The school's enrollment was 81.2% White, 4.1% Black, 10.2% Hispanic, 4.4% Asian and 0.1% American Indian / Alaska Native.

[8] The Maroons hold the record for most team home runs during a championship game with 5 in 2001.

[9] Bobby Hansen who later played at the University of Iowa and nine years in the NBA, was on the 1979 state championship team.

In 2019, they became the first school in Iowa history to win seven straight Class 4A state championships.

WDM, Valley is Dowling's primary rival since 1968 when the schools joined the Des Moines Metro Conference.