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in 1939, who attended school in the district until his junior year.

History

The district formed on July 1, 1993, as a result of the merger of the Adel–De Soto Community School District and the Central Dallas Community School District.

Enrollment

Schools

* ADM High School **ADM High School is located in Adel and serves students in grades 9–12. The high school was constructed in 1986 with an addition added in 2015. **In 2022, ADM High School was ranked as the 9th best high school in Iowa and the 3rd best high school in the Des Moines Metro Iowa by US News. * ADM Middle School **ADM Middle School is located in Adel, serves students in grades 7–8. The middle school was constructed in 2006 with an addition added in 2015. **In 2022, ADM Middle School was ranked as the 3rd highest scoring middle school in Iowa as measured by the Iowa Department of Educations Iowa School Performance Profiles and been recognized as a model professional learning community by

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. *DeSoto Intermediate **DeSoto Intermediate is located in De Soto, and serves students in grades 5-6. The original building was constructed in 1922, with gymnasium and classroom additions completed in 1990 and additional classroom additions added in 2015. **On the night of Tuesday, April 18, 2023, an AC unit on the roof of the building caused a fire, affecting 4 classrooms and cancelling classes the next day. No one was injured. *Meadow View Elementary **Meadow View Elementary is located in Adel and serves students in grades 2-4. Meadow View Elementary was constructed in 2021. *Adel Elementary **Adel Elementary is located in Adel, and serves students in grades PS–1. The original building was constructed in 1965, with additions in 1969, 1990, 2006, and 2015.

ADM High School

Athletics

The ADM Tigers compete in the Raccoon River Conference and offer the following sports:

Men's sports

*Baseball *Basketball *Bowling *Cross Country *Football *Golf **Boys' - 1984 Class 2A state champions *Soccer *Swimming *Tennis *Track & Field *Wrestling **1970 Class A state champions *Cross country (boys and girls) ** *Swimming (girls) *Volleyball (girls) *Football ** 1933 state champions Source:

Women's Sports

Source: *Basketball *Cross Country **Girls' 1968 state champions *Golf *Soccer *Softball **1970 state champions *Swimming *Tennis *Track & Field *Volleyball *Wrestling

CO-ED

Source: * Dance * Cheer * eSportshttps://www.admactivities.org/general/2022-23/releases/20230511nj5apy An article about ADM eSports. Retrieved 3 Feb. 2024.

References

External links

Adel DeSoto Minburn Schools
official website.
Adel DeSoto Minburn Activities
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