Des Moines Sun

There were 117 Hawaiian or Pacific Islander students enrolled in Polk County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 3.5% more than the previous year, according to the Iowa Department of Education.

Data showed that Polk County welcomed 74,753 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, Hawaiian or Pacific Islander students comprised 0.2% of the student body to be the least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 125 schools in the county, Roosevelt High School recorded the highest enrollment of Hawaiian or Pacific Islander students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of seven 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
Roosevelt High School	Des Moines Independent Comm	0.3%	7	2,039
East High School	Des Moines Independent Comm	0.3%	6	2,014
Willowbrook Elementary School	Southeast Polk Comm	1.2%	6	490
Callanan Middle School	Des Moines Independent Comm	0.9%	5	543
Four Mile Elementary School	Southeast Polk Comm	1.1%	5	440
Southeast Polk High School	Southeast Polk Comm	0.2%	5	2,294
North High School	Des Moines Independent Comm	0.3%	4	1,514
Greenwood Elementary School	Des Moines Independent Comm	1.6%	4	249
Cattell Elementary School	Des Moines Independent Comm	1%	3	308
Urbandale Middle School	Urbandale Comm	0.3%	3	869
Garton Elementary School	Des Moines Independent Comm	0.7%	3	429
Morris Elementary School	Bondurant-Farrar Comm	0.6%	3	475
Olmsted Elementary School	Urbandale Comm	0.5%	3	566
Southeast Polk Junior High School	Southeast Polk Comm	0.3%	3	1,106
Monroe Elementary School	Des Moines Independent Comm	0.8%	3	377
Altoona Elementary School	Southeast Polk Comm	0.8%	3	392
Samuelson Elementary School	Des Moines Independent Comm	0.8%	3	384
Hoyt Middle School	Des Moines Independent Comm	0.4%	2	486
Lincoln High School	Des Moines Independent Comm	0.1%	2	2,441
Lovejoy Elementary School	Des Moines Independent Comm	0.5%	2	412
Harding Middle School	Des Moines Independent Comm	0.3%	2	634
Merrill Middle School	Des Moines Independent Comm	0.3%	2	651
Goodrell Middle School	Des Moines Independent Comm	0.4%	2	493
Findley Elementary School	Des Moines Independent Comm	0.7%	2	284
Pleasant Hill Elementary School	Des Moines Independent Comm	0.9%	2	211
Timber Ridge Elementary School	Johnston Comm	0.3%	2	663
Beaver Creek Elementary School	Johnston Comm	0.4%	2	564
Brubaker Elementary School	Des Moines Independent Comm	0.3%	2	618
Ankeny Centennial High School	Ankeny Comm	0.1%	2	1,466
Southeast Elementary School	Ankeny Comm	0.4%	2	557
Bondurant-Farrar Junior High School	Bondurant-Farrar Comm	0.5%	2	408
Bondurant-Farrar High School	Bondurant-Farrar Comm	0.2%	2	804
Anderson Elementary School	Bondurant-Farrar Comm	0.4%	2	522
Prairie Ridge Middle School	Ankeny Comm	0.1%	1	1,008
Rock Creek Elementary School	Ankeny Comm	0.1%	1	733
Jefferson Elementary School	Des Moines Independent Comm	0.3%	1	306
Jackson Elementary School	Des Moines Independent Comm	0.2%	1	435
Ruby Van Meter	Des Moines Independent Comm	0.9%	1	112
Spring Creek - 6th Grade	Southeast Polk Comm	0.2%	1	544
Ankeny High School	Ankeny Comm	0.1%	1	1,346
Hiatt Middle School	Des Moines Independent Comm	0.2%	1	466
Valley High School	West Des Moines Comm	0%	1	2,111
Stowe Elementary School	Des Moines Independent Comm	0.3%	1	311
Heritage Elementary School	Dallas Center-Grimes Comm	0.3%	1	350
North Ridge Elementary School	Dallas Center-Grimes Comm	0.2%	1	423
Edmunds Elementary School	Des Moines Independent Comm	0.3%	1	286
Oak Park	Des Moines Independent Comm	0.3%	1	309
Parkview Middle School	Ankeny Comm	0.1%	1	875
Carver Elementary School	Des Moines Independent Comm	0.3%	1	379
Westridge Elementary School	West Des Moines Comm	0%	0	710
Western Hills Elementary School	West Des Moines Comm	0%	0	542
North Polk West Elementary School	North Polk Comm	0%	0	356
Walnut Creek Campus	West Des Moines Comm	0%	0	165
Cornell Elementary School	Saydel Comm	0%	0	472
Webster Elementary School	Urbandale Comm	0%	0	453
