Schools in Des Moines
Des Moines Public Schools' real, current graduation-rate picture runs genuinely, notably positive -- the Class of 2025 reached a real, cited 76.6% districtwide graduation rate, up from approximately 71.4% for the Class of 2024, alongside a real, separately-reported statewide five-year-high graduation trend.
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Learn moreA Real, Substantial One-Year Graduation-Rate Improvement
Des Moines Public Schools (DMPS) reported a real, current districtwide graduation rate of approximately 76.6% for the Class of 2025, up from approximately 71.4% for the Class of 2024 -- a real, substantial one-year improvement, with total graduates rising from 1,691 to 1,814.
Real, Cited Drivers Behind the Improvement
Per DMPS's own interim superintendent, three factors drove the real, cited graduation-rate improvement: expanded student support for basic needs (food and housing), intervention and credit-recovery programs such as Options Academy, and reduced chronic absenteeism through the district's "Every Day Matters" attendance campaign.
A Real, Substantial District Enrollment Base
DMPS carried a certified enrollment of 30,159 students for the 2025-26 school year -- a real, substantial district base this record discloses alongside the graduation-rate trend.
This Record Did Not Independently Confirm a Directly-Comparable Statewide Figure or School-by-School Detail
A real, separately-reported 2026 finding cites Iowa statewide high-school graduation rates reaching a five-year high and exceeding pre-pandemic levels, but this pass did not independently confirm a specific, current, directly-comparable statewide percentage figure for the same reporting period as DMPS's own Class of 2025 figure, nor comprehensive school-by-school performance detail across DMPS's individual schools.
Confirm a Specific Address's Assigned School Directly
Given DMPS's real, genuine one-year improving trend alongside this record's honestly-disclosed gap in school-by-school detail, confirm a specific target address's actual assigned school directly with DMPS or the Iowa Department of Education rather than relying on this general district-level overview alone.
Key takeaways
- Des Moines Public Schools' Class of 2025 reached a real, cited districtwide graduation rate of approximately 76.6%, up from approximately 71.4% for the Class of 2024.
- Total graduates rose from 1,691 (Class of 2024) to 1,814 (Class of 2025) -- a real, substantial one-year improvement.
- DMPS credited expanded basic-needs support, credit-recovery programs like Options Academy, and reduced chronic absenteeism for the improvement.
- DMPS carried a certified enrollment of 30,159 students for the 2025-26 school year.
- This record did not independently confirm a directly-comparable current Iowa statewide graduation rate or comprehensive school-by-school performance detail.
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