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Cornell Elementary School

Grades: PK-4

Students: 527

Type: Public

4/10

GreatSchools Rating

Student-Teacher Ratio: 12:1

Student-Counselor Ratio: 330:1

Certified Teachers: 100%

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Saydel Community School District

5817 Northeast 3rd Street
Des Moines, IA 50313

(515) 244-8173

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Additional GreatSchools Ratings

3/10

Test Scores

3/10

Equity

Academic Progress

College Readiness

4/10

Student Growth

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If you want your child to be bullied, nothing to happen to fix the issues, and attacked and injured by other students without any notification sent to you about these situations, then this is the school for you. Between the lack of communication, failure to take accountability for mistakes and total

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Posted by a parent on 10/30/2025

I believe that Cornell is an above average elementary being that it is the only elementary school in the area. My daughter tends to like the kids and the environment of the elementary. However, she has had physical issues with her current kindergarten teacher. Grabbing and squeezing kids hands when

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Posted by a parent on 2/14/2013

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This school has issues with parents voicing there concerns for there students, the staff would rather send students home and not get learning done because they don’t have the support a kid needs if this was the case they should send multiple kids home not just one! Once we stood up for are student they trespassed one parent! Over making sure a student gets there learning they need!!! Steer clear of this school they do not support kids like they need to
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Des Moines schools - Cornell Elementary School is located at 5817 Northeast 3rd Street, Des Moines IA 50313. Cornell Elementary School is in the Saydel Community School District. Cornell Elementary School is a Public school that serves grade levels PK-4.