Elementary school · Des Moines Independent Community School District
Phillips Elementary
Phillips Elementary serves grades K–5 for 254 students in Des Moines Independent Community School District.
It is the 34th largest of the 40 Des Moines Independent Community School District elementary schools in Des Moines. Its 11 students per teacher compares with a median of 12.3 for those schools. Enrollment fell from 325 in 2019–20 to 254 in 2023–24. Its largest grade in 2023–24 was grade 1, with 51 students. 69% of students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch (174 free, 1 reduced-price). It ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021–22. The closest park is Easton Basin Park (0.3 mi).
Phillips Elementary by the numbers
Student–teacher ratio is not classroom size.
Students at Phillips Elementary
Parks near Phillips Elementary
Address, phone and official links
1701 Lay St, Des Moines 50317
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State school ID 771737 778 (search it on Iowa School Performance Profiles) · NCES ID 190897000571
Other elementary schools in the district
Schools nearby
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2019–20 to 2023–24, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal; parks from OpenStreetMap. Contact the school or district to confirm enrollment boundaries, schedules and programs.