Dubuque Times

There were 1,005 Black students enrolled in Dubuque County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 3.4% more 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, Black students comprised 7.9% of the student body to be the second represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 25 schools in the county, Dubuque Senior High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 152 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
Dubuque Senior High School	Dubuque Comm	10.4%	152	1,466
Prescott Elementary School	Dubuque Comm	40.3%	137	340
Hempstead High School	Dubuque Comm	7.7%	120	1,549
George Washington Middle School	Dubuque Comm	16.1%	98	607
Lincoln Elementary School	Dubuque Comm	38.3%	88	230
Audubon Elementary School	Dubuque Comm	33.7%	82	243
Thomas Jefferson Middle School	Dubuque Comm	15.2%	69	454
Eleanor Roosevelt Middle School	Dubuque Comm	4.9%	52	1,063
Eisenhower Elementary School	Dubuque Comm	5.1%	29	568
Carver Elementary School	Dubuque Comm	6.1%	29	477
Irving Elementary School	Dubuque Comm	6.4%	24	377
Dubuque Online School	Dubuque Comm	9.5%	23	242
Hoover Elementary School	Dubuque Comm	8%	21	264
Marshall Elementary School	Dubuque Comm	5.8%	18	309
John Kennedy Elementary School	Dubuque Comm	2.2%	11	495
Drexler Middle School	Western Dubuque Comm	1.7%	11	658
Peosta Elementary School	Western Dubuque Comm	2.6%	10	387
Bryant Elementary School	Dubuque Comm	2%	6	293
Table Mound Elementary School	Dubuque Comm	1.6%	6	382
Western Dubuque High School	Western Dubuque Comm	0.6%	5	897
Cascade Junior-Senior High School	Western Dubuque Comm	1.3%	5	381
Cascade Elementary School	Western Dubuque Comm	1.6%	4	257
Sageville Elementary School	Dubuque Comm	1.1%	3	285
Farley Elementary School	Western Dubuque Comm	0.8%	2	238
Epworth Elementary School	Western Dubuque Comm	0%	0	335