📍 111 Porter, Des Moines, Polk County, 50310
Mitchell Early Childhood Center is a State/Public serving prekindergarten age pupils, located in Des Moines, Polk County. The school has 395 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Jessica Parsons. 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 17.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 22.7:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Mitchell Early Childhood Center enrolls 395 students across grades Pre-K. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 17.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 22.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 32% Hispanic or Latino, 31% White and 16% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 127 | 32% |
| White | 124 | 31% |
| Black or African American | 63 | 16% |
| Asian | 47 | 12% |
| Two or more races | 31 | 7.8% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
280 of the school's 395 students (71%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 247 qualify for free lunch and 33 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Mitchell 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 17, state house district 34.
Mitchell 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 395 students, Mitchell 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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