Sioux City Times

There were 8,639 white students enrolled in Woodbury County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 5.4% less than the previous year, according to the Iowa Department of Education.

Data showed that Woodbury County welcomed 17,829 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, white students comprised 48.5% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 34 schools in the county, East High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 854 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
East High School	Sioux City Comm	56.5%	854	1,511
North High School	Sioux City Comm	34.2%	567	1,660
East Middle School	Sioux City Comm	51.5%	534	1,036
West High School	Sioux City Comm	34.1%	446	1,308
Sergeant Bluff-Luton Senior High School	Sergeant Bluff-Luton Comm	75.8%	407	537
North Middle School	Sioux City Comm	34.8%	406	1,168
Perry Creek Elementary School	Sioux City Comm	54.3%	343	632
Lawton-Bronson Junior-Senior High School	Lawton-Bronson Comm	89.4%	319	357
Morningside Elementary School	Sioux City Comm	49.9%	319	639
Bronson Elementary School	Lawton-Bronson Comm	93.5%	317	339
Sergeant Bluff-Luton Middle School	Sergeant Bluff-Luton Comm	76.3%	305	400
Sergeant Bluff-Luton Elementary School	Sergeant Bluff-Luton Comm	72.9%	272	373
Westwood Elementary School	Westwood Comm	90.3%	271	300
Sergeant Bluff-Luton Primary School	Sergeant Bluff-Luton Comm	69.8%	263	377
Westwood High School	Westwood Comm	86.4%	261	302
Leeds Elementary School	Sioux City Comm	46.3%	260	561
West Middle School	Sioux City Comm	30%	256	854
Spalding Park Elementary School	Sioux City Comm	40.6%	247	609
Moville Elementary School	Woodbury Central Comm	92%	229	249
Unity Elementary School	Sioux City Comm	40.4%	184	456
Sunnyside Elementary School	Sioux City Comm	69.1%	172	249
Nodland Elementary School	Sioux City Comm	67.2%	172	256
Woodbury Central High School	Woodbury Central Comm	94.5%	171	181
Bryant Elementary School	Sioux City Comm	31.7%	167	527
Loess Hills Elementary School	Sioux City Comm	28.1%	155	551
River Valley Junior- Senior High School	River Valley Comm	90.5%	134	148
Pierson Middle School	Kingsley-Pierson Comm	84.2%	112	133
Woodbury Central Middle School	Woodbury Central Comm	90.5%	105	116
MVAO Middle School	Maple Valley-Anthon Oto Comm	97.2%	104	107
Riverside Elementary School	Sioux City Comm	48.3%	101	209
Liberty Elementary School	Sioux City Comm	12.8%	79	616
Anthon Elementary School	Maple Valley-Anthon Oto Comm	91.7%	44	48
Hunt Elementary School	Sioux City Comm	10.1%	41	404
Irving Elementary School	Sioux City Comm	3.6%	22	616