NE Iowa News

There were 2,384 students enrolled in Winneshiek County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 0.4% less than the previous year, according to the Iowa Department of Education.

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 51.6% identified as male, 48.3% as female, and 0.1% identified themselves as non-binary or did not specify their gender.

Data also showed that white students made up 89.8% of the student body, the largest percentage in Winneshiek County schools, followed by Hispanic students with 6.3%, 2.3% multiracial, 0.8% Black, 0.5% Asian and 0.1% Hawaiian or Pacific Islander.

Decorah High School had the highest enrollment among Winneshiek County’s nine schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 569 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	Decorah High School	Decorah Community	576	569	-1.2%
2	Decorah Middle School	Decorah Community	461	436	-5.4%
3	John Cline Elementary School	Decorah Community	323	310	-4%
4	Carrie Lee Elementary School	Decorah Community	198	228	15.2%
5	South Winneshiek High School	South Winneshiek Comm	211	195	-7.6%
6	Turkey Valley Elementary School	Turkey Valley Comm	156	175	12.2%
7	Turkey Valley Junior-Senior High School	Turkey Valley Comm	183	171	-6.6%
8	South Winneshiek Elementary School	South Winneshiek Comm	157	170	8.3%
9	South Winneshiek Middle School	South Winneshiek Comm	129	130	0.8%