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The most racially diverse public high schools in Story County, Iowa

6 public high schools in Story County, Iowa appear in this ranking of the most racially diverse public high schools, ranked by the diversity index, the chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups. Ames High School leads the list at 55.0%, against a median of 21.7% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Story County, Iowa

Top Diversity index

55.0%

Median Diversity index

21.7%

MOST DIVERSE · STORY COUNTY, IOWA

#	School	City	Students	Diversity index	% White	% Black	% Hispanic	% Asian
1	Ames High School	Ames, IA	1,440	55.0%	63.8%(919)	10.1%(145)	11.9%(171)	7.8%(113)
2	Nevada High School	Nevada, IA	498	32.6%	80.7%(402)	0.8%(4)	12.1%(60)	1.0%(5)
3	Gilbert High School	Gilbert, IA	509	24.5%	86.4%(440)	2.0%(10)	5.5%(28)	3.5%(18)
4	Colo-NESCO Middle/High School	Colo, IA	216	18.9%	89.8%(194)	0.5%(1)	5.1%(11)	0.0%(0)
5	Roland-Story High School	Story City, IA	317	15.0%	91.8%(291)	1.6%(5)	4.1%(13)	0.3%(1)
6	Ballard High School	Huxley, IA	586	13.6%	92.8%(544)	1.7%(10)	4.1%(24)	0.0%(0)

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