SW Iowa Times

There were 1,852 Hispanic students enrolled in Pottawattamie County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 3.9% more than the previous year, according to the Iowa Department of Education.

Data showed that Pottawattamie County welcomed 14,703 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, Hispanic students comprised 12.6% of the student body to be the second represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 33 schools in the county, Thomas Jefferson High School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 243 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
Thomas Jefferson High School	Council Bluffs Comm	20.1%	243	1,206
Abraham Lincoln High School	Council Bluffs Comm	14.6%	198	1,358
Woodrow Wilson Middle School	Council Bluffs Comm	19.9%	172	866
Lewis Central Senior High School	Lewis Central Comm	13.1%	131	1,002
Gerald W. Kirn Middle School	Council Bluffs Comm	13.1%	120	914
Titan Hill Intermediate School	Lewis Central Comm	11.1%	101	910
Longfellow Elementary School	Council Bluffs Comm	23.1%	95	412
Lewis Central Middle School	Lewis Central Comm	12.5%	91	730
Franklin Elementary School	Council Bluffs Comm	19.1%	79	413
Roosevelt Elementary School	Council Bluffs Comm	17.1%	69	403
Edison Elementary School	Council Bluffs Comm	19%	66	347
Rue Elementary School	Council Bluffs Comm	20.7%	63	304
E. a Kreft Primary School	Lewis Central Comm	13.3%	57	427
Bloomer Elementary School	Council Bluffs Comm	14%	55	392
Hoover Elementary School	Council Bluffs Comm	10.1%	39	388
College View Elementary	Council Bluffs Comm	9.3%	39	420
Carter Lake Elementary School	Council Bluffs Comm	11.7%	36	308
Riverside Community High School	Riverside Comm	9.2%	32	347
Riverside Elementary School	Riverside Comm	12.8%	19	149
Lewis & Clark Elementary School	Council Bluffs Comm	6.8%	18	263
Riverside Community Carson Elementary School	Riverside Comm	11%	15	136
AHSTW Intermediate School	AHSTW Comm	5.2%	14	268
Underwood High School	Underwood Comm	5.4%	13	241
Tri-Center High School	Tri-Center Comm	5.3%	12	226
Tri-Center Elementary School	Tri-Center Comm	3.5%	11	311
Treynor Elementary School	Treynor Comm	3.3%	11	334
AHSTW Primary School	AHSTW Comm	4.1%	10	241
Underwood Middle School	Underwood Comm	4.4%	9	206
Treynor Middle School	Treynor Comm	3.6%	8	221
AHSTW High School	AHSTW Comm	3.8%	8	210
Tri-Center Middle School	Tri-Center Comm	5%	7	140
Underwood Elementary School	Underwood Comm	1.9%	7	367
Treynor High School	Treynor Comm	1.6%	4	243