North Iowa Reporter

There were 35 Black students enrolled in Bremer County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 30% less than the previous year, according to the Iowa Department of Education.

Data showed that Bremer County welcomed 4,647 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 0.8% of the student body to be the fourth represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 17 schools in the county, Waverly-Shell Rock Middle School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 12 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
Waverly-Shell Rock Middle School	Waverly-Shell Rock Comm	1.7%	12	696
Waverly-Shell Rock Senior High School	Waverly-Shell Rock Comm	0.9%	7	746
Southeast Elementary School	Waverly-Shell Rock Comm	1.8%	3	167
Margaretta Carey Elementary School	Waverly-Shell Rock Comm	1.3%	3	238
Readlyn Elementary School	Wapsie Valley Comm	2.8%	3	109
Durant Elementary School	Sumner-Fredericksburg Comm	1.2%	2	171
Greenview Alternative School	Waverly-Shell Rock Comm	2.7%	1	37
Wapsie Valley High School	Wapsie Valley Comm	0.3%	1	293
Tripoli Middle/Senior High School	Tripoli Comm	0.6%	1	172
Sumner-Fredericksburg High School	Sumner-Fredericksburg Comm	0.4%	1	245
Denver Middle School	Denver Comm	0.5%	1	220
Tripoli Elementary School	Tripoli Comm	0%	0	187
Janesville Junior-Senior High School	Janesville Consolidated	0%	0	226
Janesville Elementary School	Janesville Consolidated	0%	0	200
K-5 Elementary School Lincoln Street Building	Denver Comm	0%	0	442
Denver Senior High School	Denver Comm	0%	0	273
West Cedar Elementary School	Waverly-Shell Rock Comm	0%	0	225