Sioux City Times

There were 1,678 white students enrolled in Cherokee County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 1.9% less than the previous year, according to the Iowa Department of Education.

Data showed that Cherokee County welcomed 2,003 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, white students comprised 83.8% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the eight schools in the county, Cherokee Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 345 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.

School Name	School District	% of white Students	white Students Count	Total School Enrollment
Cherokee Elementary School	Cherokee Comm	79.9%	345	432
Washington High School	Cherokee Comm	82.2%	310	377
Cherokee Middle School	Cherokee Comm	82%	292	356
MMCRU High School	Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn Comm	91.3%	190	208
Alta-Aurelia Middle School	Alta-Aurelia Comm	77.1%	185	240
MMCRU Marcus Elementary School	Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn Comm	94.8%	145	153
River Valley Elementary School	River Valley Comm	91.5%	129	141
Aurelia Elementary School	Alta-Aurelia Comm	85.4%	82	96