Students speak at The Creative Arts Academy ribbon-cutting ceremony.
Home to the Creative Arts Academy of the Quad Cities
Home to the Accelerated Associate Degree Program at North High
Davenport Community Schools is the regional leader in STEM education
Central High's new Performing Arts Center, an example of our world-class facilities
McKinley students receive awards for being respectful and responsible
The outdoor classroom at Wood Intermediate, an example of our world-class facilities
DCS is 1 of only 2 districts in Iowa to receive a 2017 Best Community for Music Education Award
Our Children’s Villages are a statewide model for preschools
Our classrooms are 21st Century learning environments with state-of-the-art technology
Central High's new swimming facility, an example of our world-class facilities
The only local district with JROTC programming, and home to 2 of the 6 programs in Iowa
Our preschools are accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children
DCS offers 24 team sports for our student athletes
Our show choirs routinely earn state and national accolades

Visitor Check In Management System

School safety is one of Davenport Community Schools’ highest priorities. For many years, schools used pens, paper, and stickers or other manual visitor badges. Striving for greater efficiency and accountability, we now employ Raptor Visitor Management system, a technology-based approach to managing visitor check in/check out procedures with built-in tools to further ensure student and staff safety.

Raptor has two broad purposes: to identify and welcome guests, and to increase school safety.

Raptor promotes parent and community engagement by enabling schools to:

Issue visitor photo badges
Monitor volunteer hours
Produce reports on levels and types of volunteerism

Raptor enhances school security by:

Scanning visitor drivers’ licenses to compare against registered sexual offender databases
Alerting campus administrators and appropriate authorities if a match or special alert is activated
Printing a visitor badge with a photo, date and time, and the visitor’s destination (assuming no special alert or sex offender match is activated)

Visitors will be asked to provide a government issued ID (drivers’ license, passport, etc.) to enter any Davenport Community Schools building. If a visitor does not have a government issued ID, the district can provide an alternate form that must be verified and approved.

We encourage you to learn more about this process by clicking here to view the Frequently Asked Questions. Thank you for your continued support of school safety.

Phone: 563-445-5000
Fax: 563-445-5950

It is the policy of the Davenport Community School District not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, religion, creed, age (for employment), marital status (for programs), sexual orientation, gender identity and socioeconomic status (for programs) in its educational programs and its employment practices. There is a grievance procedure for processing complaints of discrimination. If you have questions or a grievance related to this policy please contact the district’s Equity Coordinator: Mr. Jabari Woods, Associate Director of Human Resources & Equity woodsj@davenportschools.org (563-336-7496) or Dr. Erica Goldstone, Director of Human Resources & Equity goldstonee@davenportschools.org (563-336-7494), 1702 N. Main Street, Davenport, Iowa 52803.

Family and Student Resources

Visitor Check In Management System