NE Iowa News

There were 2,090 students enrolled in Allamakee County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 2.3% more than the previous year, according to the Iowa Department of Education.

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 52.9% identified as male and 47.1% as female.

Data also showed that white students made up 69.3% of the student body, the largest percentage in Allamakee County schools, followed by Hispanic students with 27.2%, 1.8% multiracial, 1.4% Black and 0.3% Asian.

Waukon High School had the highest enrollment among Allamakee County’s nine schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 378 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	Waukon High School	Allamakee Comm	380	378	-0.5%
2	John R. Mott Jr/Hi School	Postville Comm	351	365	4%
3	Cora B. Darling Elementary School	Postville Comm	312	350	12.2%
4	Waukon Middle School	Allamakee Comm	270	270	0%
5	East Campus Elementary School	Allamakee Comm	206	228	10.7%
6	West Campus Elementary School	Allamakee Comm	212	225	6.1%
7	New Albin Elementary School	Eastern Allamakee Comm	138	109	-21%
8	Kee High School	Eastern Allamakee Comm	99	91	-8.1%
9	Lansing Middle School	Eastern Allamakee Comm	76	74	-2.6%