AP Course Offerings at DMPS

Des Moines Public Schools has long been an Iowa leader in offering high-quality Advanced Placement courses, with top students from the metro area studying at Central Academy.

Today, all five comprehensive high schools at DMPS also offer an array of AP courses. In fact, thanks to the district’s deliberate work to expand course offerings and create high-quality sustainable AP programs, all five comprehensive high schools are ranked on the Iowa Advanced Placement Index, released each year by the Belin-Blank Center at the University of Iowa.

Please click here for additional information on AP courses taken at Central Academy.

Please see the table below for a listing of AP courses available throughout Des Moines:

Advanced Placement Course Offerings for 2023-24 School Year

Central Academy

Col Acc Eng Lang & Comp
Col Acc Eng Lit & CompAP Research

AP Calculus AB
AP Calculus BC
AP Statistics

AP Chemistry
AP Physics 1
AP Physics 2
AP Physics C

Accel AP Human Geo & Hist
AP Comparative Gov
AP Macroeconomics
AP Seminar: Social Science
AP World History
College AP European History
College AP US History
College AP World History

AP Computer Science A

AP Chinese IV
AP French IV
AP German IV
AP Italian IV
AP Japanese IV
AP Spanish IV

East High School

AP Art: 2D Studio

AP Eng Lit & Comp
College AP Eng Lang & Comp

AP Calculus AB
AP Statistics

AP Biology

AP Government
AP Human Geography
AP Psychology
AP US History

AP Spanish IV

Hoover High School

AP Art: 2D Studio

College AP Eng Lang & Comp
College AP Eng Lit & Comp

AP Environmental Science

AP Human Geography

Lincoln High School

AP Art: 2D Studio

AP Eng Lang & Comp
AP Eng Lit & Comp

AP Calculus AB
AP Statistics

AP Biology
AP Environmental Science
AP Physics 1

AP Human Geography
AP Macroeconomics
AP Psychology
AP US History
AP World History

AP Spanish IV

North High School

AP Art: 2D Studio

AP Eng Lang & Comp
AP Eng Lit & Comp

AP Calculus AB

AP Biology
AP Environmental Science

AP Government
AP Human Geography
AP Psychology

AP Computer Sci Principles
AP Computer Science A

AP Spanish IV

Roosevelt High School

AP Art: 2D Studio

AP Eng Lang & Comp
AP Eng Lit & Comp

AP Calculus AB
AP Statistics

AP Music Theory

AP Biology
AP Chemistry
AP Environmental Science

AP Government
AP Human Geography
AP World History
AP Psychology
AP US History

AP Computer Sci Principles

Virtual Campus

AP Eng Lang & Comp
AP Eng Lit & CompAP Environmental Science

AP Human Geography
AP Psychology

AP Spanish IV