This is a list of schools of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Des Moines.
Tertiary Mercy College of Health Sciences
K-12 schools School Location Mascot Saint Albert Catholic Schools Council Bluffs Falcons
High schools School Location Mascot Dowling Catholic High School West Des Moines Maroons
K-8 schools St. Luke the Evangelist Catholic School (Ankeny) St. Luke the Evangelist Catholic School was opened in August 2015 by the diocese on the western side of Ankeny at 1102 NW Weigel on a plot of land. The initial school and church building had a cost of $8.2 million. Dr. The school initially housed K-3rd grade students. Each year following, a new grade is added until it serves K-8th grade students in 2020. On October 21, 2021 a groundbreaking was held for an expansion with a cost of $3.5 million, with $3.2 million paid through cash and gifts. - This is a special for the paper and not written by paper staff. St. Malachy School (Creston) Des Moines Christ the King School Holy Trinity School St. Anthony School St. Augustin School St. Joseph School St. Theresa School St. Patrick School (Perry) The school was dedicated on February 21, 1921. St. Pius X School (Urbandale) It opened with an initial 120 students in September 1956. Initially its facility was one story tall and had eight classrooms, but an additional eight classrooms were added after construction began on another section on May 1, 1962. That section had two stories. The area Catholic high school is Dowling Catholic High School in West Des Moines. West Des Moines Sacred Heart School St. Francis of Assisi School - Opened in fall 2000
Elementary schools Shelby County Catholic School (Harlan)
Former schools Former High Schools School Location Mascot Fate Assumption Granger Tigers Absorbed by Dowling Catholic, West Des Moines in 1966 St. Joseph's Dunlap Shamrocks/Royals Closed in 1961 SS Peter and Paul Defiance Trojans Closed in 1967 St. Boniface Westphalia Trotters Merged with St. Paul's, Defiance, becoming SS Peter and Paul, Defiance in 1964 St. Joseph's Earling Eagles Closed in 1967 St. Joseph's Neola Rockets Consolidated with St. Francis, Council Bluffs to form St. Albert's, Council Bluffs in 1964 St. Mary's, Panama-Portsmouth Portsmouth Knights Closed in 1967 St. Patrick Academy Imogene Shamrocks Closed in 1969 St. Patrick's Perry Knights Closed in 1966
Former K-8 schools Assumption School (Granger) - Circa 2013 it had about 82-92 students. In 2016 that was down to 62. In addition to the enrollment drop, the school's expenses grew. The school closed in 2016. Holy Family School (Des Moines)
References
External links Catholic schools - Roman Catholic Diocese of Des Moines