East Central Iowa News

There were 5,301 students enrolled in Jasper County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 2.5% less than the previous year, according to the Iowa Department of Education.

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 52% identified as male and 48% as female.

Data also showed that white students made up 87.1% of the student body, the largest percentage in Jasper County schools, followed by Hispanic students with 5.9%, 4.1% multiracial, 1.8% Black, 0.6% Asian, 0.4% Native American and 0.2% Hawaiian or Pacific Islander.

Berg Middle School had the highest enrollment among Jasper County’s 18 schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 823 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.

Rank	School name	School district	Total enrollment in 2022-23	Total enrollment in 2023-24	% change
1	Berg Middle School	Newton Comm	841	823	-2.1%
2	Newton Senior High School	Newton Comm	818	798	-2.4%
3	PCM High School	PCM Comm	357	344	-3.6%
4	Colfax-Mingo Elementary School	Colfax-Mingo Comm	325	340	4.6%
5	Colfax-Mingo Junior-Senior High School	Colfax-Mingo Comm	333	313	-6%
6	Prairie City Elementary School	PCM Comm	300	312	4%
7	Baxter High School	Baxter Comm	256	261	2%
8	Aurora Heights Elementary School	Newton Comm	268	260	-3%
9	Woodrow Wilson Elementary School	Newton Comm	272	258	-5.1%
10	Thomas Jefferson Elementary School	Newton Comm	245	243	-0.8%
11	PCM Middle School	PCM Comm	247	240	-2.8%
12	Lynnville-Sully Elementary School	Lynnville-Sully Comm	237	224	-5.5%
13	Emerson Hough Elementary School	Newton Comm	224	205	-8.5%
14	Baxter Elementary School	Baxter Comm	202	196	-3%
15	Lynnville-Sully High School	Lynnville-Sully Comm	166	156	-6%
16	Monroe Elementary School	PCM Comm	170	135	-20.6%
17	Lynnville-Sully Middle School	Lynnville-Sully Comm	117	128	9.4%
18	WEST Academy Alternative School	Newton Comm	61	65	6.6%