Lovejoy Elementary School
Grades: K-5
Students: 365
Type: Public
GreatSchools Rating
Student-Teacher
Ratio: 12:1
Student-Counselor
Ratio: 420:1
Certified Teachers: 100%
801 East Kenyon Avenue
Des Moines, IA 50315
Des Moines, IA 50315
(515) 242-8419
Additional GreatSchools Ratings
1/10
3/10
NA
Academic ProgressNA
College Readiness6/10
Community Reviews
Our 4th year at this school and we have loved every teacher. However, the schools extra staff have been terrible and rude. My child has had the same bully for 3 years and nothing has been done, infact my daughter gets punished for standing up for her self as I will always teach her to do. This year
Posted by a parent on 3/26/2026Love joy is a horrible school my brother went there and he was treated differently they was very worried about what me and my family had going on my brother was stabbed with a pencil and the other kid had no consequences yet my brother the kid who was stabbed got consequences this school is sick
Posted by a community member on 5/14/2025Last few years 2 kids I'd say 0 BUT THIS YEAR 1000% Great!
Posted by a parent on 10/9/2019This is an awful school. The staff and secretary r rude and hateful. The principle is incompetent. I just hate that my kids go here.
Posted by a parent on 11/16/2015The current principal, Bill Szakacs, is one of the most incompetent administrators you'll ever meet. When I first emailed him regarding a bullying issue with my son, he did not respond. Only when I threatened to take the issue to the school board did he finally follow the DMPS anti-bullying policy b
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Des Moines schools - Lovejoy Elementary School is located at 801 East Kenyon Avenue, Des Moines IA 50315. Lovejoy Elementary School is in the Des Moines Independent Community School District. Lovejoy Elementary School is a Public school that serves grade levels K-5.
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