Adel DeSoto Minburn Community School District


The Adel DeSoto Minburn School District is a public school district headquartered in Adel, Iowa.
The district, mostly in Dallas County, has a small portion in Madison County. It serves the Iowa communities of Adel, DeSoto, Minburn, and is located on the west edge of the Des Moines Metro area.
ADM has been recognized by the Belin-Blank Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development as a STEM innovator and offers high school Project Lead the Way courses in engineering, computer science, and biomedical science, STEM Excellence and Leadership program for middle schoolers, as well as an innovative agricultural technology curriculum, technology course strands focusing on audio/visual editing and design, web and database design, and a middle school Project Lead the Way Gateway to Technology program. Among several notable alumni is Nile Kinnick, Iowa's only Heisman Trophy winner as a scholar and athlete at The University of Iowa 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 DeSoto Community School District and the Central Dallas Community School District.

Schools

Previously the district had an elementary school in Minburn.

ADM High School

Athletics

The Tigers compete in the Raccoon River Conference in the following sports:

Fall Sports