diff --git a/app/services/survey_item_values.rb b/app/services/survey_item_values.rb
index 0139009b..b1551ddb 100644
--- a/app/services/survey_item_values.rb
+++ b/app/services/survey_item_values.rb
@@ -81,13 +81,9 @@ class SurveyItemValues
 
   def dese_id
     @dese_id ||= begin
-      dese_id = nil
-      dese_headers = ["DESE ID", "Dese ID", "DeseId", "DeseID", "School", "school"]
-      school_headers = headers.select { |header| /School-\s\w/.match(header) }
-      dese_headers << school_headers
-      dese_headers.flatten.each do |header|
-        dese_id ||= row[header]
-      end
+      dese_id = value_from(pattern: /Dese\s*ID/i)
+      dese_id ||= value_from(pattern: /^School$/i)
+      dese_id ||= value_from(pattern: /School-\s*\w/i)
 
       dese_id.to_i
     end
diff --git a/spec/services/cleaner_spec.rb b/spec/services/cleaner_spec.rb
index 7dbb16ed..909a2fc2 100644
--- a/spec/services/cleaner_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/services/cleaner_spec.rb
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ end
 
 def reads_headers_from_raw_csv(processed_data)
   processed_data in [headers, clean_csv, log_csv, data]
-  expect(headers.to_set.sort).to eq ["StartDate", "EndDate",  "Status", "IPAddress", "Progress", "Duration (in seconds)",
+  expect(headers.to_set.sort).to eq ["StartDate", "EndDate", "Status", "IPAddress", "Progress", "Duration (in seconds)",
                                      "Finished", "RecordedDate", "ResponseId", "District", "School",
                                      "LASID", "Gender", "Race", "What grade are you in?", "s-emsa-q1", "s-emsa-q2", "s-emsa-q3", "s-tint-q1",
                                      "s-tint-q2", "s-tint-q3", "s-tint-q4", "s-tint-q5", "s-acpr-q1", "s-acpr-q2",
diff --git a/spec/services/survey_item_values_spec.rb b/spec/services/survey_item_values_spec.rb
index fed3c86b..3b760c55 100644
--- a/spec/services/survey_item_values_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/services/survey_item_values_spec.rb
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ RSpec.describe SurveyItemValues, type: :model do
   context ".school" do
     it "returns the school that maps to the dese id provided" do
       attleboro
-      headers = ["Dese ID"]
-      row = { "Dese ID" => "1234" }
+      headers = ["DeseID"]
+      row = { "DeseID" => "1234" }
       values = SurveyItemValues.new(row:, headers:, genders:, survey_items:, schools:)
       expect(values.school).to eq attleboro
 
@@ -469,15 +469,15 @@ RSpec.describe SurveyItemValues, type: :model do
         attleboro_respondents
       end
       it "returns true for students" do
-        headers = %w[s-sbel-q5 s-phys-q2 grade RecordedDate]
-        values = SurveyItemValues.new(row: { "grade" => "9", "RecordedDate" => recorded_date, "Dese ID" => "1234" }, headers:, genders:, survey_items:,
+        headers = %w[s-sbel-q5 s-phys-q2 grade RecordedDate DeseID]
+        values = SurveyItemValues.new(row: { "grade" => "9", "RecordedDate" => recorded_date, "DeseID" => "1234" }, headers:, genders:, survey_items:,
                                       schools:)
 
         expect(values.valid_grade?).to eq true
       end
       it "returns true for teachers" do
-        headers = %w[t-sbel-q5 t-phys-q2 grade RecordedDate]
-        values = SurveyItemValues.new(row: { "RecordedDate" => recorded_date, "Dese ID" => "1234" }, headers:, genders:, survey_items:,
+        headers = %w[t-sbel-q5 t-phys-q2 grade RecordedDate DeseID]
+        values = SurveyItemValues.new(row: { "RecordedDate" => recorded_date, "DeseID" => "1234" }, headers:, genders:, survey_items:,
                                       schools:)
         expect(values.valid_grade?).to eq true
       end
@@ -489,8 +489,8 @@ RSpec.describe SurveyItemValues, type: :model do
         attleboro_respondents
       end
       it "returns false" do
-        headers = %w[s-sbel-q5 s-phys-q2 grade RecordedDate]
-        values = SurveyItemValues.new(row: { "grade" => "2", "RecordedDate" => recorded_date, "Dese ID" => "1234" }, headers:, genders:, survey_items:,
+        headers = %w[s-sbel-q5 s-phys-q2 grade RecordedDate DeseID]
+        values = SurveyItemValues.new(row: { "grade" => "2", "RecordedDate" => recorded_date, "DeseID" => "1234" }, headers:, genders:, survey_items:,
                                       schools: School.school_hash)
         expect(values.valid_grade?).to eq false
       end
diff --git a/spec/services/survey_responses_data_loader_spec.rb b/spec/services/survey_responses_data_loader_spec.rb
index 9e2931b6..6f332907 100644
--- a/spec/services/survey_responses_data_loader_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/services/survey_responses_data_loader_spec.rb
@@ -181,47 +181,6 @@ describe SurveyResponsesDataLoader do
       end
     end
   end
-  # figure out why this is failing
-  describe "when using Lowell rules to skip rows in the csv file" do
-    before :each do
-      SurveyResponsesDataLoader.new.load_data filepath: path_to_student_responses,
-                                              rules: [Rule::SkipNonLowellSchools]
-    end
-
-    it "rejects any non-lowell school" do
-      expect(SurveyItemResponse.where(response_id: "student_survey_response_1").count).to eq 0
-      expect(SurveyItemResponse.count).to eq 69
-    end
-
-    it "loads the correct number of responses for lowell schools" do
-      expect(SurveyItemResponse.where(response_id: "student_survey_response_2").count).to eq 0
-      expect(SurveyItemResponse.where(response_id: "student_survey_response_3").count).to eq 12
-      expect(SurveyItemResponse.where(response_id: "student_survey_response_4").count).to eq 15
-      expect(SurveyItemResponse.where(response_id: "student_survey_response_5").count).to eq 14
-    end
-
-    context "when loading 22-23 butler survey responses" do
-      before :each do
-        SurveyResponsesDataLoader.new.load_data filepath: path_to_butler_student_responses,
-                                                rules: [Rule::SkipNonLowellSchools]
-      end
-
-      it "loads all the responses for Butler" do
-        expect(SurveyItemResponse.where(school: butler_school).count).to eq 56
-      end
-
-      it "blank entries for grade get loaded as nils, not zero values" do
-        expect(SurveyItemResponse.where(response_id: "butler_student_survey_response_1").first.grade).to eq 7
-        expect(SurveyItemResponse.where(response_id: "butler_student_survey_response_2").first.grade).to eq 7
-        expect(SurveyItemResponse.where(response_id: "butler_student_survey_response_3").first.grade).to eq 7
-        expect(SurveyItemResponse.where(response_id: "butler_student_survey_response_4").first.grade).to eq 5
-        expect(SurveyItemResponse.where(response_id: "butler_student_survey_response_5").first.grade).to eq 7
-        expect(SurveyItemResponse.where(response_id: "butler_student_survey_response_6").first.grade).to eq 6
-        expect(SurveyItemResponse.where(response_id: "butler_student_survey_response_7").first.grade).to eq nil
-        expect(SurveyItemResponse.where(response_id: "butler_student_survey_response_8").first.grade).to eq 0
-      end
-    end
-  end
 end
 
 def assigns_academic_year_to_survey_item_responses