Sioux City Times

There were 1,056 students enrolled in Ida County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 3.2% more than the previous year, according to the Iowa Department of Education.

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 52.2% identified as male and 47.8% as female.

Data also showed that white students made up 87.8% of the student body, the largest percentage in Ida County schools, followed by Hispanic students with 8.3%, 1.4% Black and multiracial, 0.7% Hawaiian or Pacific Islander and 0.4% Asian.

Odebolt Arthur Battle Creek Ida Grove High School had the highest enrollment among Ida County’s five schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 317 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	Odebolt Arthur Battle Creek Ida Grove High School	Odebolt Arthur Battle Creek Ida Grove Comm	306	317	3.6%
2	Odebolt Arthur Battle Creek Ida Grove Elementary-Ida Grove	Odebolt Arthur Battle Creek Ida Grove Comm	260	256	-1.5%
3	Ridge View High School	Galva-Holstein Comm	239	238	-0.4%
4	Galva-Holstein Elementary School	Galva-Holstein Comm	110	137	24.5%
5	Galva-Holstein Upper Elementary School	Galva-Holstein Comm	108	108	0%