SW Iowa Times

There were 373 Black students enrolled in Pottawattamie County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 3.4% less 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, Black students comprised 2.5% of the student body to be the fourth represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 33 schools in the county, Thomas Jefferson High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 56 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 Black Students	Black Students Count	Total School Enrollment
Thomas Jefferson High School	Council Bluffs Comm	4.6%	56	1,206
Woodrow Wilson Middle School	Council Bluffs Comm	5%	43	866
Abraham Lincoln High School	Council Bluffs Comm	3.1%	42	1,358
Gerald W. Kirn Middle School	Council Bluffs Comm	3.7%	34	914
Franklin Elementary School	Council Bluffs Comm	6.5%	27	413
Bloomer Elementary School	Council Bluffs Comm	6.6%	26	392
Lewis Central Senior High School	Lewis Central Comm	1.9%	19	1,002
Carter Lake Elementary School	Council Bluffs Comm	6.2%	19	308
Lewis Central Middle School	Lewis Central Comm	2.3%	17	730
Roosevelt Elementary School	Council Bluffs Comm	3.2%	13	403
Hoover Elementary School	Council Bluffs Comm	3.1%	12	388
College View Elementary	Council Bluffs Comm	2.9%	12	420
Edison Elementary School	Council Bluffs Comm	3.2%	11	347
Longfellow Elementary School	Council Bluffs Comm	2.2%	9	412
E. a Kreft Primary School	Lewis Central Comm	1.9%	8	427
Lewis & Clark Elementary School	Council Bluffs Comm	2.3%	6	263
Titan Hill Intermediate School	Lewis Central Comm	0.7%	6	910
Rue Elementary School	Council Bluffs Comm	1.6%	5	304
Tri-Center Middle School	Tri-Center Comm	1.4%	2	140
Tri-Center High School	Tri-Center Comm	0.9%	2	226
AHSTW Intermediate School	AHSTW Comm	0.7%	2	268
Tri-Center Elementary School	Tri-Center Comm	0.3%	1	311
Treynor Elementary School	Treynor Comm	0.3%	1	334
Treynor Middle School	Treynor Comm	0%	0	221
Underwood Elementary School	Underwood Comm	0%	0	367
Underwood High School	Underwood Comm	0%	0	241
Underwood Middle School	Underwood Comm	0%	0	206
Treynor High School	Treynor Comm	0%	0	243
Riverside Elementary School	Riverside Comm	0%	0	149
Riverside Community High School	Riverside Comm	0%	0	347
Riverside Community Carson Elementary School	Riverside Comm	0%	0	136
AHSTW Primary School	AHSTW Comm	0%	0	241
AHSTW High School	AHSTW Comm	0%	0	210