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The public schools with the most Black students in Iowa

1,080 public schools in Iowa appear in this ranking of the public schools with the most Black students, ranked by the total number of Black or African American students enrolled. Roosevelt High School leads the list at 562, against a median of 7 across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked
1,080
Iowa
Top Black students
562
Median Black students
7
MOST BLACK (COUNT) · IOWA
#SchoolCityDistrictStudents% BlackBlack students
1Roosevelt High SchoolDes Moines, IADes Moines Independent Comm School District2,05127.4%562
2Thomas Jefferson High SchoolCedar Rapids, IACedar Rapids Comm School District1,50128.3%424
3West Senior High SchoolIowa City, IAIowa City Comm School District1,51427.9%423
4Lincoln High SchoolDes Moines, IADes Moines Independent Comm School District2,36417.0%402
5West High SchoolWaterloo, IAWaterloo Comm School District1,69621.9%371
6East High SchoolWaterloo, IAWaterloo Comm School District1,01634.0%345
7Northwest Middle SchoolCoralville, IAIowa City Comm School District1,11330.8%343
8North High SchoolDes Moines, IADes Moines Independent Comm School District1,42823.9%342
9Iowa City High SchoolIowa City, IAIowa City Comm School District1,66620.4%339
10East High SchoolDes Moines, IADes Moines Independent Comm School District1,95217.1%334
11Hoover High SchoolDes Moines, IADes Moines Independent Comm School District89836.6%329
12North High SchoolDavenport, IADavenport Comm School District1,19026.9%320
13Central High SchoolDavenport, IADavenport Comm School District1,28823.3%300
14George Washington High SchoolCedar Rapids, IACedar Rapids Comm School District1,18224.9%294
15Southeast Middle SchoolIowa City, IAIowa City Comm School District1,26922.2%282
16Hoover Elementary SchoolCedar Rapids, IACedar Rapids Comm School District42061.4%258
17Cunningham SchoolWaterloo, IAWaterloo Comm School District44358.2%258
18Valley High SchoolWest Des Moines, IAWest Des Moines Comm School District2,17811.8%258
19Moulton Elementary SchoolDes Moines, IADes Moines Independent Comm School District46551.6%240
20Prairie High SchoolCedar Rapids, IACollege Comm School District1,76612.7%225
21George Washington Carver AcademyWaterloo, IAWaterloo Comm School District45547.5%216
22Callanan Middle SchoolDes Moines, IADes Moines Independent Comm School District55338.5%213
23Weber ElementaryIowa City, IAIowa City Comm School District45646.5%212
24Lincoln Elementary SchoolWaterloo, IAWaterloo Comm School District46345.4%210
25West High SchoolDavenport, IADavenport Comm School District1,30415.3%200
26Meredith Middle SchoolDes Moines, IADes Moines Independent Comm School District66230.2%200
27Van Buren Elementary SchoolCedar Rapids, IACedar Rapids Comm School District42946.1%198
28Ernest Horn Elementary SchoolIowa City, IAIowa City Comm School District45343.5%197
29Roosevelt Creative Corridor Business AcademyCedar Rapids, IACedar Rapids Comm School District48440.5%196
30Johnston Senior High SchoolJohnston, IAJohnston Comm School District1,82010.7%195
31Expo Alternative Learning CenterWaterloo, IAWaterloo Comm School District56134.8%195
32Sudlow Middle SchoolDavenport, IADavenport Comm School District73425.5%187
33Edmunds Elementary SchoolDes Moines, IADes Moines Independent Comm School District25972.2%187
34Harding Middle SchoolDes Moines, IADes Moines Independent Comm School District60329.5%178
35Lou Henry Elementary SchoolWaterloo, IAWaterloo Comm School District46038.3%176
36Alexander ElementaryIowa City, IAIowa City Comm School District43639.0%170
37Liberty High SchoolNorth Liberty, IAIowa City Comm School District1,28613.1%168
38Hoover Middle SchoolWaterloo, IAWaterloo Comm School District84819.8%168
39Norman Borlaug Elementary SchoolCoralville, IAIowa City Comm School District40541.2%167
40Burlington Community High SchoolBurlington, IABurlington Comm School District1,01615.8%161
41Monroe Elementary SchoolDes Moines, IADes Moines Independent Comm School District34146.9%160
42Central Middle SchoolWaterloo, IAWaterloo Comm School District46934.1%160
43John F Kennedy High SchoolCedar Rapids, IACedar Rapids Comm School District1,6489.7%159
44Southeast Polk High SchoolPleasant Hill, IASoutheast Polk Comm School District1,7229.2%159
45Dubuque Senior High SchoolDubuque, IADubuque Comm School District1,49010.6%158
46Wood Middle SchoolDavenport, IADavenport Comm School District62925.0%157
47Prescott Elementary SchoolDubuque, IADubuque Comm School District35244.6%157
48Jefferson Elementary SchoolDavenport, IADavenport Comm School District38440.6%156
49Kittrell Elementary SchoolWaterloo, IAWaterloo Comm School District57627.1%156
50Williams Middle SchoolDavenport, IADavenport Comm School District57726.5%153
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