East Central Iowa News

There were 2,179 white students enrolled in Iowa County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 2.6% less than the previous year, according to the Iowa Department of Education.

Data showed that Iowa County welcomed 2,454 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, white students comprised 88.8% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 10 schools in the county, Mary Welsh Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 523 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 white Students	white Students Count	Total School Enrollment
Mary Welsh Elementary School	Williamsburg Comm	84.8%	523	617
Williamsburg Junior-Senior High School	Williamsburg Comm	88.7%	519	585
Iowa Valley Elementary School	Iowa Valley Comm	90.1%	245	272
Iowa Valley Junior-Senior High School	Iowa Valley Comm	89.7%	201	224
English Valleys Junior-Senior High School	English Valleys Comm	88.4%	191	216
English Valleys Elementary School	English Valleys Comm	91.6%	152	166
H-L-V Elementary School	H-L-V Comm	95.7%	134	140
H-L-V Junior-Senior High School	H-L-V Comm	94.1%	127	135
Amana Elementary School	Clear Creek Amana Comm	88.5%	85	96
Williamsburg Virtual Academy	Williamsburg Comm	66.7%	2	3