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Des Moines Independent Community School District
A public school district in Des Moines, Iowa, with 59 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 30,048
- Students enrolled
- 2,066.5
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 4,774.3
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $15,286
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 30,048 in 2024–25
- Ranks 209th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 1st of 329 in Iowa. Larger than 98% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $15,286 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 47% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.
Spending and revenue
Des Moines Independent Community School District spent $15,990 per pupil in fiscal year 2024, against $8,086 in fiscal year 2005
Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
Source: NCES
About this chart
The figures
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | $15,990 | $484.1 million | 30,277 |
| FY2023 | $15,286 | $469.9 million | 30,739 |
| FY2022 | $14,308 | $448.2 million | 31,323 |
| FY2021 | $13,949 | $442.5 million | 31,720 |
| FY2020 | $12,862 | $429.6 million | 33,402 |
| FY2019 | $13,167 | $442.7 million | 33,623 |
| FY2018 | $12,635 | $438.1 million | 34,673 |
| FY2017 | $12,283 | $425.7 million | 34,656 |
| FY2016 | $11,968 | $409.5 million | 34,219 |
| FY2015 | $11,499 | $395.0 million | 34,355 |
| FY2014 | $10,955 | $375.0 million | 34,230 |
| FY2013 | $10,301 | $351.2 million | 34,092 |
| FY2012 | $10,199 | $341.2 million | 33,453 |
| FY2011 | $10,042 | $332.3 million | 33,091 |
| FY2010 | $10,193 | $333.8 million | 32,749 |
| FY2009 | $10,711 | $338.6 million | 31,613 |
| FY2008 | $10,152 | $325.3 million | 32,043 |
| FY2007 | $9,445 | $301.0 million | 31,866 |
| FY2006 | $8,843 | $283.6 million | 32,068 |
| FY2005 | $8,086 | $260.3 million | 32,194 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $91.1 million | 15.6% |
| State | $316.5 million | 54.2% |
| Local | $176.2 million | 30.2% |
| Total | $583.7 million |
Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.
The district’s schools
59 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
The district’s entry
- Name as NCES lists it
- Des Moines Independent Comm School District
- Status
- Open
- Type
- Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
- Charter status
- Not a charter district
- Grades
- Pre-kindergarten to Grade 12
- NCES district ID
- 1908970
Elsewhere
- Public schools in Iowa — enrollment, teachers and spending across the state, against the nation.
- Every school district in Iowa — A to Z, each with its page.
- Iowa on the American Factbook — the state’s entry, across every hub.
Sources
- Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 — National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 30, 2026
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25.
- School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2024
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey (F-33)," fiscal years 2005 to 2024.
Compiled automatically from Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 and School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2024 by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built
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