% of Iowa public elementary schools.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results for Edmunds Elementary School is 45.0%. It actually posts 33.0%, which is 12.0 points lower and in the bottom 10% of Iowa schools.
Polk County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $83,576 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 40% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Edmunds Elementary School shares Polk County with 136 other public schools.
Among nearby public schools, King Elementary School is closest at about 0.7 miles. Edmunds Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Among 6 nearby schools that report test results, Edmunds Elementary School ranks 5th on proficiency.
Edmunds Elementary School is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, a location NCES labels City: Mid-size.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 38 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The ratio was 10.2:1 in 2020-21 and 9.1:1 in 2024-25.
Edmunds Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Polk County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
503,175
Census ACS
Median income
$83,576
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
137
77,436 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Des Moines Independent Comm School District
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 2,364 students
- Roosevelt High SchoolHigh · 2,051 students
- East High SchoolHigh · 1,952 students
- North High SchoolHigh · 1,428 students
- Hoover High SchoolHigh · 898 students
- Weeks Middle SchoolMiddle · 688 students
Other schools in Des Moines
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 2,364 students
- Roosevelt High SchoolHigh · 2,051 students
- East High SchoolHigh · 1,952 students
- North High SchoolHigh · 1,428 students
- Hoover High SchoolHigh · 898 students
- Weeks Middle SchoolMiddle · 688 students
Other Edmunds Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Edmunds Elementary. Edmunds Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Edmunds Elementary SchoolBurlington, VT · 279 students
Nearby schools
- King Elementary School0.7 mi · 315
- Downtown School0.8 mi · 197
- Virtual Campus0.8 mi · 380
- Walnut Street School0.8 mi · 257
- Ruby Van Meter0.9 mi · 109
- Callanan Middle School1.0 mi · 553
Frequently asked questions
About Edmunds Elementary SchoolHow large is Edmunds Elementary School?
Edmunds Elementary School enrolls approximately 259 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Edmunds Elementary School serve?
Edmunds Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Edmunds Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Edmunds Elementary School is approximately 9.1:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Edmunds Elementary School?
Student demographics at Edmunds Elementary School are roughly 7% White, 14% Hispanic, 72% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Edmunds Elementary School in?
Edmunds Elementary School is part of Des Moines Independent Comm School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.