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The public elementary schools with the highest share of Hispanic students in Polk County, Iowa

89 public elementary schools in Polk County, Iowa appear in this ranking of the public elementary schools with the highest share of Hispanic students, ranked by the share of students who are Hispanic or Latino, from federal NCES enrollment data. Carver Elementary leads the list at 59.6%, against a median of 14.9% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Polk County, Iowa

Top % Hispanic

59.6%

Median % Hispanic

14.9%

MOST HISPANIC · POLK COUNTY, IOWA

#	School	City	District	Students	Hispanic students	% Hispanic
1	Carver Elementary	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	436	260	59.6%
2	Crestview School of Inquiry	Clive, IA	West Des Moines Comm School District	558	324	58.1%
3	Capitol View Elementary School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	533	296	55.5%
4	Madison Elementary School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	285	154	54.0%
5	Willard Elementary School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	247	116	47.0%
6	River Woods Elementary School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	493	231	46.9%
7	McKinley Elementary School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	275	128	46.5%
8	Garton Elementary	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	535	243	45.4%
9	Howe Elementary	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	297	131	44.1%
10	Studebaker Elementary School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	561	245	43.7%
11	Stowe Elementary School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	297	124	41.8%
12	Morris Elementary School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	519	215	41.4%
13	King Elementary School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	315	128	40.6%
14	Jackson Elementary School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	490	199	40.6%
15	South Union Elementary School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	422	149	35.3%
16	Phillips Elementary	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	263	89	33.8%
17	Lovejoy Elementary School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	394	133	33.8%
18	Wright Elementary School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	265	89	33.6%
19	Cattell Elementary School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	314	101	32.2%
20	Oak Park	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	288	92	31.9%
21	Moulton Elementary School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	465	140	30.1%
22	Brubaker Elementary School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	622	185	29.7%
23	Mitchell Early Childhood Center	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	292	86	29.4%
24	Findley Elementary School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	324	93	28.7%
25	Jessie Franklin Taylor	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	195	55	28.2%
26	Western Hills Elementary School	West Des Moines, IA	West Des Moines Comm School District	570	160	28.1%
27	Park Ave Elementary School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	380	105	27.6%
28	Hillside Elementary School	West Des Moines, IA	West Des Moines Comm School District	548	141	25.7%
29	Hillis Elementary School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	279	71	25.4%
30	Pleasant Hill Elementary School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	241	61	25.3%
31	Monroe Elementary School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	341	85	24.9%
32	McKee Elementary School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	235	57	24.3%
33	Perkins Elementary School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	438	98	22.4%
34	Windsor Elementary	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	254	56	22.1%
35	Moore Elementary School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	285	61	21.4%
36	Crossroads Park Elementary School	West Des Moines, IA	West Des Moines Comm School District	530	112	21.1%
37	Cornell Elementary School	Des Moines, IA	Saydel Comm School District	555	115	20.7%
38	Karen Acres Elementary School	Urbandale, IA	Urbandale Comm School District	233	48	20.6%
39	Walnut Street School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	257	49	19.1%
40	Woodlawn Early Childhood Center	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	216	41	19.0%
41	Clive Learning Academy	Des Moines, IA	West Des Moines Comm School District	551	99	18.0%
42	Olmsted Elementary School	Urbandale, IA	Urbandale Comm School District	622	104	16.7%
43	Northwest Elementary School	Ankeny, IA	Ankeny Comm School District	346	56	16.2%
44	Fairmeadows Elementary School	West Des Moines, IA	West Des Moines Comm School District	542	82	15.1%
45	Clay Elementary	Altoona, IA	Southeast Polk Comm School District	700	104	14.9%
46	Heritage Elementary	Ankeny, IA	Ankeny Comm School District	604	89	14.7%
47	Samuelson Elementary School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	386	55	14.3%
48	Horizon Science Academy Des Moines	Des Moines, IA	Charter Organization: Concept Schools	150	21	14.0%
49	Edmunds Elementary School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	259	36	13.9%
50	Hubbell Elementary	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	362	49	13.5%

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