Schools and Education
The institutions of higher education that serve the Des Moines area include AIB College of Business, Des Moines University, Des Moines Area Community College main campus in Ankeny; branches in downtown Des Moines and West Des Moines, Drake University, Grand View College, Hamilton College in Urbandale, Mercy College of Health Sciences
Simpson College with classrooms in Ankeny and West Des Moines, Upper Iowa University with classrooms in Ankeny and West Des Moines and William Penn University, college for Working Adults in West Des Moines.
There are 40 elementary schools, 10 middle schools, five senior high schools and 10 special education programs with about 32,000 students in the Des Moines school system. The graduation rate is about 82 percent.
As of the 2000 census, there were 198,682 people in the city.
The median income for a household in the city was $38,408 and the median income for a family was $46,590.
Men had a median income of $31,712 versus $25,832 for women.