📍 201 SW County Line Rd, Des Moines, Polk County, 50320
McCombs Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Des Moines, Polk County. The school has 654 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Jason Snow. It is part of the Des Moines Independent Comm School District school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.2:1. 38% of students are proficient in reading. 40% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
McCombs Middle School enrolls 654 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 43 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 34% Hispanic or Latino, 33% White and 19% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 223 | 34% |
| White | 213 | 33% |
| Black or African American | 122 | 19% |
| Asian | 58 | 8.9% |
| Two or more races | 38 | 5.8% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
547 of the school's 654 students (84%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 500 qualify for free lunch and 47 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
McCombs Middle School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IA-30, state senate district 17, state house district 34.
McCombs Middle School is one of 59 schools in Des Moines Independent Comm School District, based in Des Moines, Iowa. The district serves 30,048 students district-wide and employs 2,077 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 654 students, McCombs Middle School is larger than the district average of about 509 students per school.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize
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