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The most racially diverse public schools in Story County, Iowa

This ranking covers the most racially diverse public schools in Story County, Iowa, drawn from 22 qualifying public schools. Mitchell Elementary School leads the list at 68.4%, against a median of 30.1% 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

Story County, Iowa

Top Diversity index

68.4%

Median Diversity index

30.1%

MOST DIVERSE · STORY COUNTY, IOWA

#	School	City	Students	Diversity index	% White	% Black	% Hispanic	% Asian
1	Mitchell Elementary School	Ames, IA	314	68.4%	47.5%(149)	17.5%(55)	22.9%(72)	4.8%(15)
2	Edwards Elementary School	Ames, IA	436	63.6%	55.5%(242)	17.7%(77)	11.2%(49)	8.7%(38)
3	Fellows Elementary School	Ames, IA	489	62.3%	56.4%(276)	5.1%(25)	13.7%(67)	17.0%(83)
4	Ames Middle School	Ames, IA	1,033	57.6%	62.1%(642)	10.0%(103)	12.5%(129)	7.5%(77)
5	Ames High School	Ames, IA	1,440	55.0%	63.8%(919)	10.1%(145)	11.9%(171)	7.8%(113)
6	Sawyer Elementary School	Ames, IA	371	54.3%	65.2%(242)	8.6%(32)	11.9%(44)	7.0%(26)
7	Meeker Elementary School	Ames, IA	361	47.6%	70.1%(253)	5.3%(19)	9.4%(34)	2.5%(9)
8	Gilbert Intermediate School	Gilbert, IA	356	33.5%	80.9%(288)	2.0%(7)	6.7%(24)	5.6%(20)
9	Nevada High School	Nevada, IA	498	32.6%	80.7%(402)	0.8%(4)	12.1%(60)	1.0%(5)
10	Central Elementary School	Nevada, IA	632	31.6%	81.5%(515)	0.6%(4)	13.3%(84)	0.2%(1)
11	Nevada Middle School	Nevada, IA	442	31.2%	81.2%(359)	0.2%(1)	13.1%(58)	0.9%(4)
12	Gilbert Elementary School	Gilbert, IA	409	28.9%	83.9%(343)	1.2%(5)	4.7%(19)	5.1%(21)
13	Gilbert Middle School	Gilbert, IA	408	27.1%	85.0%(347)	1.7%(7)	4.9%(20)	4.2%(17)
14	Gilbert High School	Gilbert, IA	509	24.5%	86.4%(440)	2.0%(10)	5.5%(28)	3.5%(18)
15	Colo-NESCO Middle/High School	Colo, IA	216	18.9%	89.8%(194)	0.5%(1)	5.1%(11)	0.0%(0)
16	Ballard West Elementary	Slater, IA	451	17.0%	90.9%(410)	1.3%(6)	5.1%(23)	0.2%(1)
17	Ballard East Elementary	Cambridge, IA	417	16.6%	91.1%(380)	1.0%(4)	5.3%(22)	0.5%(2)
18	Roland-Story Middle School	Roland, IA	331	15.5%	91.8%(304)	2.1%(7)	2.7%(9)	1.2%(4)
19	Roland-Story High School	Story City, IA	317	15.0%	91.8%(291)	1.6%(5)	4.1%(13)	0.3%(1)
20	Roland-Story Elementary School	Story City, IA	446	14.9%	92.2%(411)	1.1%(5)	4.3%(19)	0.5%(2)
21	Ballard Middle School	Huxley, IA	418	14.1%	92.6%(387)	1.0%(4)	3.4%(14)	0.2%(1)
22	Ballard High School	Huxley, IA	586	13.6%	92.8%(544)	1.7%(10)	4.1%(24)	0.0%(0)

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