McKinley Elementary School

McKinley Elementary School is a cozy primary school in Des Moines, Iowa, run under Des Moines Independent Comm School District. The school works with 275 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 59 schools in Des Moines Independent Comm School District (29,676 students total), McKinley Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, McKinley Elementary School logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 47%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 27% White, 13% Black, 10% multiracial, 4% Asian. By comparison, Polk County as a whole is about 10% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.0:1. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 87% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Polk County runs at roughly 49%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, McKinley Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.5%; this one delivers 46.4%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Polk County) shows that median household income runs about $83,576, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Polk County's 137 public schools (combined enrollment of about 77,436 students), McKinley Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Howe Elementary, around 1.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, McKinley Elementary School comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 43.3%.

McKinley Elementary School operates from a city-core location.

Over the past 7-year window. McKinley Elementary School's enrollment has edged down 3% since 2018, when it stood at 283 (now 275). Over the same period, the Asian share ticked down from 10% to 4%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 10.8:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.