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The public high schools with the most Black students in Iowa

Across Iowa, 278 public high schools are ranked here, ranked by the total number of Black or African American students enrolled. Roosevelt High School leads the list at 562, against a median of 4 across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked
278
Iowa
Top Black students
562
Median Black students
4
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
7North High SchoolDes Moines, IADes Moines Independent Comm School District1,42823.9%342
8Iowa City High SchoolIowa City, IAIowa City Comm School District1,66620.4%339
9East High SchoolDes Moines, IADes Moines Independent Comm School District1,95217.1%334
10Hoover High SchoolDes Moines, IADes Moines Independent Comm School District89836.6%329
11North High SchoolDavenport, IADavenport Comm School District1,19026.9%320
12Central High SchoolDavenport, IADavenport Comm School District1,28823.3%300
13George Washington High SchoolCedar Rapids, IACedar Rapids Comm School District1,18224.9%294
14Valley High SchoolWest Des Moines, IAWest Des Moines Comm School District2,17811.8%258
15Prairie High SchoolCedar Rapids, IACollege Comm School District1,76612.7%225
16West High SchoolDavenport, IADavenport Comm School District1,30415.3%200
17Johnston Senior High SchoolJohnston, IAJohnston Comm School District1,82010.7%195
18Expo Alternative Learning CenterWaterloo, IAWaterloo Comm School District56134.8%195
19Liberty High SchoolNorth Liberty, IAIowa City Comm School District1,28613.1%168
20Burlington Community High SchoolBurlington, IABurlington Comm School District1,01615.8%161
21John F Kennedy High SchoolCedar Rapids, IACedar Rapids Comm School District1,6489.7%159
22Southeast Polk High SchoolPleasant Hill, IASoutheast Polk Comm School District1,7229.2%159
23Dubuque Senior High SchoolDubuque, IADubuque Comm School District1,49010.6%158
24Linn-Mar High SchoolMarion, IALinn-Mar Comm School District2,2296.8%151
25Ames High SchoolAmes, IAAmes Comm School District1,44010.1%145
26Waukee High SchoolWaukee, IAWaukee Comm School District1,37510.3%142
27North High SchoolSioux City, IASioux City Comm School District1,5299.1%139
28Johnston Middle SchoolJohnston, IAJohnston Comm School District1,16111.9%138
29East High SchoolSioux City, IASioux City Comm School District1,4958.0%119
30Urbandale High SchoolUrbandale, IAUrbandale Comm School District1,3019.0%117
31Timberline SchoolWaukee, IAWaukee Comm School District99211.8%117
32Hempstead High SchoolDubuque, IADubuque Comm School District1,4997.6%114
33Bettendorf High SchoolBettendorf, IABettendorf Comm School District1,4337.9%113
34Ottumwa High SchoolOttumwa, IAOttumwa Comm School District91010.1%92
35Northwest High SchoolWaukee, IAWaukee Comm School District1,5745.8%92
36Clinton High SchoolClinton, IAClinton Comm School District9819.0%88
37West High SchoolSioux City, IASioux City Comm School District1,3086.6%86
38Valley SouthwoodsWest Des Moines, IAWest Des Moines Comm School District67811.7%79
39Ankeny Centennial High SchoolAnkeny, IAAnkeny Comm School District1,4705.1%75
40Elizabeth Tate Alt. High SchoolIowa City, IAIowa City Comm School District18041.1%74
41Mid City HighDavenport, IADavenport Comm School District30623.2%71
42Muscatine High SchoolMuscatine, IAMuscatine Comm School District1,3804.9%68
43Pleasant Valley High SchoolBettendorf, IAPleasant Valley Comm School District1,7313.8%66
44Clear Creek Amana High SchoolTiffin, IAClear Creek Amana Comm School District8007.9%63
45Thomas Jefferson High SchoolCouncil Bluffs, IACouncil Bluffs Comm School District1,1465.4%62
46Fort Dodge High SchoolFort Dodge, IAFort Dodge Comm School District1,0206.1%62
47Metro High SchoolCedar Rapids, IACedar Rapids Comm School District28820.8%60
48Mason City High SchoolMason City, IAMason City Comm School District8916.6%59
49Southview Middle SchoolAnkeny, IAAnkeny Comm School District9135.9%54
50Evans Junior High SchoolOttumwa, IAOttumwa Comm School District6847.9%54
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