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Equip Nurture Impact

Des Moines Christian School partners with families to provide kindergarten-12th grade and early education programming on one campus. Look around, you will find a community dedicated to the academic and spiritual formation of your child.

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Our mission is to equip minds and nurture hearts to impact the world for Christ.

  At the heart of this mission are our dedicated educators who believe each child is uniquely created by God and our student body that is growing both academically and spiritually.   

Exceptional Academics

Des Moines Christian School is committed to academic excellence and our mission remains central in all teaching and learning activities from early education through high school.

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Distinctively Christian

We desire for our students to be passionate apprentices of Christ, recognizing their story in God's story. Students learn they are created on purpose for a purpose.

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Caring Community

At Des Moines Christian you will find a community that feels like family. What makes family unique at DMC, is that we are united through Christ, and experience the blessing of being in the family of God.

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Exceptional Academics Distinctively Christian Caring Community

Early Education

Thank you for your interest in Des Moines Christian School.

We partner with families seeking a faith-based education, where students are supported to discover their unique God-given purpose and gifts.

Elementary

Thank you for your interest in Des Moines Christian School.

We partner with families seeking a faith-based education, where students are supported to discover their unique God-given purpose and gifts.

Middle School

Thank you for your interest in Des Moines Christian School.

We partner with families seeking a faith-based education, where students are supported to discover their unique God-given purpose and gifts.

High School

Thank you for your interest in Des Moines Christian School.

We partner with families seeking a faith-based education, where students are supported to discover their unique God-given purpose and gifts.

Student Retention
98%

Student Retention

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K-12

STEAM Programming

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100%

Graduation Rate

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1,282

Students

Portrait of a Graduate

Accomplished Learners

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere. James 3:17

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Critical Thinkers and Effective Communicators

The wise of heart is called discerning, and sweetness of speech increases persuasiveness. The heart of the wise makes his speech judicious and adds persuasiveness to his lips. Proverbs 16:21,23

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Servant-Hearted Leaders

For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many. Mark 10:45

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Passionate Apprentices of Christ

I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. Galatians 2:20

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We consider DMC as an investment in our children and God has always provided for our needs. The education and support our children have received at Des Moines Christian has prepared them for college, academically and spiritually. We always pray our children will make the Christian faith their own, and we feel Des Moines Christian has been a big part of making that happen.

- Beth and Brian Castile, DMC Parents

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My time as a student at DMC led directly to an opportunity that has shaped my career and my personal life in profound and miraculous ways. My children were able to experience DMC and now I am also a proud DMC alumni parent.

- Eric Goranson ('96)

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The teachers and staff at DMC pour into our children as developing individuals. The Christ-centered focus has impacted their worldview, the way they see themselves, their decisions in high school, and now, the critical decisions they are making as adults. As our children launch into adulthood, it's becoming more obvious that their time at DMC is having a life-long impact.

- Brent and Pam Nicolet, DMC Alumni Parents

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We are thankful for how beautifully the school partners with our family to show our boys what it looks like to love and follow Jesus in all that we do. We trust the staff at Des Moines Christian and appreciate the open, honest, and ongoing communication. Children are thriving at DMC.

- Matt and Stephanie Shattuck, DMC Parents

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We want our kids to know in their hearts that God is everywhere and in everything. As the creator of the universe, God is in math and science, literature and history, and Bible class and Chapel. We feel DMC really has it all: culture, arts, athletics, STEAM, technology, curriculum, servant leadership, facilities, and the Christ-centered worldview that is so important to us.

- Amy and Shawn Thacker, DMC Parents

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We knew DMC was the right fit for our family the first time we stepped foot in the building. The staff was amazing, the facility was outstanding, and everywhere we looked, the kids were engaged in positive activity. We knew DMC would be the perfect extension to how we wanted to raise our daughter. Since the very first day, we have been thrilled with our experience at DMC. Lauren loves going to school, she is learning so much, and DMC has exceeded our every expectation.

- Stacie and Chris Robl, DMC Parents

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