Waterloo Times

There were 17,514 students enrolled in Black Hawk County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 0.1% more than the previous year, according to the Iowa Department of Education.

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 50.7% identified as male and 49.3% as female.

Data also showed that white students made up 58.8% of the student body, the largest percentage in Black Hawk County schools, followed by Black students with 17.6%, 9.6% Hispanic, 8.4% multiracial, 2.9% Asian, 2.6% Hawaiian or Pacific Islander and 0.2% Native American.

West High School had the highest enrollment among Black Hawk County’s 34 schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 1,713 students.

Public school enrollment in Iowa remained relatively stable in the 2024-25 school year, with 480,665 students, a slight decrease of 0.63% compared to the previous year. Meanwhile, enrollment in accredited nonpublic schools grew by nearly 10%, reaching 39,356 students, up from 36,195. This increase was partially driven by the Students First Education Savings (ESA) program, with 27,866 students utilizing ESAs at nonpublic schools.

Rank	School name	School district	Total enrollment in 2022-23	Total enrollment in 2023-24	% change
1	West High School	Waterloo Comm	1,652	1,713	3.7%
2	Cedar Falls High School	Cedar Falls Comm	1,302	1,336	2.6%
3	East High School	Waterloo Comm	1,022	1,013	-0.9%
4	Hoover Middle School	Waterloo Comm	883	831	-5.9%
5	Peet Junior High School	Cedar Falls Comm	670	690	3%
6	Holmes Junior High School	Cedar Falls Comm	639	629	-1.6%
7	Expo Alternative Learning Center	Waterloo Comm	609	578	-5.1%
8	Helen a Hansen Elementary School	Cedar Falls Comm	571	547	-4.2%
9	Kittrell Elementary School	Waterloo Comm	528	520	-1.5%
10	Southdale Elementary School	Cedar Falls Comm	462	489	5.8%
11	Bunger Middle School	Waterloo Comm	431	469	8.8%
11	Hudson Elementary School	Hudson Comm	475	469	-1.3%
13	Central Middle School	Waterloo Comm	471	466	-1.1%
14	Orange Elementary School	Waterloo Comm	465	460	-1.1%
15	Lincoln Elementary School	Waterloo Comm	434	458	5.5%
16	Lou Henry Elementary School	Waterloo Comm	465	456	-1.9%
17	George Washington Carver Academy	Waterloo Comm	442	447	1.1%
18	Bess Streeter Aldrich Elementary School	Cedar Falls Comm	454	445	-2%
19	Orchard Hill Elementary School	Cedar Falls Comm	417	432	3.6%
20	Highland Elementary School	Waterloo Comm	439	429	-2.3%
21	Lincoln Elementary School	Cedar Falls Comm	433	428	-1.2%
22	Fred Becker Elementary School	Waterloo Comm	433	422	-2.5%
23	Cedar Heights Elementary School	Cedar Falls Comm	454	413	-9%
24	Irving Elementary School	Waterloo Comm	402	388	-3.5%
25	Cunningham School	Waterloo Comm	340	369	8.5%
26	Hudson High School	Hudson Comm	342	368	7.6%
27	Kingsley Elementary School	Waterloo Comm	343	355	3.5%
28	Lowell Elementary School	Waterloo Comm	359	343	-4.5%
29	Poyner Elementary School	Waterloo Comm	334	334	0%
30	Union High School	Union Comm	316	315	-0.3%
31	North Cedar Elementary School	Cedar Falls Comm	242	279	15.3%
32	La Porte City Elementary School	Union Comm	249	241	-3.2%
33	Dunkerton High School	Dunkerton Comm	211	208	-1.4%
34	Dunkerton Elementary School	Dunkerton Comm	171	174	1.8%