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The public schools with the most Black students in Black Hawk County, Iowa

Across Black Hawk County, Iowa, 33 public schools are ranked here, ranked by the total number of Black or African American students enrolled. West High School leads the list at 371, against a median of 47 across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked
33
Black Hawk County, Iowa
Top Black students
371
Median Black students
47
MOST BLACK (COUNT) · BLACK HAWK COUNTY, IOWA
#SchoolCityDistrictStudents% BlackBlack students
1West High SchoolWaterloo, IAWaterloo Comm School District1,69621.9%371
2East High SchoolWaterloo, IAWaterloo Comm School District1,01634.0%345
3Cunningham SchoolWaterloo, IAWaterloo Comm School District44358.2%258
4George Washington Carver AcademyWaterloo, IAWaterloo Comm School District45547.5%216
5Lincoln Elementary SchoolWaterloo, IAWaterloo Comm School District46345.4%210
6Expo Alternative Learning CenterWaterloo, IAWaterloo Comm School District56134.8%195
7Lou Henry Elementary SchoolWaterloo, IAWaterloo Comm School District46038.3%176
8Hoover Middle SchoolWaterloo, IAWaterloo Comm School District84819.8%168
9Central Middle SchoolWaterloo, IAWaterloo Comm School District46934.1%160
10Kittrell Elementary SchoolWaterloo, IAWaterloo Comm School District57627.1%156
11Fred Becker Elementary SchoolWaterloo, IAWaterloo Comm School District50128.9%145
12Lowell Elementary SchoolWaterloo, IAWaterloo Comm School District53826.9%145
13Irving Elementary SchoolWaterloo, IAWaterloo Comm School District35336.0%127
14Highland Elementary SchoolWaterloo, IAWaterloo Comm School District44825.7%115
15Bunger Middle SchoolEvansdale, IAWaterloo Comm School District44018.4%81
16Orange Elementary SchoolWaterloo, IAWaterloo Comm School District51810.8%56
17Kingsley Elementary SchoolWaterloo, IAWaterloo Comm School District33713.9%47
18Poyner ElementaryEvansdale, IAWaterloo Comm School District36210.8%39
19Cedar Falls High SchoolCedar Falls, IACedar Falls Comm School District1,3332.8%37
20Holmes Junior High SchoolCedar Falls, IACedar Falls Comm School District6284.9%31
21Peet Junior High SchoolCedar Falls, IACedar Falls Comm School District6954.2%29
22Cedar Heights Elementary SchoolCedar Falls, IACedar Falls Comm School District4515.5%25
23Lincoln Elementary SchoolCedar Falls, IACedar Falls Comm School District4166.0%25
24North Cedar Elementary SchoolCedar Falls, IACedar Falls Comm School District2928.6%25
25Southdale Elementary SchoolCedar Falls, IACedar Falls Comm School District5394.3%23
26Helen A Hansen Elementary SchoolCedar Falls, IACedar Falls Comm School District5692.5%14
27Bess Streeter Aldrich ElementaryCedar Falls, IACedar Falls Comm School District4722.5%12
28Orchard Hill Elementary SchoolCedar Falls, IACedar Falls Comm School District4581.3%6
29Union High SchoolLa Porte City, IAUnion Comm School District2791.1%3
30Hudson Elementary SchoolHudson, IAHudson Comm School District5620.5%3
31La Porte City Elementary SchoolLa Porte City, IAUnion Comm School District2600.4%1
32Dunkerton High SchoolDunkerton, IADunkerton Comm School District2000.5%1
33Hudson High SchoolHudson, IAHudson Comm School District3710.3%1
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