School Demographic Changes
Does this change school demographics?
The proposed attendance areas will change the demographic make-up of middle schools and high schools in Des Moines.
The following charts show the ethnicity, as well as the percentage of students who qualify for free and reduce-priced meals, at each high school and middle school.
The second and fourth columns show the demographics of each school under the current attendance areas; the third and fifth columns show the demographics of each school under the proposed attendance areas:
HIGH SCHOOLS
| Ethnicity: Current Boundary |
Ethnicity: Proposed Boundary |
Free & Reduced: Current Boundary | Free & Reduced: Proposed Boundary | |
| East | Non minority 45.5% Minority 54.5% | Non minority 45.3% Minority 54.7% | 77% | 68% |
| Hoover | Non minority 39.2% Minority 60.8% | No Change | 64.10% | No Change |
| Lincoln | Non minority 60% Minority 40% |
Non minority 59.5% Minority 40.5% | 59.30% | 57.80% |
| North | Non minority 37.7% Minority 62.3% | Non minority 38.7% Minority 61.3% | 73.60% | 72.20% |
| Roosevelt | Non minority 63.5% Minority 36.5% | Non minority 60.4% Minority 39.6% | 30% | 42% |
MIDDLE SCHOOLS
| Ethnicity: Current Boundary |
Ethnicity: Proposed Boundary |
Free & Reduced: Current Boundary | Free & Reduced: Proposed Boundary | |
| Brody | Non minority 65.3% Minority 34.7% | Non minority 72.6% Minority 27.4% | 54% | 57% |
| Callanan | Non minority 32.8% Minority 67.2% | Non minority 29.3% Minority 70.7% | 72.80% | 77.50% |
| Goodrell | Non minority 64.9% Minority 35.1% | No Change | 64.80% | No Change |
| Harding | Non minority 33.3% Minority 66.7% | Non minority 31.1% Minority 68.9% | 87.90% | 77.30% |
| Hiatt | Non minority 5% Minority 95% |
Non minority 15.3% Minority 84.7% | 77% | 73% |
| Hoyt | Non minority 57.6% Minority 42.4% | Non minority 61.4% Minority 38.6% | 84.50% | 83.60% |
| McCombs | Non minority 52.7% Minority 47.3% | Non minority 53.6% Minority 46.4% | 72.70% | 70.50% |
| Meredith | Non minority 39.7% Minority 60.3% | Non minority 36.6% Minority 63.4% | 69.40% | 70% |
| Merrill | Non minority 75% Minority 25% | Non minority 75.4% Minority 24.6% | 34% | 33.30% |
| Weeks | Non minority 37.7% Minority 62.3% | No Change | 82.00% | No Change |