McKenzie Snow, Director of Iowa Department of Education | Ballotpedia
McKenzie Snow, Director of Iowa Department of Education | Ballotpedia
Of all the students welcomed at the time, 51% identified as male and 49% as female.
Data also showed that white students made up 88.1% of the student body, the largest percentage in Mahaska County schools, followed by multiracial students with 5%, 3.8% Hispanic, 1.6% Black, 1.3% Asian and 0.2% Native American.
Oskaloosa Elementary School had the highest enrollment among Mahaska County’s seven schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 896 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 | Oskaloosa Elementary School | Oskaloosa Comm | 886 | 896 | 1.1% |
| 2 | Oskaloosa High School | Oskaloosa Comm | 600 | 620 | 3.3% |
| 3 | Oskaloosa Middle School | Oskaloosa Comm | 454 | 430 | -5.3% |
| 4 | North Mahaska Junior-Senior High School | North Mahaska Comm | 270 | 286 | 5.9% |
| 5 | North Mahaska Elementary School | North Mahaska Comm | 313 | 272 | -13.1% |
| 6 | Fremont Elementary School | Eddyville-Blakesburg- Fremont CSD | 110 | 101 | -8.2% |
| 7 | Oskaloosa Virtual Academy | Oskaloosa Comm | 42 | 25 | -40.5% |
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