📍 713 8th St, West Des Moines, Polk County, 50265
Hillside Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in West Des Moines, Polk County. The school has 559 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Kelley Harrison. It is part of the West Des Moines Comm School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–6 in an urban setting. The school employs 40.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.9:1. 61% of students are proficient in reading. 57% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Hillside Elementary School enrolls 559 students across grades Pre-K–6. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 40.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 48% White, 22% Hispanic or Latino and 17% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 270 | 48% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 123 | 22% |
| Black or African American | 97 | 17% |
| Two or more races | 46 | 8.2% |
| Asian | 19 | 3.4% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
314 of the school's 559 students (56%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 284 qualify for free lunch and 30 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.
Hillside Elementary School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). 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 21, state house district 42.
Hillside Elementary School is one of 14 schools in West Des Moines Comm School District, based in West Des Moines, Iowa. The district serves 9,110 students district-wide and employs 607 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 559 students, Hillside Elementary School is close to the district average of about 651 students per school.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small
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