Waterloo Times

There were 29 Native American students enrolled in Black Hawk County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 16% 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, Native American students comprised 0.2% of the student body to be the least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 34 schools in the county, West High School recorded the highest enrollment of Native American students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of five 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 Native American Students	Native American Students Count	Total School Enrollment
West High School	Waterloo Comm	0.3%	5	1,713
Cedar Falls High School	Cedar Falls Comm	0.1%	2	1,336
Holmes Junior High School	Cedar Falls Comm	0.3%	2	629
Kittrell Elementary School	Waterloo Comm	0.4%	2	520
Expo Alternative Learning Center	Waterloo Comm	0.3%	2	578
East High School	Waterloo Comm	0.2%	2	1,013
Bunger Middle School	Waterloo Comm	0.4%	2	469
Poyner Elementary School	Waterloo Comm	0.3%	1	334
Orange Elementary School	Waterloo Comm	0.2%	1	460
Lowell Elementary School	Waterloo Comm	0.3%	1	343
Lou Henry Elementary School	Waterloo Comm	0.2%	1	456
Highland Elementary School	Waterloo Comm	0.2%	1	429
George Washington Carver Academy	Waterloo Comm	0.2%	1	447
Fred Becker Elementary School	Waterloo Comm	0.2%	1	422
Cunningham School	Waterloo Comm	0.3%	1	369
Central Middle School	Waterloo Comm	0.2%	1	466
Bess Streeter Aldrich Elementary School	Cedar Falls Comm	0.2%	1	445
Helen a Hansen Elementary School	Cedar Falls Comm	0.2%	1	547
Orchard Hill Elementary School	Cedar Falls Comm	0.2%	1	432
Cedar Heights Elementary School	Cedar Falls Comm	0%	0	413
Lincoln Elementary School	Cedar Falls Comm	0%	0	428
North Cedar Elementary School	Cedar Falls Comm	0%	0	279
Lincoln Elementary School	Waterloo Comm	0%	0	458
Kingsley Elementary School	Waterloo Comm	0%	0	355
Irving Elementary School	Waterloo Comm	0%	0	388
Hoover Middle School	Waterloo Comm	0%	0	831
Peet Junior High School	Cedar Falls Comm	0%	0	690
Southdale Elementary School	Cedar Falls Comm	0%	0	489
Dunkerton Elementary School	Dunkerton Comm	0%	0	174
Dunkerton High School	Dunkerton Comm	0%	0	208
Hudson Elementary School	Hudson Comm	0%	0	469
Hudson High School	Hudson Comm	0%	0	368
La Porte City Elementary School	Union Comm	0%	0	241
Union High School	Union Comm	0%	0	315