Fairmeadows Elementary School
Public · Grades Pre-K–6 · 542 students
Sacred Heart School
1601 Grand Ave, West Des Moines, IA 50265
Grades
Pre-K–8
Elementary
Students
497
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
15.7 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Catholic School
Polk County
About Sacred Heart School
Sacred Heart School is an elementary school in West Des Moines, Iowa, serving grades Pre-K–8. The school is located in a small city in Polk County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 497 students were enrolled, with about 15.7 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is larger than the typical Iowa elementary school (13.1 students per teacher). It is affiliated with the Roman Catholic tradition.
Grades
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Highlighted: grades offeredGrades Pre-K–8
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Catholic School · What this means
- Religious affiliation
- Roman Catholic
- Level
- Elementary
- Grades offered
- Pre-K–8
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 497 students
- Students per teacher
- 15.7 to 1
- Locale
- City — Small
- County
- Polk County
- NCES private school ID
- 00458128
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School data comes from the U.S. Department of Education: the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDGE school locations (2024–25) and Private School Survey (2023–24), the Civil Rights Data Collection (2023–24), and EDFacts (test results 2021–22; graduation and chronic absenteeism 2022–23), plus other public sources. Please contact the school to confirm enrollment, programs, and other details. How we source data.