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

21 public middle schools in Polk County, Iowa appear in this ranking of the public middle schools with the most Black students, ranked by the total number of Black or African American students enrolled. Callanan Middle School leads the list at 213, against a median of 84 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
21
Polk County, Iowa
Top Black students
213
Median Black students
84
MOST BLACK (COUNT) · POLK COUNTY, IOWA
#SchoolCityDistrictStudents% BlackBlack students
1Callanan Middle SchoolDes Moines, IADes Moines Independent Comm School District55338.5%213
2Meredith Middle SchoolDes Moines, IADes Moines Independent Comm School District66230.2%200
3Harding Middle SchoolDes Moines, IADes Moines Independent Comm School District60329.5%178
4McCombs Middle SchoolDes Moines, IADes Moines Independent Comm School District67022.8%153
5Weeks Middle SchoolDes Moines, IADes Moines Independent Comm School District68817.6%121
6Summit Middle SchoolJohnston, IAJohnston Comm School District1,11810.1%113
7Merrill Middle SchoolDes Moines, IADes Moines Independent Comm School District65715.8%104
8Hiatt Middle SchoolDes Moines, IADes Moines Independent Comm School District48820.5%100
9Goodrell Middle SchoolDes Moines, IADes Moines Independent Comm School District51118.0%92
10Southeast Polk Middle SchoolAltoona, IASoutheast Polk Comm School District1,1128.3%92
11Hoyt Middle SchoolDes Moines, IADes Moines Independent Comm School District45518.5%84
12Brody Middle SchoolDes Moines, IADes Moines Independent Comm School District64112.8%82
13Stilwell Junior High SchoolWest Des Moines, IAWest Des Moines Comm School District64512.4%80
14Urbandale Middle SchoolUrbandale, IAUrbandale Comm School District8928.6%77
15Indian Hills Junior High SchoolClive, IAWest Des Moines Comm School District66110.6%70
16Parkview Middle SchoolAnkeny, IAAnkeny Comm School District8654.9%42
17Prairie Ridge Middle SchoolAnkeny, IAAnkeny Comm School District1,0043.9%39
18Bondurant - Farrar Intermediate SchoolBondurant, IABondurant-Farrar Comm School District4453.6%16
19Bondurant-Farrar Junior HighBondurant, IABondurant-Farrar Comm School District3984.0%16
20North Polk Middle SchoolAlleman, IANorth Polk Comm School District5041.4%7
21Woodside Middle SchoolDes Moines, IASaydel Comm School District3961.5%6
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