Iowa City Comm School District
Public school district based in Iowa City, Iowa. NCES district ID 1914700; state ID IA-523141 000.
District totals on this page are sums of the school records in the 2024–25 Common Core of Data. They can differ from totals the district reports itself, which may include students or staff not assigned to a school. Why.
Operating schoolsDefinition
28
Enrollment (sum of schools)Definition
14,960
Teachers (FTE, sum of schools)Definition
1,071.6
Students per teacher FTEDefinition
14.0
Charter schoolsDefinition
0
Enrollment by grade
| Group | Students | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-Kindergarten | 545 | |
| Kindergarten | 992 | |
| Grade 1 | 1,038 | |
| Grade 2 | 1,023 | |
| Grade 3 | 1,105 | |
| Grade 4 | 1,099 | |
| Grade 5 | 1,063 | |
| Grade 6 | 1,096 | |
| Grade 7 | 1,108 | |
| Grade 8 | 1,139 | |
| Grade 9 | 1,227 | |
| Grade 10 | 1,150 | |
| Grade 11 | 1,164 | |
| Grade 12 | 1,211 |
Students by race/ethnicity
| Group | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 0.1% | |
| Asian | 4.7% | |
| Black or African American | 24.2% | |
| Hispanic/Latino | 14.1% | |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0.2% | |
| Two or more races | 6.1% | |
| White | 50.0% | |
| Not Specified | 0.4% |
Race/ethnicity categories are those states report to NCES. Shares describe the district as a whole, not any one school or student.
Students by sex
| Group | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Female | 47.9% | |
| Male | 51.6% | |
| Not Specified | 0.4% |
Schools in this district
Sorted by enrollment (a size measure, not a ranking). Locale mix: City 15, Suburb 12, Rural 1.
| School | Grades | Type | Students | Teacher FTE | Students / FTE | Locale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa City High School Iowa City | 9–12 | Regular | 1,666 | 101.6 | 16.4 | City: Small |
| West Senior High School Iowa City | 9–12 | Regular | 1,514 | 94.5 | 16 | City: Small |
| Liberty High School North Liberty | 9–12 | Regular | 1,286 | 77.2 | 16.7 | Suburb: Midsize |
| Southeast Middle School Iowa City | 6–8 | Regular | 1,269 | 82.9 | 15.3 | City: Small |
| Northwest Middle School Coralville | 6–8 | Regular | 1,113 | 77.5 | 14.4 | Suburb: Midsize |
| North Central Middle School North Liberty | 6–8 | Regular | 925 | 63.5 | 14.6 | Suburb: Midsize |
| Penn Elementary School North Liberty | PK–5 | Regular | 512 | 33.2 | 15.4 | Suburb: Midsize |
| Herbert Hoover Elementary School Iowa City | PK–5 | Regular | 464 | 36.1 | 12.9 | City: Small |
| Weber Elementary Iowa City | PK–5 | Regular | 456 | 42.3 | 10.8 | City: Small |
| Ernest Horn Elementary School Iowa City | PK–5 | Regular | 453 | 33.2 | 13.6 | Suburb: Midsize |
| Alexander Elementary Iowa City | PK–5 | Regular | 436 | 38.3 | 11.4 | Rural: Fringe |
| Christine Grant Elementary North Liberty | PK–5 | Regular | 426 | 32.1 | 13.3 | Suburb: Midsize |
| Norman Borlaug Elementary School Coralville | PK–5 | Regular | 405 | 31.7 | 12.8 | Suburb: Midsize |
| James Van Allen Elementary School North Liberty | PK–5 | Regular | 376 | 25.6 | 14.7 | Suburb: Midsize |
| Buford Garner Elementary North Liberty | PK–5 | Regular | 344 | 25.5 | 13.5 | Suburb: Midsize |
| Central Elementary School Coralville | PK–5 | Regular | 343 | 30.0 | 11.4 | Suburb: Midsize |
| Helen Lemme Elementary School Iowa City | PK–5 | Regular | 340 | 24.6 | 13.8 | City: Small |
| Longfellow Elementary School Iowa City | PK–5 | Regular | 325 | 29.9 | 10.9 | City: Small |
| Wickham Elementary Coralville | PK–5 | Regular | 315 | 20.6 | 15.3 | Suburb: Midsize |
| Grant Wood Elementary School Iowa City | PK–5 | Regular | 306 | 28.1 | 10.9 | City: Small |
| Kirkwood Elementary School Coralville | PK–5 | Regular | 270 | 27.1 | 10 | Suburb: Midsize |
| Robert Lucas Elementary School Iowa City | PK–5 | Regular | 245 | 18.1 | 13.5 | City: Small |
| Lincoln Elementary School Iowa City | PK–5 | Regular | 217 | 15.1 | 14.4 | City: Small |
| Mark Twain Elementary Iowa City | PK–5 | Regular | 213 | 22.1 | 9.6 | City: Small |
| Horace Mann Elementary School Iowa City | PK–5 | Regular | 207 | 18.1 | 11.4 | City: Small |
| Bohumil Shimek Elementary School Iowa City | PK–5 | Regular | 181 | 16.0 | 11.3 | City: Small |
| Elizabeth Tate Alt. High School Iowa City | 9–12 | Alternative | 180 | 19.0 | 9.5 | City: Small |
| ICCSD Online Learning Program Iowa City | K–12 | Regular | 173 | 8.0 | 21.8 | City: Small |
Finance and graduation rates
District finance (NCES F-33, fiscal year 2023) and four-year graduation rates (ED Data Express, 2022–23) are being added. They will appear here with their own reporting years. See School Finance and Education Outcomes.
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Sources for this page
- NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), School Directory 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_029_2425_w_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES CCD School Membership 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_052_2425_l_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES CCD School Staff 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_059_2425_l_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES EDGE Public School Geocodes 2024–25. File
EDGE_GEOCODE_PUBLICSCH_2425.zip, last checked 2026-11-06.
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