4,619 white students enrolled in Jasper County schools in 2023-24 school year

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

By East Central Iowa News

Jun 17, 2025

There were 4,619 white students enrolled in Jasper County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 3% less than the previous year, according to the Iowa Department of Education.

Data showed that Jasper County welcomed 5,301 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, white students comprised 87.1% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 18 schools in the county, Berg Middle School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 681 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.

Ethnicities in Jasper County in 2023-24 School Year

Enrollment Demographics in Jasper County Schools During 2023-24 School Year

School Name	School District	% of white Students	white Students Count	Total School Enrollment
Berg Middle School	Newton Comm	82.7%	681	823
Newton Senior High School	Newton Comm	83.7%	668	798
PCM High School	PCM Comm	93%	320	344
Colfax-Mingo Elementary School	Colfax-Mingo Comm	88.5%	301	340
Prairie City Elementary School	PCM Comm	90.1%	281	312
Colfax-Mingo Junior-Senior High School	Colfax-Mingo Comm	85.9%	269	313
Baxter High School	Baxter Comm	93.5%	244	261
Aurora Heights Elementary School	Newton Comm	86.5%	225	260
Woodrow Wilson Elementary School	Newton Comm	86%	222	258
PCM Middle School	PCM Comm	89.6%	215	240
Lynnville-Sully Elementary School	Lynnville-Sully Comm	93.3%	209	224
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School	Newton Comm	80.7%	196	243
Baxter Elementary School	Baxter Comm	94.9%	186	196
Lynnville-Sully High School	Lynnville-Sully Comm	98.1%	153	156
Emerson Hough Elementary School	Newton Comm	68.8%	141	205
Monroe Elementary School	PCM Comm	96.3%	130	135
Lynnville-Sully Middle School	Lynnville-Sully Comm	96.1%	123	128
WEST Academy Alternative School	Newton Comm	84.6%	55	65