Waterloo Times

There were 1,680 Hispanic students enrolled in Black Hawk County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 2.4% more 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, Hispanic students comprised 9.6% of the student body to be the third represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 34 schools in the county, West High School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 260 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 Hispanic Students	Hispanic Students Count	Total School Enrollment
West High School	Waterloo Comm	15.2%	260	1,713
East High School	Waterloo Comm	16.4%	166	1,013
Highland Elementary School	Waterloo Comm	26.6%	114	429
George Washington Carver Academy	Waterloo Comm	23%	103	447
Bunger Middle School	Waterloo Comm	17.5%	82	469
Lowell Elementary School	Waterloo Comm	23.6%	81	343
Kittrell Elementary School	Waterloo Comm	15%	78	520
Central Middle School	Waterloo Comm	15%	70	466
Hoover Middle School	Waterloo Comm	8.2%	68	831
Irving Elementary School	Waterloo Comm	13.9%	54	388
Expo Alternative Learning Center	Waterloo Comm	9.3%	54	578
Fred Becker Elementary School	Waterloo Comm	12.8%	54	422
Lincoln Elementary School	Waterloo Comm	11.1%	51	458
Cunningham School	Waterloo Comm	12.7%	47	369
Cedar Falls High School	Cedar Falls Comm	3.1%	42	1,336
Poyner Elementary School	Waterloo Comm	11.4%	38	334
Orange Elementary School	Waterloo Comm	7.8%	36	460
Hudson Elementary School	Hudson Comm	6.6%	31	469
Kingsley Elementary School	Waterloo Comm	8.7%	31	355
Lou Henry Elementary School	Waterloo Comm	5.7%	26	456
Hudson High School	Hudson Comm	6.5%	24	368
Orchard Hill Elementary School	Cedar Falls Comm	4.9%	21	432
Union High School	Union Comm	5.7%	18	315
Peet Junior High School	Cedar Falls Comm	2.6%	18	690
Lincoln Elementary School	Cedar Falls Comm	4%	17	428
Holmes Junior High School	Cedar Falls Comm	2.5%	16	629
Southdale Elementary School	Cedar Falls Comm	3.3%	16	489
North Cedar Elementary School	Cedar Falls Comm	5.4%	15	279
Helen a Hansen Elementary School	Cedar Falls Comm	2.2%	12	547
Cedar Heights Elementary School	Cedar Falls Comm	2.9%	12	413
La Porte City Elementary School	Union Comm	4.1%	10	241
Dunkerton Elementary School	Dunkerton Comm	4%	7	174
Dunkerton High School	Dunkerton Comm	1.9%	4	208
Bess Streeter Aldrich Elementary School	Cedar Falls Comm	0.9%	4	445