Waterloo Times

There were 10,293 white students enrolled in Black Hawk County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 1.5% less than the previous year, according to the Iowa Department of Education.

Data showed that Black Hawk County welcomed 17,514 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, white students comprised 58.8% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 34 schools in the county, Cedar Falls High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 1,120 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.

School Name	School District	% of white Students	white Students Count	Total School Enrollment
Cedar Falls High School	Cedar Falls Comm	83.8%	1,120	1,336
West High School	Waterloo Comm	47.1%	806	1,713
Peet Junior High School	Cedar Falls Comm	83.8%	578	690
Holmes Junior High School	Cedar Falls Comm	85.2%	536	629
Helen a Hansen Elementary School	Cedar Falls Comm	83%	454	547
Hoover Middle School	Waterloo Comm	53.3%	443	831
Hudson Elementary School	Hudson Comm	88.5%	415	469
Southdale Elementary School	Cedar Falls Comm	81.6%	399	489
Bess Streeter Aldrich Elementary School	Cedar Falls Comm	88.8%	395	445
East High School	Waterloo Comm	37.8%	383	1,013
Lincoln Elementary School	Cedar Falls Comm	79.7%	341	428
Cedar Heights Elementary School	Cedar Falls Comm	81.8%	338	413
Orange Elementary School	Waterloo Comm	72.6%	334	460
Orchard Hill Elementary School	Cedar Falls Comm	75.2%	325	432
Hudson High School	Hudson Comm	86.4%	318	368
Union High School	Union Comm	89.8%	283	315
La Porte City Elementary School	Union Comm	94.6%	228	241
Expo Alternative Learning Center	Waterloo Comm	39.1%	226	578
Bunger Middle School	Waterloo Comm	47.3%	222	469
North Cedar Elementary School	Cedar Falls Comm	77.8%	217	279
Kittrell Elementary School	Waterloo Comm	39.8%	207	520
Poyner Elementary School	Waterloo Comm	61.7%	206	334
Lou Henry Elementary School	Waterloo Comm	44.1%	201	456
Kingsley Elementary School	Waterloo Comm	55.8%	198	355
Dunkerton High School	Dunkerton Comm	89.9%	187	208
Fred Becker Elementary School	Waterloo Comm	41%	173	422
Dunkerton Elementary School	Dunkerton Comm	90.2%	157	174
Central Middle School	Waterloo Comm	25.8%	120	466
Highland Elementary School	Waterloo Comm	25.9%	111	429
Lowell Elementary School	Waterloo Comm	27.7%	95	343
Lincoln Elementary School	Waterloo Comm	20.3%	93	458
Irving Elementary School	Waterloo Comm	22.9%	89	388
George Washington Carver Academy	Waterloo Comm	12.8%	57	447
Cunningham School	Waterloo Comm	10.3%	38	369