West DSM News

There were 21,578 students enrolled in Dallas County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 1.3% more than the previous year, according to the Iowa Department of Education.

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 51.4% identified as male and 48.6% as female.

Data also showed that white students made up 73.7% of the student body, the largest percentage in Dallas County schools, followed by Hispanic students with 9.8%, 5.7% Black, 5.3% multiracial, 5.2% Asian, 0.2% Native American and 0.1% Hawaiian or Pacific Islander.

Northwest High School had the highest enrollment among Dallas County’s 37 schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 1,524 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	Northwest High School	Waukee Comm	1,427	1,524	6.8%
2	Waukee High School	Waukee Comm	1,268	1,345	6.1%
3	Prairieview School	Waukee Comm	1,039	1,078	3.8%
4	Dallas Center-Grimes High School	Dallas Center-Grimes Comm	978	1,027	5%
5	Timberline School	Waukee Comm	889	918	3.3%
6	South Middle School	Waukee Comm	909	913	0.4%
7	Perry Elementary School	Perry Comm	780	806	3.3%
8	Radiant Elementary School	Waukee Comm	682	789	15.7%
9	Waukee Elementary School	Waukee Comm	682	713	4.5%
10	Waukee Middle School	Waukee Comm	1,069	701	-34.4%
11	ADM Senior High School	Adel DeSoto Minburn Comm	651	682	4.8%
12	Sugar Creek Elementary School	Waukee Comm	623	675	8.3%
13	Grant Ragan Elementary School	Waukee Comm	620	662	6.8%
14	Brookview Elementary School	Waukee Comm	603	642	6.5%
15	Shuler Elementary School	Waukee Comm	658	640	-2.7%
16	Eason Elementary School	Waukee Comm	641	620	-3.3%
17	Walnut Hills Elementary School	Waukee Comm	625	590	-5.6%
18	Perry High School	Perry Comm	564	589	4.4%
19	Woodland Hills Elementary School	Waukee Comm	537	569	6%
20	DC-G Oak View	Dallas Center-Grimes Comm	578	565	-2.2%
21	Dallas Center-Grimes Middle School	Dallas Center-Grimes Comm	527	537	1.9%
22	Meadow View Elementary School	Adel DeSoto Minburn Comm	520	523	0.6%
23	Van Meter Elementary School	Van Meter Comm	508	517	1.8%
24	Maple Grove Elementary School	Waukee Comm	439	439	0%
25	Perry Middle School	Perry Comm	367	369	0.5%
25	Woodward-Granger Elementary School	Woodward-Granger Comm	349	369	5.7%
27	ADM Middle School	Adel DeSoto Minburn Comm	343	344	0.3%
28	Adel Elementary School	Adel DeSoto Minburn Comm	343	340	-0.9%
29	DeSoto Intermediate School	Adel DeSoto Minburn Comm	347	333	-4%
30	Van Meter High School	Van Meter Comm	292	305	4.5%
31	Woodward-Granger High School	Woodward-Granger Comm	260	266	2.3%
32	Van Meter Middle School	Van Meter Comm	227	241	6.2%
33	Woodward-Granger Middle School	Woodward-Granger Comm	208	220	5.8%
34	West Central Valley Middle School	West Central Valley Comm	184	189	2.7%
35	Dexter Elementary School	West Central Valley Comm	181	181	0%
36	Dallas Center Elementary	Dallas Center-Grimes Comm	199	179	-10.1%
37	Woodward-Granger Early Learning Center	Woodward-Granger Comm	185	178	-3.8%