Public schools in Council Bluffs, IA

Council Bluffs has 17 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 3 high, 3 middle, 11 elementary, enrolling 11,022 students. They are run by 2 districts and agencies; Council Bluffs Comm School District runs 13 of them.

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: schools open that year with enrollment · method

The 2 districts and agencies that run Council Bluffs's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in Council BluffsDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Council Bluffs Comm School District138,784$15,071
Lewis Central Community School District43,022$12,259

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

3 high schools in Council Bluffs, 3,499 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Abraham Lincoln High School1,33315.342.8%Council Bluffs Comm
Thomas Jefferson High School1,14617.449.7%Council Bluffs Comm
Lewis Central Senior High School1,02017.427.4%Lewis Central Community

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

3 middle schools in Council Bluffs, 2,488 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Gerald W Kirn Middle School91315.545.9%Council Bluffs Comm
Woodrow Wilson Middle School85513.854.4%Council Bluffs Comm
Lewis Central Middle School72015.732.9%Lewis Central Community

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

11 elementary schools in Council Bluffs, 5,035 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Titan Hill Intermediate School90117.434.1%Lewis Central Community
E A Kreft Primary School50214.633.5%Lewis Central Community
College View Elementary48815.727.7%Council Bluffs Comm
Roosevelt Elementary School45513.341.3%Council Bluffs Comm
Longfellow Elementary School43113.941.3%Council Bluffs Comm
Franklin Elementary School42113.542.8%Council Bluffs Comm
Hoover Elementary School40114.235.7%Council Bluffs Comm
Bloomer Elementary School39613.142.7%Council Bluffs Comm
Rue Elementary School38515.341.3%Council Bluffs Comm
Edison Elementary School38414.243.0%Council Bluffs Comm
One more elementary school
SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Lewis & Clark Elementary School27115.931.7%Council Bluffs Comm

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Council Bluffs's public schools compare with Iowa's

The median Council Bluffs school has 15.3 students per full-time teacher, more than the Iowa median of 13.7. 47% of its schools ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, against 19% across the state. Its median school enrolls 488 students (state 312).

Council Bluffs against Iowa, schools open in 2024-25 with students
Council BluffsIowa
Median students per teacher15.313.7
Median school size (students)488312
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)47%19%
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)76%19%
Charter schools0%0.3%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 17 Council Bluffs schools and the 1,290 Iowa schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Council Bluffs

  1. Council Bluffs Comm School DistrictRuns 13 of Council Bluffs's 17 public schools and spent $15,071 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$15,071
  2. Abraham Lincoln High School, the largest high school in Council Bluffs1,333 students in 2024-25, 15.3 per teacher.1,333
  3. Compare Council Bluffs Comm School District with Lewis Central Community School DistrictCouncil Bluffs's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in IowaIowa's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for a Council Bluffs addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in Iowa

  1. Des Moines64 schools
  2. Cedar Rapids38 schools
  3. Davenport23 schools
  4. Sioux City21 schools
  5. Dubuque18 schools
  6. Ankeny17 schools
  7. Iowa City17 schools
  8. Waterloo16 schools

Questions about schools in Council Bluffs

  1. How many public schools are in Council Bluffs, IA?
    17 public schools with an address in Council Bluffs were open in 2024-25: 3 high, 3 middle, 11 elementary, enrolling 11,022 students.
  2. What is the largest high school in Council Bluffs?
    Abraham Lincoln High School, with 1,333 students in 2024-25 (Council Bluffs Comm School District).
  3. Which districts run Council Bluffs's schools?
    Council Bluffs Comm School District (13 schools), Lewis Central Community School District (4 schools). A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25

Compiled from official source data by .