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Alternative · Grades 9–12 · 152 students
Dowling Catholic High School
1400 Buffalo Rd, West Des Moines, IA 50265
Grades
9–12
High
Students
1,354
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
14.6 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Catholic School
Polk County
About Dowling Catholic High School
Dowling Catholic High School is a high school in West Des Moines, Iowa, serving grades 9–12. The school is located in a small city in Polk County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 1,354 students were enrolled, with about 14.6 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is larger than the typical Iowa high school (13.8 students per teacher). It is affiliated with the Roman Catholic tradition.
Grades
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Highlighted: grades offeredGrades 9–12
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Catholic School · What this means
- Religious affiliation
- Roman Catholic
- Level
- High
- Grades offered
- 9–12
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 1,354 students
- Students per teacher
- 14.6 to 1
- Locale
- City — Small
- County
- Polk County
- NCES private school ID
- 00458139
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School data comes from the U.S. Department of Education: the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDGE school locations (2024–25) and Private School Survey (2023–24), the Civil Rights Data Collection (2023–24), and EDFacts (test results 2021–22; graduation and chronic absenteeism 2022–23), plus other public sources. Please contact the school to confirm enrollment, programs, and other details. How we source data.