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Keokuk County: 2.5% less students were enrolled in 2023-24 school year

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McKenzie Snow, Director of Iowa Department of Education | https://educate.iowa.gov/about

McKenzie Snow, Director of Iowa Department of Education | https://educate.iowa.gov/about

There were 1,015 students enrolled in Keokuk 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, 52.7% identified as male, 47.2% as female, and 0.1% identified themselves as non-binary or did not specify their gender.

Data also showed that white students made up 93% of the student body, the largest percentage in Keokuk County schools, followed by Hispanic students with 3.7%, 1.9% multiracial, 1.3% Black and 0.1% Asian.

Sigourney Elementary School had the highest enrollment among Keokuk County’s six schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 290 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.

Enrollment in Keokuk County Schools Over 6 Years

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Breakdown of Student Enrollment in Keokuk County

RankSchool nameSchool districtTotal enrollment in 2022-23Total enrollment in 2023-24% change
1Sigourney Elementary SchoolSigourney Comm2872901%
2Sigourney Junior-Senior High SchoolSigourney Comm2702700%
3Keota Elementary SchoolKeota Comm160148-7.5%
4Keota High SchoolKeota Comm1331383.8%
5Tri-County Junior-Senior High SchoolTri-County Comm10786-19.6%
6Tri-County Elementary SchoolTri-County Comm8483-1.2%

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