Sioux City Times

There were 4,107 students enrolled in Plymouth County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 1.9% less than the previous year, according to the Iowa Department of Education.

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 51.7% identified as male and 48.3% as female.

Data also showed that white students made up 79.9% of the student body, the largest percentage in Plymouth County schools, followed by Hispanic students with 11.7%, 3.7% multiracial, 2.6% Black, 1.5% Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 0.4% Asian and 0.3% Native American.

Le Mars High School had the highest enrollment among Plymouth County’s 16 schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 691 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	Le Mars High School	Le Mars Comm	675	691	2.4%
2	Le Mars Middle School	Le Mars Comm	488	469	-3.9%
3	Kluckhohn Elementary School	Le Mars Comm	439	425	-3.2%
4	Hinton High School	Hinton Comm	351	356	1.4%
5	Franklin Elementary School	Le Mars Comm	282	273	-3.2%
6	Hinton Elementary School	Hinton Comm	279	269	-3.6%
7	Clark Elementary School	Le Mars Comm	263	251	-4.6%
8	Akron Westfield Elementary School	Akron Westfield Comm	249	245	-1.6%
9	Akron Westfield Senior High School	Akron Westfield Comm	192	188	-2.1%
10	Hinton Intermediate School	Hinton Comm	174	179	2.9%
11	Remsen-Union Middle School	Remsen-Union Comm	174	176	1.1%
12	Kingsley Elementary School	Kingsley-Pierson Comm	169	168	-0.6%
13	Kingsley-Pierson High School	Kingsley-Pierson Comm	145	137	-5.5%
14	Akron Westfield Middle School	Akron Westfield Comm	139	130	-6.5%
15	Remsen-Union Elementary School	Remsen-Union Comm	122	108	-11.5%
16	Individualized Learning Center	Le Mars Comm	44	42	-4.5%