River Bend Times

There were 25,839 students enrolled in Scott County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 2.4% less than the previous year, according to the Iowa Department of Education.

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 51.1% identified as male, 48.8% as female, and 0.1% identified themselves as non-binary or did not specify their gender.

Data also showed that white students made up 62% of the student body, the largest percentage in Scott County schools, followed by Black students with 13.6%, 11.9% Hispanic, 8.5% multiracial, 3.7% Asian, 0.2% Native American and 0.1% Hawaiian or Pacific Islander.

Pleasant Valley High School had the highest enrollment among Scott County’s 46 schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 1,679 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.

Rank	School name	School district	Total enrollment in 2022-23	Total enrollment in 2023-24	% change
1	Pleasant Valley High School	Pleasant Valley Comm	1,658	1,679	1.3%
2	Bettendorf High School	Bettendorf Comm	1,482	1,485	0.2%
3	West High School	Davenport Comm	1,469	1,442	-1.8%
4	Central High School	Davenport Comm	1,505	1,431	-4.9%
5	North High School	Davenport Comm	1,352	1,303	-3.6%
6	North Scott High School	North Scott Comm	1,059	1,048	-1%
7	Bettendorf Middle School	Bettendorf Comm	987	961	-2.6%
8	Pleasant Valley Junior High School	Pleasant Valley Comm	856	898	4.9%
9	Pleasant View Elementary School	Pleasant Valley Comm	659	654	-0.8%
10	Hopewell Elementary School	Pleasant Valley Comm	647	640	-1.1%
11	Riverdale Heights Elementary School	Pleasant Valley Comm	629	623	-1%
12	Adams Elementary School	Davenport Comm	511	585	14.5%
13	Wilson Elementary School	Davenport Comm	433	565	30.5%
14	Edward White Elementary School	North Scott Comm	541	553	2.2%
14	North Scott Junior High School	North Scott Comm	541	553	2.2%
16	Harrison Elementary School	Davenport Comm	508	539	6.1%
17	Eisenhower Elementary School	Davenport Comm	508	519	2.2%
18	McKinley Elementary School	Davenport Comm	413	517	25.2%
19	Sudlow Intermediate School	Davenport Comm	524	503	-4%
20	Truman Elementary School	Davenport Comm	319	499	56.4%
21	Garfield Elementary School	Davenport Comm	431	484	12.3%
22	Jefferson Elementary School	Davenport Comm	460	466	1.3%
23	Cody Elementary School	Pleasant Valley Comm	457	444	-2.8%
24	Alan Shepard Elementary School	North Scott Comm	451	439	-2.7%
25	Hayes Elementary School	Davenport Comm	339	433	27.7%
26	Wood Intermediate School	Davenport Comm	438	426	-2.7%
27	Fillmore Elementary School	Davenport Comm	401	423	5.5%
28	Paul Norton Elementary School	Bettendorf Comm	426	417	-2.1%
29	Grant Wood Elementary School	Bettendorf Comm	410	400	-2.4%
30	Jackson Elementary School	Davenport Comm	368	395	7.3%
31	Mark Twain Elementary School	Bettendorf Comm	384	381	-0.8%
32	Herbert Hoover Elementary School	Bettendorf Comm	405	377	-6.9%
33	Madison Elementary School	Davenport Comm	379	375	-1.1%
34	Williams Intermediate School	Davenport Comm	423	372	-12.1%
35	Forest Grove Elementary School	Pleasant Valley Comm	328	353	7.6%
36	Neil Armstrong Elementary School	North Scott Comm	345	337	-2.3%
37	Blue Grass Elementary School	Davenport Comm	322	325	0.9%
38	Bridgeview Elementary School	Pleasant Valley Comm	305	289	-5.2%
39	Frank L. Smart Intermediate School	Davenport Comm	313	273	-12.8%
40	Buffalo Elementary School	Davenport Comm	278	257	-7.6%
41	Neil Armstrong Elementary School	Bettendorf Comm	242	249	2.9%
42	Walcott Intermediate School	Davenport Comm	204	201	-1.5%
43	Mid City High School	Davenport Comm	160	195	21.9%
44	Walcott Elementary School	Davenport Comm	225	189	-16%
45	John Glenn Elementary School	North Scott Comm	192	184	-4.2%
46	Virgil Grissom Elementary School	North Scott Comm	176	158	-10.2%