Dubuque Times

There were 12,797 students enrolled in Dubuque County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 0.5% less than the previous year, according to the Iowa Department of Education.

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 51.7% identified as male, 48.2% as female, and 0.1% identified themselves as non-binary or did not specify their gender.

Data also showed that white students made up 78.3% of the student body, the largest percentage in Dubuque County schools, followed by Black students with 7.9%, 5.2% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 2.6% Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 0.9% Asian and 0.1% Native American.

Hempstead High School had the highest enrollment among Dubuque County’s 25 schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 1,549 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.

Rank	School name	School district	Total enrollment in 2022-23	Total enrollment in 2023-24	% change
1	Hempstead High School	Dubuque Comm	1,584	1,549	-2.2%
2	Dubuque Senior High School	Dubuque Comm	1,435	1,466	2.2%
3	Eleanor Roosevelt Middle School	Dubuque Comm	1,093	1,063	-2.7%
4	Western Dubuque High School	Western Dubuque Comm	920	897	-2.5%
5	Drexler Middle School	Western Dubuque Comm	655	658	0.5%
6	George Washington Middle School	Dubuque Comm	624	607	-2.7%
7	Eisenhower Elementary School	Dubuque Comm	538	568	5.6%
8	John Kennedy Elementary School	Dubuque Comm	516	495	-4.1%
9	Carver Elementary School	Dubuque Comm	509	477	-6.3%
10	Thomas Jefferson Middle School	Dubuque Comm	459	454	-1.1%
11	Peosta Elementary School	Western Dubuque Comm	352	387	9.9%
12	Table Mound Elementary School	Dubuque Comm	386	382	-1%
13	Cascade Junior-Senior High School	Western Dubuque Comm	395	381	-3.5%
14	Irving Elementary School	Dubuque Comm	391	377	-3.6%
15	Prescott Elementary School	Dubuque Comm	333	340	2.1%
16	Epworth Elementary School	Western Dubuque Comm	348	335	-3.7%
17	Marshall Elementary School	Dubuque Comm	306	309	1%
18	Bryant Elementary School	Dubuque Comm	289	293	1.4%
19	Sageville Elementary School	Dubuque Comm	270	285	5.6%
20	Hoover Elementary School	Dubuque Comm	284	264	-7%
21	Cascade Elementary School	Western Dubuque Comm	243	257	5.8%
22	Audubon Elementary School	Dubuque Comm	255	243	-4.7%
23	Dubuque Online School	Dubuque Comm	208	242	16.3%
24	Farley Elementary School	Western Dubuque Comm	230	238	3.5%
25	Lincoln Elementary School	Dubuque Comm	235	230	-2.1%