DMPS Superintendents (1907 – Present)
The following individuals have served as Superintendent of the Des Moines Independent Community School District since its organization in 1907:
| SUPERINTENDENT | YEARS OF SERVICE |
| Dr. Ian Roberts | 2023 – Present |
| Matthew Smith (interim) | 2022 – 2023 |
| Dr. Thomas Ahart | 2012 – 2022 |
| Dr. Nancy Sebring | 2006 – 2012 |
| Dr. Eric A. Witherspoon | 1998 – 2006 |
| Dr. Gary Wegenke | 1988 – 1998 |
| William Anderson | 1980 – 1988 |
| Dr. Dwight M. Davis | 1964 – 1980 |
| Dr. John H. Harris | 1957 – 1964 |
| Cress O. Hoyt | 1956 – 1957 |
| Newell D. McCombs | 1941 – 1956 |
| A. W. Merrill | 1937 – 1941 |
| John W. Studebaker | 1920 – 1937 |
| Z. C. Thornberg | 1913 – 1920 |
| W. O. Riddell | 1907 – 1913 |