Waterloo Comm School District
Public school district based in Waterloo, Iowa. NCES district ID 1930480; state ID IA-076795 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
18
Enrollment (sum of schools)Definition
10,484
Teachers (FTE, sum of schools)Definition
765.2
Students per teacher FTEDefinition
13.7
Charter schoolsDefinition
0
Enrollment by grade
| Group | Students | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-Kindergarten | 421 | |
| Kindergarten | 843 | |
| Grade 1 | 790 | |
| Grade 2 | 735 | |
| Grade 3 | 769 | |
| Grade 4 | 693 | |
| Grade 5 | 748 | |
| Grade 6 | 758 | |
| Grade 7 | 753 | |
| Grade 8 | 752 | |
| Grade 9 | 1,140 | |
| Grade 10 | 815 | |
| Grade 11 | 712 | |
| Grade 12 | 555 |
Students by race/ethnicity
| Group | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| American Indian or Alaska Native | Suppressed | |
| Asian | 3.2% | |
| Black or African American | 28.8% | |
| Hispanic/Latino | 14.5% | |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 4.5% | |
| Two or more races | 10.7% | |
| White | 38.4% | |
| Not Specified | Suppressed |
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 | Suppressed | |
| Male | 100.0% | |
| Not Specified | Suppressed |
Schools in this district
Sorted by enrollment (a size measure, not a ranking). Locale mix: City 15, Suburb 2, Rural 1.
| School | Grades | Type | Students | Teacher FTE | Students / FTE | Locale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West High School Waterloo | 9–12 | Regular | 1,696 | 100.7 | 16.8 | City: Small |
| East High School Waterloo | 9–12 | Regular | 1,016 | 61.9 | 16.4 | City: Small |
| Hoover Middle School Waterloo | 6–8 | Regular | 848 | 56.8 | 14.9 | City: Small |
| Kittrell Elementary School Waterloo | PK–5 | Regular | 576 | 46.4 | 12.4 | City: Small |
| Expo Alternative Learning Center Waterloo | 6–12 | Alternative | 561 | 35.1 | 16 | City: Small |
| Lowell Elementary School Waterloo | PK–5 | Regular | 538 | 42.2 | 12.8 | City: Small |
| Orange Elementary School Waterloo | PK–5 | Regular | 518 | 37.9 | 13.7 | Rural: Fringe |
| Fred Becker Elementary School Waterloo | PK–5 | Regular | 501 | 38.2 | 13.1 | City: Small |
| Central Middle School Waterloo | 6–8 | Regular | 469 | 35.1 | 13.4 | City: Small |
| Lincoln Elementary School Waterloo | PK–5 | Regular | 463 | 38.4 | 12.1 | City: Small |
| Lou Henry Elementary School Waterloo | K–5 | Regular | 460 | 38.0 | 12.1 | City: Small |
| George Washington Carver Academy Waterloo | 6–8 | Regular | 455 | 33.3 | 13.7 | City: Small |
| Highland Elementary School Waterloo | PK–5 | Regular | 448 | 37.5 | 11.9 | City: Small |
| Cunningham School Waterloo | PK–5 | Regular | 443 | 34.9 | 12.7 | City: Small |
| Bunger Middle School Evansdale | 6–8 | Regular | 440 | 35.1 | 12.5 | Suburb: Midsize |
| Poyner Elementary Evansdale | PK–5 | Regular | 362 | 31.4 | 11.5 | Suburb: Midsize |
| Irving Elementary School Waterloo | K–5 | Regular | 353 | 33.5 | 10.5 | City: Small |
| Kingsley Elementary School Waterloo | K–5 | Regular | 337 | 29.0 | 11.6 | 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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