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College Success Award
The College Success Award recognizes schools that do an exemplary job getting students to enroll in and stick with college, including those that excel at serving students from low-income families.
Districts
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Des Moines Independent Community School District
31,720 students | DES MOINES, IA
Grades PK, K-12 | 62 schools -
West Des Moines Community School District
9,248 students | WEST DES MOINES, IA
Grades PK, K-12 | 14 schools -
Southeast Polk Community School District
7,139 students | ALTOONA, IA
Grades PK, K-12 | 11 schools -
Saydel Community School District
1,309 students | DES MOINES, IA
Grades PK, K-12 | 3 schools
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Reviews From Schools in Des Moines
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Parent / Guardian
March 17, 2024
Very disappointed in our experience especially since most reviews from a few years ago were so good. Send your kids elsewhere and save yourself the headache.
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Studebaker Elementary School
Other (school staff, family member, recent alum, etc)
March 06, 2024
Alumni 2017 ,
Mediocrity isn't just excepted it begins to feel like the norm. Some teachers try but the ones who cared seemed to have left, probably due to management. Never spoke to my principal in 4... More
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Lincoln High School
Parent / Guardian
December 02, 2023
Again, bear with me because there is a point. They do not wish to make people feel as though they must be structured by race or IQ or EQ so as to stop the students from socially interacting in a... More
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Cowles Elementary School
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