Dubuque Times

There were 667 multiracial students enrolled in Dubuque County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 1.2% 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, multiracial students comprised 5.2% of the student body to be the third represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 25 schools in the county, Dubuque Senior High School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 85 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 multiracial Students	multiracial Students Count	Total School Enrollment
Dubuque Senior High School	Dubuque Comm	5.8%	85	1,466
Hempstead High School	Dubuque Comm	4.5%	69	1,549
Prescott Elementary School	Dubuque Comm	15%	51	340
Eleanor Roosevelt Middle School	Dubuque Comm	4.4%	47	1,063
Thomas Jefferson Middle School	Dubuque Comm	9.5%	43	454
George Washington Middle School	Dubuque Comm	7.1%	43	607
Audubon Elementary School	Dubuque Comm	16.9%	41	243
Lincoln Elementary School	Dubuque Comm	15.7%	36	230
Marshall Elementary School	Dubuque Comm	11%	34	309
Eisenhower Elementary School	Dubuque Comm	5.1%	29	568
Irving Elementary School	Dubuque Comm	7.2%	27	377
John Kennedy Elementary School	Dubuque Comm	5.3%	26	495
Carver Elementary School	Dubuque Comm	4.4%	21	477
Western Dubuque High School	Western Dubuque Comm	2.2%	20	897
Table Mound Elementary School	Dubuque Comm	4.2%	16	382
Drexler Middle School	Western Dubuque Comm	2.4%	16	658
Bryant Elementary School	Dubuque Comm	4.8%	14	293
Hoover Elementary School	Dubuque Comm	4.9%	13	264
Dubuque Online School	Dubuque Comm	4.5%	11	242
Epworth Elementary School	Western Dubuque Comm	2.4%	8	335
Cascade Junior-Senior High School	Western Dubuque Comm	1.6%	6	381
Farley Elementary School	Western Dubuque Comm	1.7%	4	238
Peosta Elementary School	Western Dubuque Comm	0.8%	3	387
Sageville Elementary School	Dubuque Comm	0.7%	2	285
Cascade Elementary School	Western Dubuque Comm	0.8%	2	257