SW Iowa Times

There were 115 Asian 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, Asian students comprised 0.8% of the student body to be the fifth represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 33 schools in the county, Thomas Jefferson High School recorded the highest enrollment of Asian students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 14 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 Asian Students	Asian Students Count	Total School Enrollment
Thomas Jefferson High School	Council Bluffs Comm	1.2%	14	1,206
Abraham Lincoln High School	Council Bluffs Comm	0.9%	12	1,358
Titan Hill Intermediate School	Lewis Central Comm	1.2%	11	910
Gerald W. Kirn Middle School	Council Bluffs Comm	1%	9	914
Longfellow Elementary School	Council Bluffs Comm	2.2%	9	412
Woodrow Wilson Middle School	Council Bluffs Comm	0.9%	8	866
Lewis Central Senior High School	Lewis Central Comm	0.5%	5	1,002
Treynor Elementary School	Treynor Comm	1.2%	4	334
Edison Elementary School	Council Bluffs Comm	1.2%	4	347
Underwood Elementary School	Underwood Comm	1.1%	4	367
Roosevelt Elementary School	Council Bluffs Comm	1%	4	403
Lewis Central Middle School	Lewis Central Comm	0.5%	4	730
Tri-Center Middle School	Tri-Center Comm	2.1%	3	140
Treynor Middle School	Treynor Comm	1.4%	3	221
E. a Kreft Primary School	Lewis Central Comm	0.5%	2	427
Riverside Community Carson Elementary School	Riverside Comm	1.5%	2	136
Treynor High School	Treynor Comm	0.8%	2	243
Tri-Center High School	Tri-Center Comm	0.9%	2	226
Rue Elementary School	Council Bluffs Comm	0.7%	2	304
Hoover Elementary School	Council Bluffs Comm	0.5%	2	388
Franklin Elementary School	Council Bluffs Comm	0.5%	2	413
Carter Lake Elementary School	Council Bluffs Comm	0.6%	2	308
College View Elementary	Council Bluffs Comm	0.2%	1	420
Riverside Community High School	Riverside Comm	0.3%	1	347
Riverside Elementary School	Riverside Comm	0.7%	1	149
AHSTW Primary School	AHSTW Comm	0.4%	1	241
AHSTW Intermediate School	AHSTW Comm	0.4%	1	268
Underwood High School	Underwood Comm	0%	0	241
Underwood Middle School	Underwood Comm	0%	0	206
Tri-Center Elementary School	Tri-Center Comm	0%	0	311
Lewis & Clark Elementary School	Council Bluffs Comm	0%	0	263
Bloomer Elementary School	Council Bluffs Comm	0%	0	392
AHSTW High School	AHSTW Comm	0%	0	210