Enrollment
288
Elementary
DISTRICT 347 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DES MOINES INDEPENDENT COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190897000567
Oak Park
3928 6th Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50313 · (515) 242-8428 · Polk County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL288 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
226 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 | 55 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 43 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 38 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (55).
Student demographics
75%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
43.8%
IA avg 73.6% . +1.4pp since 2023
Math
51.3%
IA avg 70.9% . +18.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 18 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.8% | 51.3% |
| 2023-24 | 42.4% | 32.9% |
% 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
38.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.7%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 53% 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 Oak Park
Oak Park's state test result (38.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Park this school | 288 | 78.5% | 38.9% |
| Cattell Elementary School Des Moines | 314 | 86.3% | 51.8% |
| Park Ave Elementary School Des Moines | 380 | 82.6% | 40.9% |
| Hillis Elementary School Des Moines | 279 | 76.3% | 47.5% |
| South Union Elementary School Des Moines | 422 | 84.8% | 46.6% |
| Wright Elementary School Des Moines | 265 | 77.7% | 48.5% |
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 Oak Park ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Polk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.9% | #553 of 564 | #74 of 78 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.3% | #508 of 564 ▲ 50 | #54 of 78 ▲ 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.8% | #540 of 564 ▼ 4 | #68 of 78 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 288 | #404 of 705 | #70 of 89 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.6:1 | #19 of 561 | #3 of 86 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 75.2% | #12 of 561 | #7 of 86 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.5% | #47 of 666 | #28 of 89 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.0% | #80 of 359 | #16 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
288
-38 (-12%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 346
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
was 12.1:1
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 | 288 | 27.2 | 10.6:1 | 78% (226) |
| 2023-24 | 309 | 26.9 | 11.5:1 | 81% (249) |
| 2022-23 | 313 | 26.6 | 11.8:1 | 88% (276) |
| 2020-21 | 326 | 27 | 12.1:1 | 89% (289) |
| 2017-18 | 369 | 31.1 | 11.9:1 | 82% (303) |
| 2015-16 | 424 | 32 | 13.3:1 | 81% (345) |
| 2010-11 | 403 | 29 | 13.9:1 | 82% (329) |
| 2000-01 | 405 | 30 | 13.5:1 | 59% (240) |
| 1990-91 | 346 | 20 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oak Park.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (369 to 288); teachers down 13% (31.1 to 27.2).
About Oak Park
Oak Park is a mid-sized elementary school with its address in Des Moines, Iowa. It teaches 288 students in kindergarten through 5.
Oak Park is one school in a 59-school district, Des Moines Independent Comm School District, which enrolls 29,676 students.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Oak Park is Hispanic, with 32% of students. Other groups include 27% White, 25% Black, 7% multiracial, and 7% Asian. The county population is about 10% Hispanic. The diversity index for Oak Park is 75%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
For every teacher at Oak Park, there are about 10.6 students; the school has 27.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Iowa, this school's ratio is lower. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 78%. Among public schools in Polk County, the average eligibility rate is 49%.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, Oak Park is among the bottom 10% of schools in Iowa. Predicted: 52.7%. Actual: 38.9%.
In Polk County, home to about 503,175 people, the median household earns about $83,576 a year, roughly 40% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Oak Park shares Polk County with 136 other public schools.
A public school about 0.4 miles away, Great Oaks High School and Career Center, is the closest to Oak Park. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The school's 38.9% average proficiency ranks 7th among 8 nearby schools.
The federal government classifies Oak Park's location as City: Mid-size.
A 12% decrease took enrollment from 326 in 2020-21 to 288 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 12.1:1 to 10.6:1.
The allk12 page for Oak Park lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Oak Park schools
One other US public school is named Oak Park. Oak Park is the largest of the 2.
- OAK PARK SCHOOLSARASOTA, FL · 211 students
Nearby schools
- Great Oaks High School and Career Center0.4 mi · 72
- Harding Middle School0.6 mi · 603
- Findley Elementary School0.8 mi · 324
- Madison Elementary School0.9 mi · 285
- North High School1.0 mi · 1,428
- Cattell Elementary School1.3 mi · 314
Frequently asked questions
About Oak ParkWhat is the total enrollment at Oak Park?
Oak Park enrolls approximately 288 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Oak Park serve?
Oak Park serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Oak Park?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Oak Park is approximately 10.6:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Oak Park?
Student demographics at Oak Park are roughly 27% White, 32% Hispanic, 25% Black, 7% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Oak Park in?
Oak Park 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.