Waterloo Times

There were 464 Hawaiian or Pacific Islander students enrolled in Black Hawk County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 19.6% 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, Hawaiian or Pacific Islander students comprised 2.6% of the student body to be the sixth represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 34 schools in the county, West High School recorded the highest enrollment of Hawaiian or Pacific Islander students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 77 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 Hawaiian or Pacific Islander Students	Hawaiian or Pacific Islander Students Count	Total School Enrollment
West High School	Waterloo Comm	4.5%	77	1,713
Central Middle School	Waterloo Comm	9.4%	44	466
Irving Elementary School	Waterloo Comm	9.5%	37	388
East High School	Waterloo Comm	3.6%	36	1,013
Lincoln Elementary School	Waterloo Comm	6.1%	28	458
Cunningham School	Waterloo Comm	7.3%	27	369
George Washington Carver Academy	Waterloo Comm	6%	27	447
Kittrell Elementary School	Waterloo Comm	5%	26	520
Bunger Middle School	Waterloo Comm	4.5%	21	469
Fred Becker Elementary School	Waterloo Comm	5%	21	422
Lowell Elementary School	Waterloo Comm	5.2%	18	343
Hoover Middle School	Waterloo Comm	1.9%	16	831
Orchard Hill Elementary School	Cedar Falls Comm	3.2%	14	432
Highland Elementary School	Waterloo Comm	3%	13	429
Expo Alternative Learning Center	Waterloo Comm	1.9%	11	578
Kingsley Elementary School	Waterloo Comm	3.1%	11	355
Lou Henry Elementary School	Waterloo Comm	1.8%	8	456
Cedar Falls High School	Cedar Falls Comm	0.4%	6	1,336
Lincoln Elementary School	Cedar Falls Comm	1.2%	5	428
Peet Junior High School	Cedar Falls Comm	0.6%	4	690
Orange Elementary School	Waterloo Comm	0.9%	4	460
Holmes Junior High School	Cedar Falls Comm	0.5%	3	629
Cedar Heights Elementary School	Cedar Falls Comm	0.7%	3	413
Poyner Elementary School	Waterloo Comm	0.6%	2	334
Hudson High School	Hudson Comm	0.3%	1	368
Bess Streeter Aldrich Elementary School	Cedar Falls Comm	0.2%	1	445
Union High School	Union Comm	0%	0	315
La Porte City Elementary School	Union Comm	0%	0	241
Hudson Elementary School	Hudson Comm	0%	0	469
Dunkerton High School	Dunkerton Comm	0%	0	208
Dunkerton Elementary School	Dunkerton Comm	0%	0	174
Southdale Elementary School	Cedar Falls Comm	0%	0	489
North Cedar Elementary School	Cedar Falls Comm	0%	0	279
Helen a Hansen Elementary School	Cedar Falls Comm	0%	0	547