Sioux City Times

There were 2,003 students enrolled in Cherokee County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 1.7% less than the previous year, according to the Iowa Department of Education.

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 50.1% identified as male and 49.9% as female.

Data also showed that white students made up 83.8% of the student body, the largest percentage in Cherokee County schools, followed by Hispanic students with 10.3%, 3.2% multiracial, 0.8% Asian and Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 0.7% Black and 0.2% Native American.

Cherokee Elementary School had the highest enrollment among Cherokee County’s eight schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 432 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	Cherokee Elementary School	Cherokee Comm	436	432	-0.9%
2	Washington High School	Cherokee Comm	353	377	6.8%
3	Cherokee Middle School	Cherokee Comm	355	356	0.3%
4	Alta-Aurelia Middle School	Alta-Aurelia Comm	231	240	3.9%
5	MMCRU High School	Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn Comm	203	208	2.5%
6	MMCRU Marcus Elementary School	Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn Comm	160	153	-4.4%
7	River Valley Elementary School	River Valley Comm	148	141	-4.7%
8	Aurelia Elementary School	Alta-Aurelia Comm	152	96	-36.8%