📍 4000 Lower Beaver Rd, Des Moines, Polk County, 50310
Woodlawn Early Childhood Center is a State/Public serving prekindergarten age pupils, located in Des Moines, Polk County. The school has 255 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Jessica Schmeiser. 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 11.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 22.2:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Woodlawn Early Childhood Center enrolls 255 students across grades Pre-K. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 11.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 22.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 28% White, 23% Black or African American and 21% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 72 | 28% |
| Black or African American | 58 | 23% |
| Asian | 53 | 21% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 49 | 19% |
| Two or more races | 23 | 9% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
190 of the school's 255 students (75%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 161 qualify for free lunch and 29 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Woodlawn Early Childhood Center 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 36.
Woodlawn Early Childhood Center 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 255 students, Woodlawn Early Childhood Center is smaller than the district average of about 509 students per school.
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Setting: City - Midsize
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