NE Iowa News

There were 3,069 students enrolled in Fayette County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 1.6% less than the previous year, according to the Iowa Department of Education.

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 53.8% identified as male and 46.2% as female.

Data also showed that white students made up 88.2% of the student body, the largest percentage in Fayette County schools, followed by Hispanic students with 6.4%, 4.3% multiracial, 0.8% Black, 0.2% Asian and 0.1% Native American.

Oelwein Middle School had the highest enrollment among Fayette County’s 14 schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 365 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	Oelwein Middle School	Oelwein Comm	359	365	1.7%
2	Oelwein High School	Oelwein Comm	314	341	8.6%
3	Wings Park Elementary School	Oelwein Comm	345	323	-6.4%
4	North Fayette Valley High School	North Fayette Valley Comm	333	322	-3.3%
5	North Fayette Valley Middle School	North Fayette Valley Comm	237	310	30.8%
6	Starmont Elementary School	Starmont Comm	230	228	-0.9%
7	West Central PK - 8 School	West Central Comm	206	207	0.5%
8	West Union Elementary School	North Fayette Valley Comm	204	194	-4.9%
9	Starmont High School	Starmont Comm	191	181	-5.2%
10	Valley Elementary School	North Fayette Valley Comm	163	173	6.1%
11	Oelwein Online School	Oelwein Comm	142	135	-4.9%
12	Starmont Middle School	Starmont Comm	129	121	-6.2%
13	West Central Charter High School	West Central Comm	82	85	3.7%
14	Little Husky Learning Center	Oelwein Comm	78	84	7.7%