Cornell Elementary School

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Regular School · Des Moines, IA

Cornell Elementary School is a regular school school in Des Moines, Iowa, serving grades PK–04 with 555 students enrolled (SY 2024-2025). The student-teacher ratio is 14.3:1.

Level

Elementary

Grades

PK – 04

Enrollment

555

Teachers (FTE)

38.7

Student–Teacher Ratio

14.3:1

Status

Open

Lunch Program Participation

Yes under Community Eligibility Option (CEO)

Student Demographics (SY 2024-2025)

Race / Ethnicity	Students	Share
White	391	70%
Hispanic/Latino	115	21%
Two or more races	35	6%
Black or African American	13	2%
Asian	1	0%
Total enrollment	555	271M / 284F

English Language Learners: 45 (8% of enrollment) · SY 2021–22

Academic Performance (SY 2021-2022)

Metric	This School	State Avg	Tested
Math Proficiency	65-69%	64.9%	168
Reading Proficiency	55-59%	68.7%	168

Source: EDFacts, SY 2020–2021. Suppressed values (e.g. <=10%) indicate fewer than the minimum reportable threshold.

Programs & Discipline

Gifted & Talented

Program offered

21 students enrolled

Out-of-School Suspensions

3.2% of enrollment · SY 2021–22

Chronically Absent

119

21.4% of enrollment · SY 2019–20

Source: Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC), Office for Civil Rights & EDFacts.

Lunch Program (SY 2024-2025)

Category	Students	% of School
Total enrollment (est.)	555	100%

Contact & Location

5817 NE 3rd St

Des Moines, IA 50313

Phone: (515)244-8173

http://www.saydel.k12.ia.us/schools/cornell/

District

Saydel Comm School District

Per-pupil expenditure: $23,028

District enrollment: 1,337

Other Schools in District

Saydel High School High
Woodside Middle School Middle

Related Data

Neighborhood demographics (ZIP 50313) → CensusDepth.com
Iowa population & income data → CensusDepth.com
Iowa teacher salaries → WageDepth.com

NCES ID

192532001445

Data sources: NCES CCD SY 2024-2025 (directory, staff, lunch), EDFacts SY 2020-21 (assessments), CRDC SY 2021-22 (programs & discipline), SEDA v6.0 (achievement estimates). Updated annually. NCES CCD