Iowa Public Schools

Iowa is the #28 largest school system in the United States, serving 485,100 students across 1,437 public schools. There are 37 Blue Ribbon Schools, 7 charter schools, and 6 special education schools. The student ethnicity breakdown in the state is show below:

Student by Ethnicity

(IA) School Average
% American Indian		 1%
% Asian		 2%
% Hispanic		 9%
% Black		 5%
% White		 82%
Unknown		 1%

Iowa Public Schools by County

County
# High
# Middle
# Elementary
1. Adair County 3 1 3
2. Adams County 1 1 2
3. Allamakee County 3 2 5
4. Appanoose County 4 2 9
5. Audubon County 2 2 4
6. Benton County 3 2 7
7. Black Hawk County 8 8 23
8. Boone County 4 4 7
9. Bremer County 6 6 12
10. Buchanan County 5 3 13
11. Buena Vista County 5 5 6
12. Butler County 3 4 8
13. Calhoun County 3 - 4
14. Carroll County 4 3 5
15. Cass County 3 4 5
16. Cedar County 4 4 6
17. Cerro Gordo County 4 5 8
18. Cherokee County 4 3 5
19. Chickasaw County 3 2 3
20. Clarke County 3 1 2
21. Clay County 2 2 4
22. Clayton County 4 4 4
23. Clinton County 7 4 10
24. Crawford County 4 6 6
25. Dallas County 8 11 13
26. Davis County 2 1 1
27. Decatur County 3 2 4
28. Delaware County 2 2 5
29. Des Moines County 5 4 8
30. Dickinson County 3 4 5
31. Dubuque County 4 4 20
32. Emmet County 2 2 4
33. Fayette County 7 4 9
34. Floyd County 3 2 4
35. Franklin County 3 1 4
36. Fremont County 4 1 5
37. Greene County 3 3 5
38. Grundy County 4 2 4
39. Guthrie County 4 2 3
40. Hamilton County 4 2 5
41. Hancock County 4 2 3
42. Hardin County 3 3 7
43. Harrison County 5 2 5
44. Henry County 5 3 8
45. Howard County 3 2 6
46. Humboldt County 2 1 3
47. Ida County 2 1 3
48. Iowa County 4 - 6
49. Jackson County 6 3 8
50. Jasper County 6 6 8
51. Jefferson County 2 2 4
52. Johnson County 6 6 24
53. Jones County 4 4 7
54. Keokuk County 5 1 4
55. Kossuth County 2 4 6
56. Lee County 4 3 7
57. Linn County 16 20 48
58. Louisa County 3 3 4
59. Lucas County 1 1 2
60. Lyon County 3 3 4
61. Madison County 4 4 4
62. Mahaska County 2 1 4
63. Marion County 6 5 7
64. Marshall County 3 4 9
65. Mills County 3 2 4
66. Mitchell County 2 2 2
67. Monona County 3 2 6
68. Monroe County 1 1 3
69. Montgomery County 3 4 7
70. Muscatine County 3 3 11
71. Obrien County 3 2 3
72. Osceola County 1 1 1
73. Page County 6 3 5
74. Palo Alto County 4 2 4
75. Plymouth County 6 4 7
76. Pocahontas County 3 2 3
77. Polk County 23 28 93
78. Pottawattamie County 9 8 22
79. Poweshiek County 3 2 5
80. Ringgold County 2 1 3
81. Sac County 1 3 4
82. Scott County 7 10 40
83. Shelby County 2 1 4
84. Sioux County 5 4 8
85. Story County 7 8 14
86. Tama County 4 4 6
87. Taylor County 2 1 4
88. Union County 3 2 4
89. Van Buren County 2 1 3
90. Wapello County 3 2 13
91. Warren County 5 5 9
92. Washington County 5 4 7
93. Wayne County 2 - 4
94. Webster County 4 3 9
95. Winnebago County 4 3 3
96. Winneshiek County 2 3 5
97. Woodbury County 9 8 26
98. Worth County 2 - 2
99. Wright County 4 2 4

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