Sioux City Times

There were 3,280 white students enrolled in Plymouth County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 2% less than the previous year, according to the Iowa Department of Education.

Data showed that Plymouth County welcomed 4,107 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, white students comprised 79.9% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 16 schools in the county, Le Mars High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 501 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
Le Mars High School	Le Mars Comm	72.5%	501	691
Hinton High School	Hinton Comm	94.7%	337	356
Le Mars Middle School	Le Mars Comm	71.9%	337	469
Kluckhohn Elementary School	Le Mars Comm	77.9%	331	425
Hinton Elementary School	Hinton Comm	95.5%	257	269
Akron Westfield Elementary School	Akron Westfield Comm	86.1%	211	245
Franklin Elementary School	Le Mars Comm	70%	191	273
Hinton Intermediate School	Hinton Comm	93.3%	167	179
Akron Westfield Senior High School	Akron Westfield Comm	87.2%	164	188
Remsen-Union Middle School	Remsen-Union Comm	89.2%	157	176
Kingsley Elementary School	Kingsley-Pierson Comm	88.7%	149	168
Clark Elementary School	Le Mars Comm	53.4%	134	251
Kingsley-Pierson High School	Kingsley-Pierson Comm	89.1%	122	137
Akron Westfield Middle School	Akron Westfield Comm	80.8%	105	130
Remsen-Union Elementary School	Remsen-Union Comm	87%	94	108
Individualized Learning Center	Le Mars Comm	54.8%	23	42