📍 2115 E 39th St, Des Moines, Polk County, 50317
McKee Elementary School is a State/Public serving prekindergarten age pupils, located in Des Moines, Polk County. The school has 281 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Zoe Hauptmann. It is part of the Des Moines Independent Comm School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K in an urban setting. The school employs 12.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 22.3:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
McKee Elementary School enrolls 281 students across grades Pre-K. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 12.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 22.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 37% White, 31% Hispanic or Latino and 17% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 105 | 37% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 87 | 31% |
| Black or African American | 49 | 17% |
| Two or more races | 21 | 7.5% |
| Asian | 18 | 6.4% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
214 of the school's 281 students (76%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 185 qualify for free lunch and 29 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
McKee Elementary 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 16, state house district 31.
McKee Elementary 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 281 students, McKee Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 509 students per school.
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Setting: City - Midsize
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