Downtown School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

1800 Grand Ave

Des Moines IA, 50309, Polk County

Phone: 515-284-5848

Ranking:

(234 out of 696, top 34%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 6

School District: Des Moines Independent Community School District

Title I Eligible School: No

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	20		20		19		18		21		19		18
Total Students:	263		274		278		285		293		258		268
Kindergarten:	45	17.1%	51	18.6%	45	16.2%	54	18.9%	51	17.4%	42	16.3%	57	21.3%
Grade 1:	52	19.8%	45	16.4%	49	17.6%	53	18.6%	43	14.7%	55	21.3%	53	19.8%
Grade 2:	39	14.8%	46	16.8%	49	17.6%	41	14.4%	57	19.5%	45	17.4%	48	17.9%
Grade 3:	47	17.9%	46	16.8%	40	14.4%	55	19.3%	45	15.4%	43	16.7%	41	15.3%
Grade 4:	44	16.7%	39	14.2%	51	18.3%	44	15.4%	41	14.0%	38	14.7%	35	13.1%
Grade 5:	36	13.7%	47	17.2%	44	15.8%	38	13.3%	37	12.6%	35	13.6%	34	12.7%
Grade 6:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	19	6.5%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	131	49.8%	143	52.2%	142	51.1%	138	48.4%	136	46.4%	121	46.9%	129	48.1%
Female:	132	50.2%	131	47.8%	136	48.9%	147	51.6%	157	53.6%	129	50.0%	135	50.4%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.4%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	12	4.6%	11	4.0%	13	4.7%	13	4.6%	15	5.1%	19	7.4%	19	7.1%
Hispanic:	25	9.5%	28	10.2%	26	9.4%	28	9.8%	27	9.2%	17	6.6%	13	4.9%
Black:	9	3.4%	9	3.3%	13	4.7%	17	6.0%	25	8.5%	30	11.6%	37	13.8%
White:	201	76.4%	208	75.9%	212	76.3%	216	75.8%	210	71.7%	192	74.4%	199	74.3%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	16	6.1%	18	6.6%	14	5.0%	10	3.5%	14	4.8%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	22	8.4%	34	12.4%	37	13.3%	32	11.2%	37	12.6%	22	8.5%	35	13.1%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	7	2.7%	10	3.6%	7	2.5%	13	4.6%	18	6.1%	13	5.0%	17	6.3%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.15		14.05		14.33		16.29		13.85		13.90		14.60

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
IA
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	72.50%	63.78%	N/A
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	84.44%	63.11%	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85.00%	60.41%	N/A
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	77.78%	61.59%	N/A
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	77.55%	58.98%	N/A
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	82.05%	61.67%	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	85.71%	58.31%	N/A
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	74.36%	61.31%	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	86.05%	60.87%	N/A
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82.22%	62.05%	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	90.70%	61.30%	N/A
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	88.89%	61.33%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	77.8%	76.5%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	22.2%	23.5%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	9.0 years	9.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	44.4%	58.8%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	55.6%	41.2%

Mean Base Salary:	$41,136.0	$38,357.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$34,244.0	$32,742.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$46,649.0	$46,379.0

* Downtown School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.