North Polk Middle School	North Polk Comm	0%	0	493
North Polk High School	North Polk Comm	0%	0	647
North Polk Central Elementary School	North Polk Comm	0%	0	346
Big Creek Elementary School	North Polk Comm	0%	0	337
Summit Middle School	Johnston Comm	0%	0	1,135
Lawson Elementary School	Johnston Comm	0%	0	595
Johnston Senior High School	Johnston Comm	0%	0	1,771
Johnston Middle School	Johnston Comm	0%	0	1,200
Horizon Elementary School	Johnston Comm	0%	0	673
Clive Learning Academy	West Des Moines Comm	0%	0	483
Urbandale High School	Urbandale Comm	0%	0	1,310
Crestview School of Inquiry	West Des Moines Comm	0%	0	496
Rolling Green Elementary School	Urbandale Comm	0%	0	244
Crossroads Park Elementary School	West Des Moines Comm	0%	0	539
Fairmeadows Elementary School	West Des Moines Comm	0%	0	514
Hillside Elementary School	West Des Moines Comm	0%	0	546
Indian Hills Junior High School	West Des Moines Comm	0%	0	653
Runnells Elementary School	Southeast Polk Comm	0%	0	249
Mitchellville Elementary School	Southeast Polk Comm	0%	0	215
Delaware Elementary School	Southeast Polk Comm	0%	0	395
Jordan Creek Elementary School	West Des Moines Comm	0%	0	591
Stilwell Junior High School	West Des Moines Comm	0%	0	644
Clay Elementary School	Southeast Polk Comm	0%	0	615
Centennial Elementary School	Southeast Polk Comm	0%	0	372
Valley Southwoods	West Des Moines Comm	0%	0	744
Woodside Middle School	Saydel Comm	0%	0	376
Saydel High School	Saydel Comm	0%	0	440
Henry a Wallace Elementary School	Johnston Comm	0%	0	622
Hubbell Elementary School	Des Moines Independent Comm	0%	0	383
Howe Elementary School	Des Moines Independent Comm	0%	0	303
Hoover High School	Des Moines Independent Comm	0%	0	923
Hillis Elementary School	Des Moines Independent Comm	0%	0	291
Hanawalt Elementary School	Des Moines Independent Comm	0%	0	317
Downtown School	Des Moines Independent Comm	0%	0	235
Cowles Elementary School	Des Moines Independent Comm	0%	0	320
Capitol View Elementary School	Des Moines Independent Comm	0%	0	509
Brody Middle School	Des Moines Independent Comm	0%	0	598
South Prairie Elementary School	Dallas Center-Grimes Comm	0%	0	455
Bondurant - Farrar Intermediate School	Bondurant-Farrar Comm	0%	0	428
Westwood Elementary School	Ankeny Comm	0%	0	615
Southview Middle School	Ankeny Comm	0%	0	881
Prairie Trail Elementary School	Ankeny Comm	0%	0	542
Northwest Elementary School	Ankeny Comm	0%	0	346
Northview Middle School	Ankeny Comm	0%	0	1,021
Northeast Elementary School	Ankeny Comm	0%	0	631
Heritage Elementary School	Ankeny Comm	0%	0	599
East Elementary School	Ankeny Comm	0%	0	412
Crocker Elementary School	Ankeny Comm	0%	0	514
Ashland Ridge Elementary School	Ankeny Comm	0%	0	768
Horizon Science Academy Des Moines	Horizon Science Academy	0%	0	79
Wright Elementary School	Des Moines Independent Comm	0%	0	244
Windsor Elementary School	Des Moines Independent Comm	0%	0	267
Willard Elementary School	Des Moines Independent Comm	0%	0	282
Weeks Middle School	Des Moines Independent Comm	0%	0	668
Walnut Street School	Des Moines Independent Comm	0%	0	207
Virtual Campus	Des Moines Independent Comm	0%	0	387
Studebaker Elementary School	Des Moines Independent Comm	0%	0	553
South Union Elementary School	Des Moines Independent Comm	0%	0	424
River Woods Elementary School	Des Moines Independent Comm	0%	0	505
Phillips Elementary School	Des Moines Independent Comm	0%	0	254
Perkins Elementary School	Des Moines Independent Comm	0%	0	444
Park Ave Elementary School	Des Moines Independent Comm	0%	0	408
Moulton Elementary School	Des Moines Independent Comm	0%	0	434
Morris Elementary School	Des Moines Independent Comm	0%	0	498
Moore Elementary School	Des Moines Independent Comm	0%	0	298
Meredith Middle School	Des Moines Independent Comm	0%	0	653
McKinley Elementary School	Des Moines Independent Comm	0%	0	253
McCombs Middle School	Des Moines Independent Comm	0%	0	644
Madison Elementary School	Des Moines Independent Comm	0%	0	247
King Elementary School	Des Moines Independent Comm	0%	0	273