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Ranking / Iowa

Iowa school districts by enrollment

329 of the 18,050 school districts ranked nationally on this measure are in Iowa. The highest-placed is Des Moines Independent Comm School District, 217 in the country.

Ranks in this table are national. A rank recomputed inside one state would read as a different number for the same school district on its own page, which is how a ranking stops being a fact and becomes a page-level opinion.

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Iowa — ranked

Ordered by national rank; ties broken on how complete the record is.

Enrollment — top 20
  1. 1Des Moines Independent Comm School District30.7K students
  2. 2Cedar Rapids Comm School District15.6K students
  3. 3Sioux City Comm School District15K students
  4. 4Iowa City Comm School District14.8K students
  5. 5Davenport Comm School District14.1K students
  6. 6Waukee Comm School District13.1K students
  7. 7Ankeny Comm School District12.8K students
  8. 8Waterloo Comm School District10.6K students
  9. 9Dubuque Comm School District10.5K students
  10. 10West Des Moines Comm School District9,225 students
  11. 11Council Bluffs Comm School District8,784 students
  12. 12Linn-Mar Comm School District7,690 students
  13. 13Johnston Comm School District7,487 students
  14. 14Southeast Polk Comm School District7,397 students
  15. 15Cedar Falls Comm School District5,892 students
  16. 16Pleasant Valley Comm School District5,803 students
  17. 17College Comm School District5,740 students
  18. 18Marshalltown Comm School District5,190 students
  19. 19Ottumwa Comm School District4,990 students
  20. 20Muscatine Comm School District4,688 students
school districts ranked by Enrollment
#NameStateEnrollment
217thDes Moines Independent Comm School DistrictIA30,739
539thCedar Rapids Comm School DistrictIA15,564
562ndSioux City Comm School DistrictIA14,989
570thIowa City Comm School DistrictIA14,805
606thDavenport Comm School DistrictIA14,135
666thWaukee Comm School DistrictIA13,082
687thAnkeny Comm School DistrictIA12,750
850thWaterloo Comm School DistrictIA10,645
862ndDubuque Comm School DistrictIA10,518
1017thWest Des Moines Comm School DistrictIA9,225
1077thCouncil Bluffs Comm School DistrictIA8,784
1256thLinn-Mar Comm School DistrictIA7,690
1280thJohnston Comm School DistrictIA7,487
1293rdSoutheast Polk Comm School DistrictIA7,397
1640thCedar Falls Comm School Districttied with 1IA5,892
1674thPleasant Valley Comm School DistrictIA5,803
1689thCollege Comm School DistrictIA5,740
1888thMarshalltown Comm School Districttied with 1IA5,190
1970thOttumwa Comm School DistrictIA4,990
2105thMuscatine Comm School Districttied with 2IA4,688
2113thAmes Comm School Districttied with 1IA4,678
2134thBettendorf Comm School DistrictIA4,633
2304thUrbandale Comm School DistrictIA4,308
2644thDallas Center-Grimes Comm School Districttied with 2IA3,767
2667thWestern Dubuque Comm School DistrictIA3,742
2702ndFort Dodge Comm School DistrictIA3,676
2709thIndianola Comm School Districttied with 2IA3,665
2769thMason City Comm School Districttied with 2IA3,598
2788thNorwalk Comm School Districttied with 1IA3,574
2882ndNorth Scott Comm School Districttied with 1IA3,463
2900thClinton Comm School DistrictIA3,444
2998thBurlington Comm School Districttied with 1IA3,334
3245thClear Creek Amana Comm School Districttied with 2IA3,061
3291stLewis Central Comm School DistrictIA3,022
3440thStorm Lake Comm School Districttied with 1IA2,882
3466thNewton Comm School DistrictIA2,857
