📍 1600 73rd Street, Des Moines, Polk County, 50324
Clive Learning Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Des Moines, Polk County. The school has 528 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Shelly Pospeshil. It is part of the West Des Moines Comm School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–6 in a suburban setting. The school employs 41.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.8:1. 55% of students are proficient in reading. 54% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Clive Learning Academy enrolls 528 students across grades Pre-K–6. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 41.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 45% White, 22% Hispanic or Latino and 17% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 236 | 45% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 116 | 22% |
| Black or African American | 89 | 17% |
| Asian | 43 | 8.1% |
| Two or more races | 43 | 8.1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
232 of the school's 528 students (44%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 199 qualify for free lunch and 33 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.
Clive Learning Academy is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). 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 22, state house district 43.
Clive Learning Academy 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 528 students, Clive Learning Academy is smaller than 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: Suburb - Large
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