The bulletin board for America's public schools. Parents, teachers, students, and staff. One community per school.
District rankings · Most Black (count)

Iowa: the school districts with the most Black students

229 districts

Iowa public school districts ranked by the total number of Black or African American students enrolled, from federal NCES data. Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to qualify.

#DistrictStateSchoolsStudents% BlackBlack students
1Des Moines Independent Comm School DistrictIA5929,67621.9%6,491
2Iowa City Comm School DistrictIA2915,11124.0%3,627
3Cedar Rapids Comm School DistrictIA3515,49422.1%3,422
4Waterloo Comm School DistrictIA1810,48428.7%3,010
5Davenport Comm School DistrictIA2712,81222.9%2,936
6Sioux City Comm School DistrictIA2114,1899.5%1,344
7Waukee Comm School DistrictIA1913,9178.8%1,225
8West Des Moines Comm School DistrictIA139,00911.8%1,059
9Dubuque Comm School DistrictIA199,8439.8%965
10College Comm School DistrictIA105,79215.5%897
11Johnston Comm School DistrictIA87,33911.6%850
12Ankeny Comm School DistrictIA1812,7465.2%661
13Southeast Polk Comm School DistrictIA106,3599.6%612
14Burlington Comm School DistrictIA83,14017.3%542
15Ottumwa Comm School DistrictIA125,0059.8%492
16Ames Comm School DistrictIA84,68810.4%487
17Linn-Mar Comm School DistrictIA127,3616.0%439
18Bettendorf Comm School DistrictIA74,25710.2%436
19Urbandale Comm School DistrictIA64,1659.4%390
20Council Bluffs Comm School DistrictIA158,2994.6%378
21Clear Creek Amana Comm School DistrictIA93,15610.2%321
22Clinton Comm School DistrictIA63,2488.1%264
23Dallas Center-Grimes Comm School DistrictIA73,7436.3%234
24Cedar Falls Comm School DistrictIA105,8533.9%227
25Muscatine Comm School DistrictIA94,2805.3%227
26Mason City Comm School DistrictIA93,4066.6%226
27Fort Dodge Comm School DistrictIA73,3856.6%223
28Pleasant Valley Comm School DistrictIA85,6963.5%202
29Marshalltown Comm School DistrictIA105,0993.6%186
30Clayton Ridge Comm School DistrictIA42,0667.4%153
31Storm Lake Comm School DistrictIA62,9334.6%135
32Marion Independent School DistrictIA52,1635.9%127
33Sergeant Bluff-Luton Comm School DistrictIA41,6847.2%122
34Charles City Comm School DistrictIA41,3448.7%117
35North Scott Comm School DistrictIA73,3353.3%111
36Bondurant-Farrar Comm School DistrictIA52,8243.6%101
37Le Mars Comm School DistrictIA62,1574.2%90
38Perry Comm School DistrictIA31,7354.8%83
39Carroll Comm School DistrictIA41,5934.8%77
40Newton Comm School DistrictIA72,9292.5%74
41Denison Comm School DistrictIA42,2583.1%69
42Norwalk Comm School DistrictIA53,5192.0%69
43Keokuk Comm School DistrictIA51,7204.0%68
44Lewis Central Comm School DistrictIA43,1431.8%57
45West Burlington Ind School DistrictIA28756.5%57
46CAM Comm School DistrictIA51,9502.8%54
47Western Dubuque Comm School DistrictIA83,6431.4%52
48Oskaloosa Comm School DistrictIA52,0732.2%46
49Grinnell-Newburg Comm School DistrictIA51,5342.9%44
50Pella Comm School DistrictIA62,4621.8%44

See the national most black (count) ranking →