Dubuque Times

There were 334 Hawaiian or Pacific Islander students enrolled in Dubuque County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 11% 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, Hawaiian or Pacific Islander students comprised 2.6% of the student body to be the fifth represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 25 schools in the county, Hempstead High School recorded the highest enrollment of Hawaiian or Pacific Islander students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 65 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 Hawaiian or Pacific Islander Students	Hawaiian or Pacific Islander Students Count	Total School Enrollment
Hempstead High School	Dubuque Comm	4.2%	65	1,549
Thomas Jefferson Middle School	Dubuque Comm	9.9%	45	454
Dubuque Senior High School	Dubuque Comm	2.7%	40	1,466
Prescott Elementary School	Dubuque Comm	8.5%	29	340
George Washington Middle School	Dubuque Comm	4.3%	26	607
Hoover Elementary School	Dubuque Comm	9.8%	26	264
Marshall Elementary School	Dubuque Comm	7.1%	22	309
Audubon Elementary School	Dubuque Comm	8.6%	21	243
Eleanor Roosevelt Middle School	Dubuque Comm	1.2%	13	1,063
Lincoln Elementary School	Dubuque Comm	4.8%	11	230
John Kennedy Elementary School	Dubuque Comm	1.8%	9	495
Irving Elementary School	Dubuque Comm	1.9%	7	377
Carver Elementary School	Dubuque Comm	1%	5	477
Eisenhower Elementary School	Dubuque Comm	0.7%	4	568
Sageville Elementary School	Dubuque Comm	1.1%	3	285
Bryant Elementary School	Dubuque Comm	1%	3	293
Table Mound Elementary School	Dubuque Comm	0.5%	2	382
Dubuque Online School	Dubuque Comm	0.4%	1	242
Cascade Junior-Senior High School	Western Dubuque Comm	0.3%	1	381
Western Dubuque High School	Western Dubuque Comm	0.1%	1	897
Cascade Elementary School	Western Dubuque Comm	0%	0	257
Drexler Middle School	Western Dubuque Comm	0%	0	658
Epworth Elementary School	Western Dubuque Comm	0%	0	335
Farley Elementary School	Western Dubuque Comm	0%	0	238
Peosta Elementary School	Western Dubuque Comm	0%	0	387