Waterloo Times

There were 1,466 multiracial students enrolled in Black Hawk County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 4.2% 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, multiracial students comprised 8.4% of the student body to be the fourth represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 34 schools in the county, West High School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 119 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 multiracial Students	multiracial Students Count	Total School Enrollment
West High School	Waterloo Comm	6.9%	119	1,713
East High School	Waterloo Comm	9.5%	96	1,013
Hoover Middle School	Waterloo Comm	10.2%	85	831
Cedar Falls High School	Cedar Falls Comm	5.7%	76	1,336
Expo Alternative Learning Center	Waterloo Comm	13.1%	76	578
Lincoln Elementary School	Waterloo Comm	14.8%	68	458
Irving Elementary School	Waterloo Comm	14.4%	56	388
Central Middle School	Waterloo Comm	11.8%	55	466
Kingsley Elementary School	Waterloo Comm	14.9%	53	355
Highland Elementary School	Waterloo Comm	12.4%	53	429
Fred Becker Elementary School	Waterloo Comm	12.1%	51	422
Poyner Elementary School	Waterloo Comm	14.7%	49	334
George Washington Carver Academy	Waterloo Comm	11%	49	447
Orange Elementary School	Waterloo Comm	9.6%	44	460
Cunningham School	Waterloo Comm	11.9%	44	369
Bunger Middle School	Waterloo Comm	8.5%	40	469
Helen a Hansen Elementary School	Cedar Falls Comm	7.1%	39	547
Orchard Hill Elementary School	Cedar Falls Comm	9%	39	432
Peet Junior High School	Cedar Falls Comm	5.5%	38	690
Holmes Junior High School	Cedar Falls Comm	5.9%	37	629
Kittrell Elementary School	Waterloo Comm	6.9%	36	520
Lou Henry Elementary School	Waterloo Comm	7.9%	36	456
Lincoln Elementary School	Cedar Falls Comm	7.9%	34	428
Lowell Elementary School	Waterloo Comm	9%	31	343
Cedar Heights Elementary School	Cedar Falls Comm	6.8%	28	413
North Cedar Elementary School	Cedar Falls Comm	7.9%	22	279
Southdale Elementary School	Cedar Falls Comm	4.5%	22	489
Hudson High School	Hudson Comm	5.4%	20	368
Bess Streeter Aldrich Elementary School	Cedar Falls Comm	4.3%	19	445
Hudson Elementary School	Hudson Comm	3.2%	15	469
Dunkerton High School	Dunkerton Comm	7.2%	15	208
Dunkerton Elementary School	Dunkerton Comm	5.7%	10	174
Union High School	Union Comm	2.9%	9	315
La Porte City Elementary School	Union Comm	0.8%	2	241