Dubuque Times

There were 10,018 white students enrolled in Dubuque County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 1.8% less than the previous year, according to the Iowa Department of Education.

Data showed that Dubuque County welcomed 12,797 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, white students comprised 78.3% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 25 schools in the county, Hempstead High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 1,189 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 white Students	white Students Count	Total School Enrollment
Hempstead High School	Dubuque Comm	76.8%	1,189	1,549
Dubuque Senior High School	Dubuque Comm	73.7%	1,081	1,466
Eleanor Roosevelt Middle School	Dubuque Comm	82.8%	880	1,063
Western Dubuque High School	Western Dubuque Comm	94.5%	848	897
Drexler Middle School	Western Dubuque Comm	90.4%	595	658
Eisenhower Elementary School	Dubuque Comm	84.3%	479	568
John Kennedy Elementary School	Dubuque Comm	84%	416	495
Carver Elementary School	Dubuque Comm	83.6%	399	477
George Washington Middle School	Dubuque Comm	65.6%	398	607
Peosta Elementary School	Western Dubuque Comm	93.5%	362	387
Table Mound Elementary School	Dubuque Comm	90.6%	346	382
Cascade Junior-Senior High School	Western Dubuque Comm	89.8%	342	381
Epworth Elementary School	Western Dubuque Comm	96.4%	323	335
Irving Elementary School	Dubuque Comm	77.7%	293	377
Thomas Jefferson Middle School	Dubuque Comm	60.1%	273	454
Sageville Elementary School	Dubuque Comm	91.2%	260	285
Bryant Elementary School	Dubuque Comm	83.3%	244	293
Cascade Elementary School	Western Dubuque Comm	89.5%	230	257
Marshall Elementary School	Dubuque Comm	71.8%	222	309
Farley Elementary School	Western Dubuque Comm	86.1%	205	238
Dubuque Online School	Dubuque Comm	77.3%	187	242
Hoover Elementary School	Dubuque Comm	67%	177	264
Prescott Elementary School	Dubuque Comm	29.1%	99	340
Lincoln Elementary School	Dubuque Comm	37.4%	86	230
Audubon Elementary School	Dubuque Comm	34.6%	84	243