3616thBondurant-Farrar Comm School Districttied with 2IA2,731
3905thPella Comm School Districttied with 2IA2,491
4014thWaverly-Shell Rock Comm School Districttied with 1IA2,394
4047thCarlisle Comm School Districttied with 2IA2,369
4076thSpencer Comm School Districttied with 2IA2,341
4123rdLe Mars Comm School Districttied with 3IA2,309
4186thDenison Comm School DistrictIA2,264
4202ndAdel Desoto Minburn Comm School Districttied with 1IA2,254
4215thNorth Polk Comm School DistrictIA2,243
4232ndMarion Independent School Districttied with 2IA2,229
4431stOskaloosa Comm School Districttied with 2IA2,115
4505thGlenwood Comm School Districttied with 2IA2,071
4604thBoone Comm School Districttied with 1IA2,019
4682ndBallard Comm School Districttied with 1IA1,969
4899thMount Pleasant Comm School DistrictIA1,852
4940thFort Madison Comm School DistrictIA1,832
4947thWebster City Comm School Districttied with 1IA1,827
4981stPerry Comm School Districttied with 1IA1,812
5001stCarroll Comm School Districttied with 1IA1,803
5031stKeokuk Comm School Districttied with 4IA1,790
5164thSergeant Bluff-Luton Comm School Districttied with 1IA1,729
5172ndSioux Center Comm School Districttied with 3IA1,725
5215thBenton Comm School Districttied with 1IA1,702
5223rdGilbert Comm School Districttied with 2IA1,697
5264thWinterset Comm School DistrictIA1,683
5285thKnoxville Comm School DistrictIA1,674
5286thWashington Comm School Districttied with 1IA1,673
5324thDecorah Community School Districttied with 2IA1,663
5441stCentral Dewitt School Districttied with 4IA1,613
5467thAtlantic Comm School Districttied with 2IA1,603
5488thAlgona Comm School Districttied with 2IA1,592
5543rdGrinnell-Newburg Comm School Districttied with 9IA1,573
5598thMoc-Floyd Valley Comm School Districttied with 3IA1,559
5611thVinton-Shellsburg Comm School Districttied with 4IA1,555
5649thNevada Comm School Districttied with 2IA1,542
5652ndCharles City Comm School Districttied with 4IA1,541
5699thFairfield Comm School DistrictIA1,525
5703rdSolon Comm School Districttied with 2IA1,523
5722ndHumboldt Comm School DistrictIA1,516
5725thHarlan Comm School Districttied with 5IA1,514
5774thIndependence Comm School Districttied with 5IA1,496
5780thClear Lake Comm School Districttied with 1IA1,495
5806thSouth Tama Countytied with 3IA1,488
5815thClayton Ridge Comm School Districttied with 3IA1,485
5854thCenter Point-Urbana Comm School Districttied with 4IA1,466
5902ndMid-Prairie Comm School Districttied with 1IA1,446
5909thCreston Comm School Districttied with 3IA1,442
5913thCam Comm School Districttied with 1IA1,441
6019thMount Vernon Comm School Districttied with 4IA1,402
6084thWest Delaware County Comm School Districttied with 2IA1,380
6141stClarke Comm School Districttied with 1IA1,358
6143rdCenterville Comm School Districttied with 3IA1,357
6179thOelwein Comm School Districttied with 4IA1,345
6206thSaydel Comm School Districttied with 5IA1,337
6281stMaquoketa Comm School Districttied with 3IA1,314
6312thSpirit Lake Comm School Districttied with 6IA1,304
6332ndHampton-Dumont Comm School Districttied with 4IA1,298
6385thWest Liberty Comm School Districttied with 2IA1,284
6395thChariton Comm School Districttied with 3IA1,282
6411thIowa Falls Comm School Districttied with 3IA1,278
6439thWilliamsburg Comm School Districttied with 1IA1,269
6462ndDavis County Comm School Districttied with 1IA1,263
6477thGreene County Comm School Districttied with 3IA1,259
6509thCentral Lee Comm School Districttied with 2IA1,250

100 shown of 329 ranked.

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