River Bend Times

There were 3,502 Black students enrolled in Scott County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 0.1% more than the previous year, according to the Iowa Department of Education.

Data showed that Scott County welcomed 25,839 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 13.6% of the student body to be the second represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 46 schools in the county, North High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 331 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 Black Students	Black Students Count	Total School Enrollment
North High School	Davenport Comm	25.4%	331	1,303
Central High School	Davenport Comm	22.6%	324	1,431
West High School	Davenport Comm	13.9%	201	1,442
Jefferson Elementary School	Davenport Comm	36.3%	169	466
McKinley Elementary School	Davenport Comm	29.8%	154	517
Adams Elementary School	Davenport Comm	25.3%	148	585
Fillmore Elementary School	Davenport Comm	33.1%	140	423
Madison Elementary School	Davenport Comm	36.5%	137	375
Truman Elementary School	Davenport Comm	26.3%	131	499
Sudlow Intermediate School	Davenport Comm	25.6%	129	503
Garfield Elementary School	Davenport Comm	26.4%	128	484
Eisenhower Elementary School	Davenport Comm	24.3%	126	519
Harrison Elementary School	Davenport Comm	23%	124	539
Wood Intermediate School	Davenport Comm	28.2%	120	426
Bettendorf High School	Bettendorf Comm	7.9%	118	1,485
Wilson Elementary School	Davenport Comm	17.2%	97	565
Bettendorf Middle School	Bettendorf Comm	9.8%	94	961
Williams Intermediate School	Davenport Comm	21.8%	81	372
Jackson Elementary School	Davenport Comm	20%	79	395
Grant Wood Elementary School	Bettendorf Comm	19%	76	400
Frank L. Smart Intermediate School	Davenport Comm	25.6%	70	273
Hayes Elementary School	Davenport Comm	13.4%	58	433
Pleasant Valley High School	Pleasant Valley Comm	3.3%	56	1,679
Riverdale Heights Elementary School	Pleasant Valley Comm	7.9%	49	623
Mid City High School	Davenport Comm	25.1%	49	195
Mark Twain Elementary School	Bettendorf Comm	11%	42	381
Neil Armstrong Elementary School	North Scott Comm	12.5%	42	337
Herbert Hoover Elementary School	Bettendorf Comm	9%	34	377
Neil Armstrong Elementary School	Bettendorf Comm	12%	30	249
Pleasant Valley Junior High School	Pleasant Valley Comm	3.2%	29	898
North Scott High School	North Scott Comm	2.4%	25	1,048
Hopewell Elementary School	Pleasant Valley Comm	2.7%	17	640
Paul Norton Elementary School	Bettendorf Comm	3.8%	16	417
North Scott Junior High School	North Scott Comm	2.5%	14	553
Edward White Elementary School	North Scott Comm	2.4%	13	553
Cody Elementary School	Pleasant Valley Comm	2.3%	10	444
Forest Grove Elementary School	Pleasant Valley Comm	2.5%	9	353
Pleasant View Elementary School	Pleasant Valley Comm	1.2%	8	654
Bridgeview Elementary School	Pleasant Valley Comm	2.8%	8	289
Buffalo Elementary School	Davenport Comm	2.3%	6	257
Alan Shepard Elementary School	North Scott Comm	1.4%	6	439
Walcott Elementary School	Davenport Comm	1.6%	3	189
Walcott Intermediate School	Davenport Comm	0.5%	1	201
Virgil Grissom Elementary School	North Scott Comm	0%	0	158
John Glenn Elementary School	North Scott Comm	0%	0	184
Blue Grass Elementary School	Davenport Comm	0%	0	325