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Iowa: the counties with the most public school students

90 counties

Iowa counties ranked by total public school enrollment across every school in the county. Counties need at least 3 schools and 1,000 students to qualify. The median ranked county is at 2,569. Showing ranks 1 to 50.

#CountyStateSchoolsStudentsStudents
1Polk CountyIA13277,43677,436
2Linn CountyIA8136,48036,480
3Scott CountyIA4926,10026,100
4Dallas CountyIA4022,93822,938
5Johnson CountyIA4320,01920,019
6Black Hawk CountyIA3418,22418,224
7Woodbury CountyIA3618,21018,210
8Pottawattamie CountyIA3415,27015,270
9Dubuque CountyIA2613,16413,164
10Story CountyIA2611,66511,665
11Warren CountyIA2010,47310,473
12Clinton CountyIA187,1297,129
13Marshall CountyIA176,9036,903
14Wapello CountyIA186,8926,892
15Muscatine CountyIA156,5276,527
16Lee CountyIA136,0146,014
17Jasper CountyIA185,6685,668
18Des Moines CountyIA155,6325,632
19Marion CountyIA175,5715,571
20Bremer CountyIA205,3465,346
21Sioux CountyIA185,3215,321
22Cerro Gordo CountyIA135,2485,248
23Buena Vista CountyIA154,6914,691
24Webster CountyIA114,6784,678
25Plymouth CountyIA164,2194,219
26Cass CountyIA113,9573,957
27Benton CountyIA123,9193,919
28Washington CountyIA133,8203,820
29Boone CountyIA133,7353,735
30Clayton CountyIA113,6253,625
31Madison CountyIA103,3553,355
32Buchanan CountyIA173,2313,231
33Henry CountyIA133,2303,230
34Fayette CountyIA143,2223,222
35Hardin CountyIA143,0733,073
36Cedar CountyIA133,0303,030
37Crawford CountyIA113,0073,007
38Dickinson CountyIA93,0053,005
39Carroll CountyIA102,9122,912
40Tama CountyIA102,7702,770
41Mahaska CountyIA82,7572,757
42Jones CountyIA102,6932,693
43Jackson CountyIA92,6282,628
44Iowa CountyIA102,5802,580
45Delaware CountyIA102,5712,571
46Poweshiek CountyIA102,5662,566
47Page CountyIA112,5572,557
48Harrison CountyIA102,5352,535
49Wright CountyIA72,4512,451
50Mills CountyIA62,4492,449

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