Sioux City Times

There were 17,829 students enrolled in Woodbury County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 2% less than the previous year, according to the Iowa Department of Education.

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 51.4% identified as male and 48.6% as female.

Data also showed that white students made up 48.5% of the student body, the largest percentage in Woodbury County schools, followed by Hispanic students with 31.6%, 7.6% Black, 6% multiracial, 2.2% Hawaiian or Pacific Islander and Native American and 2% Asian.

North High School had the highest enrollment among Woodbury County’s 34 schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 1,660 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	North High School	Sioux City Comm	1,634	1,660	1.6%
2	East High School	Sioux City Comm	1,495	1,511	1.1%
3	West High School	Sioux City Comm	1,252	1,308	4.5%
4	North Middle School	Sioux City Comm	1,224	1,168	-4.6%
5	East Middle School	Sioux City Comm	1,067	1,036	-2.9%
6	West Middle School	Sioux City Comm	864	854	-1.2%
7	Morningside Elementary School	Sioux City Comm	606	639	5.4%
8	Perry Creek Elementary School	Sioux City Comm	671	632	-5.8%
9	Liberty Elementary School	Sioux City Comm	628	616	-1.9%
9	Irving Elementary School	Sioux City Comm	634	616	-2.8%
11	Spalding Park Elementary School	Sioux City Comm	619	609	-1.6%
12	Leeds Elementary School	Sioux City Comm	574	561	-2.3%
13	Loess Hills Elementary School	Sioux City Comm	554	551	-0.5%
14	Sergeant Bluff-Luton Senior High School	Sergeant Bluff-Luton Comm	533	537	0.8%
15	Bryant Elementary School	Sioux City Comm	534	527	-1.3%
16	Unity Elementary School	Sioux City Comm	469	456	-2.8%
17	Hunt Elementary School	Sioux City Comm	357	404	13.2%
18	Sergeant Bluff-Luton Middle School	Sergeant Bluff-Luton Comm	369	400	8.4%
19	Sergeant Bluff-Luton Primary School	Sergeant Bluff-Luton Comm	387	377	-2.6%
20	Sergeant Bluff-Luton Elementary School	Sergeant Bluff-Luton Comm	348	373	7.2%
21	Lawton-Bronson Junior-Senior High School	Lawton-Bronson Comm	326	357	9.5%
22	Bronson Elementary School	Lawton-Bronson Comm	357	339	-5%
23	Westwood High School	Westwood Comm	289	302	4.5%
24	Westwood Elementary School	Westwood Comm	299	300	0.3%
25	Nodland Elementary School	Sioux City Comm	261	256	-1.9%
26	Sunnyside Elementary School	Sioux City Comm	262	249	-5%
26	Moville Elementary School	Woodbury Central Comm	237	249	5.1%
28	Riverside Elementary School	Sioux City Comm	213	209	-1.9%
29	Woodbury Central High School	Woodbury Central Comm	178	181	1.7%
30	River Valley Junior- Senior High School	River Valley Comm	168	148	-11.9%
31	Pierson Middle School	Kingsley-Pierson Comm	139	133	-4.3%
32	Woodbury Central Middle School	Woodbury Central Comm	120	116	-3.3%
33	MVAO Middle School	Maple Valley-Anthon Oto Comm	128	107	-16.4%
34	Anthon Elementary School	Maple Valley-Anthon Oto Comm	57	48	-15.8%