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, 51.5% identified as male, 48.4% as female, and 0.1% identified themselves as non-binary or did not specify their gender.
Data also showed that white students made up 88.9% of the student body, the largest percentage in Chickasaw County schools, followed by Hispanic students with 6.9%, 2.8% multiracial, 1.1% Black, 0.2% Asian and 0.1% Hawaiian or Pacific Islander.
New Hampton Elementary School had the highest enrollment among Chickasaw County’s seven schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 363 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 | New Hampton Elementary School | New Hampton Comm | 321 | 363 | 13.1% |
| 2 | New Hampton High School | New Hampton Comm | 339 | 332 | -2.1% |
| 3 | Nashua-Plainfield Junior-SeniorHigh School | Nashua-Plainfield Comm | 310 | 308 | -0.6% |
| 4 | New Hampton Middle School | New Hampton Comm | 279 | 280 | 0.4% |
| 5 | Nashua-Plainfield Elementary School | Nashua-Plainfield Comm | 231 | 249 | 7.8% |
| 6 | Sumner-Fredericksburg Middle School | Sumner-Fredericksburg Comm | 224 | 234 | 4.5% |
| 7 | Fredericksburg Elementary School | Sumner-Fredericksburg Comm | 106 | 111 | 4.7% |
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