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

This ranking covers the public schools with the most Hispanic students in Polk County, Iowa, drawn from 131 qualifying public schools. Lincoln High School leads the list at 903, against a median of 85 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

131

Polk County, Iowa

Top Hispanic students

903

Median Hispanic students

MOST HISPANIC (COUNT) · POLK COUNTY, IOWA

#	School	City	District	Students	% Hispanic	Hispanic students
1	Lincoln High School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	2,364	38.2%	903
2	East High School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	1,952	45.6%	890
3	North High School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	1,428	38.7%	553
4	Valley High School	West Des Moines, IA	West Des Moines Comm School District	2,178	20.3%	442
5	Roosevelt High School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	2,051	17.8%	364
6	Crestview School of Inquiry	Clive, IA	West Des Moines Comm School District	558	58.1%	324
7	Capitol View Elementary School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	533	55.5%	296
8	Weeks Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	688	42.4%	292
9	Hiatt Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	488	53.3%	260
10	McCombs Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	670	38.8%	260
11	Carver Elementary	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	436	59.6%	260
12	Studebaker Elementary School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	561	43.7%	245
13	Garton Elementary	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	535	45.4%	243
14	River Woods Elementary School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	493	46.9%	231
15	Hoover High School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	898	25.5%	229
16	Morris Elementary School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	519	41.4%	215
17	Harding Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	603	34.3%	207
18	Urbandale High School	Urbandale, IA	Urbandale Comm School District	1,301	15.8%	205
19	Jackson Elementary School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	490	40.6%	199
20	Brody Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	641	30.1%	193
21	Southeast Polk High School	Pleasant Hill, IA	Southeast Polk Comm School District	1,722	11.0%	190
22	Brubaker Elementary School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	622	29.7%	185
23	Goodrell Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	511	32.5%	166
24	Western Hills Elementary School	West Des Moines, IA	West Des Moines Comm School District	570	28.1%	160
25	Indian Hills Junior High School	Clive, IA	West Des Moines Comm School District	661	24.1%	159
26	Madison Elementary School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	285	54.0%	154
27	South Union Elementary School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	422	35.3%	149
28	Hoyt Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	455	32.1%	146
29	Meredith Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	662	22.1%	146
30	Johnston Senior High School	Johnston, IA	Johnston Comm School District	1,820	7.8%	142
31	Hillside Elementary School	West Des Moines, IA	West Des Moines Comm School District	548	25.7%	141
32	Moulton Elementary School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	465	30.1%	140
33	Urbandale Middle School	Urbandale, IA	Urbandale Comm School District	892	15.3%	136
34	Lovejoy Elementary School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	394	33.8%	133
35	Southeast Polk Middle School	Altoona, IA	Southeast Polk Comm School District	1,112	11.9%	132
36	Ankeny High School	Ankeny, IA	Ankeny Comm School District	1,375	9.5%	131
37	Howe Elementary	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	297	44.1%	131
38	King Elementary School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	315	40.6%	128
39	McKinley Elementary School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	275	46.5%	128
40	Stowe Elementary School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	297	41.8%	124
41	Ankeny Centennial High School	Ankeny, IA	Ankeny Comm School District	1,470	8.2%	120
42	Valley Southwoods	West Des Moines, IA	West Des Moines Comm School District	678	17.6%	119
43	Callanan Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	553	21.0%	116
44	Willard Elementary School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	247	47.0%	116
45	Cornell Elementary School	Des Moines, IA	Saydel Comm School District	555	20.7%	115
46	Crossroads Park Elementary School	West Des Moines, IA	West Des Moines Comm School District	530	21.1%	112
47	Park Ave Elementary School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	380	27.6%	105
48	Johnston Middle School	Johnston, IA	Johnston Comm School District	1,161	9.0%	104
49	Clay Elementary	Altoona, IA	Southeast Polk Comm School District	700	14.9%	104
50	Olmsted Elementary School	Urbandale, IA	Urbandale Comm School District	622	16.7%	104

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