📍 3928 6th Avenue, Des Moines, Polk County, 50313
Oak Park is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Des Moines, Polk County. The school has 313 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Alexis Denton. It is part of the Des Moines Independent Comm School District school district. It serves grades K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 26.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.8:1. 37% of students are proficient in reading. 22% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Oak Park enrolls 313 students across grades K–5. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 26.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 31% Hispanic or Latino, 26% Black or African American and 25% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 97 | 31% |
| Black or African American | 82 | 26% |
| White | 78 | 25% |
| Asian | 32 | 10% |
| Two or more races | 20 | 6.4% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | 1.3% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
276 of the school's 313 students (88%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 257 qualify for free lunch and 19 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Oak Park 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 18, state house district 35.
Oak Park 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 313 students, Oak Park is smaller 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