Enrollment
293
Elementary
DISTRICT 347 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DES MOINES INDEPENDENT COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190897000538
Greenwood Elementary School
316 37th Street, Des Moines, IA 50312 · (515) 242-8410 · Polk County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL293 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 29% of Iowa public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
14.6:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
136 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 40 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 44 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 39 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 42 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 34 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (45).
Student demographics
63%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
67.8%
IA avg 73.6% . +4.2pp since 2023
Math
68.7%
IA avg 70.9% . +0.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.8% | 68.7% |
| 2023-24 | 63.6% | 68.2% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
66.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.7%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% typical for Iowa schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Iowa's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Greenwood Elementary School
Greenwood Elementary School's state test result (66.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenwood Elementary School this school | 293 | 46.4% | 66.7% |
| Hubbell Elementary Des Moines | 362 | 42.8% | 67.1% |
| Neil Armstrong Elementary School Bettendorf | 268 | 53.0% | 64.5% |
| Mark Twain Elementary School Bettendorf | 409 | 47.2% | 65.3% |
| Kingsley Elementary School Waterloo | 337 | 49.9% | 75.3% |
| Grant Wood Elementary School Bettendorf | 433 | 47.3% | 68.9% |
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 Greenwood Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Polk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.7% | #385 of 564 | #41 of 78 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.7% | #404 of 564 ▼ 1 | #42 of 78 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.8% | #370 of 564 ▲ 21 | #42 of 78 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 293 | #390 of 705 | #68 of 89 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #420 of 561 | #58 of 86 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.6% | #117 of 561 | #39 of 86 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.4% | #262 of 666 | #47 of 89 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.5% | #133 of 168 | #12 of 16 |
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
293
+81 (+38%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 471
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 293 | 20 | 14.6:1 | 46% (136) |
| 2023-24 | 307 | 20.7 | 14.8:1 | 50% (153) |
| 2022-23 | 272 | 17.9 | 15.2:1 | 56% (151) |
| 2020-21 | 212 | 18 | 11.8:1 | 52% (111) |
| 2017-18 | 283 | 18.5 | 15.3:1 | 58% (163) |
| 2015-16 | 326 | 25 | 13.0:1 | 61% (200) |
| 2010-11 | 452 | 27 | 16.7:1 | 52% (233) |
| 2000-01 | 438 | 31 | 14.1:1 | 39% (169) |
| 1990-91 | 471 | 27 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Greenwood Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (283 to 293); teachers up 8% (18.5 to 20).
About Greenwood Elementary School
Greenwood Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Iowa, with an address in Des Moines. There are 293 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5.
Greenwood Elementary School reports to Des Moines Independent Comm School District, which has 59 schools and 29,676 students.
The largest group at Greenwood Elementary School is White students, at 56%. Other students are 17% Black, 13% Hispanic, and 12% multiracial. By comparison, Polk County residents are about 76% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Greenwood Elementary School scores 63%.
With 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 14.6:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Iowa average 13.7:1. Roughly 46% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Greenwood Elementary School earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 29% of Iowa public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Greenwood Elementary School is 2.0 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 66.7% actual, 68.7% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Iowa.
For Polk County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $83,576 a year, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Polk County number 137, with about 77,436 students.
Callanan Middle School sits about 0.8 miles from Greenwood Elementary School. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. By average proficiency, Greenwood Elementary School is 4th among 7 schools close by.
Greenwood Elementary School has an NCES locale of City: Mid-size.
Enrollment rose 38% over 4 years, reaching 293 in 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 11.8:1 in 2020-21, and 14.6:1 in 2024-25.
The Greenwood Elementary School discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. 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 Greenwood Elementary schools
26 other US public schools in 21 states are named Greenwood Elementary. Greenwood Elementary School is the 21st largest of the 27.
- Greenwood Elementary SchoolMIDLAND, TX · 829 students
- GREENWOOD ELEMENTARYPLYMOUTH, MN · 762 students
- Greenwood ElementaryMontebello, CA · 746 students
- Greenwood ElementaryGlen Allen, VA · 649 students
- Greenwood ElementarySanford, NC · 571 students
Nearby schools
- Callanan Middle School0.8 mi · 553
- Hubbell Elementary0.8 mi · 362
- Ruby Van Meter0.8 mi · 109
- Roosevelt High School0.9 mi · 2,051
- Merrill Middle School1.2 mi · 657
- Downtown School1.3 mi · 197
Frequently asked questions
About Greenwood Elementary SchoolHow large is Greenwood Elementary School?
Greenwood Elementary School enrolls approximately 293 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Greenwood Elementary School serve?
Greenwood Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Greenwood Elementary School?
Approximately 14.6:1 students per teacher at Greenwood Elementary School.
How diverse is Greenwood Elementary School?
Greenwood Elementary School reports a student body of 56% White, 13% Hispanic, 17% Black, 2% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is Greenwood Elementary School in?
Greenwood 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.