Sioux City Times

There were 150 multiracial students enrolled in Plymouth County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 8.7% more 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, multiracial students comprised 3.7% of the student body to be the third represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 16 schools in the county, Le Mars High School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 28 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 multiracial Students	multiracial Students Count	Total School Enrollment
Le Mars High School	Le Mars Comm	4.1%	28	691
Kluckhohn Elementary School	Le Mars Comm	4.9%	21	425
Franklin Elementary School	Le Mars Comm	7%	19	273
Clark Elementary School	Le Mars Comm	7.2%	18	251
Le Mars Middle School	Le Mars Comm	3%	14	469
Hinton High School	Hinton Comm	2.2%	8	356
Akron Westfield Senior High School	Akron Westfield Comm	3.7%	7	188
Hinton Elementary School	Hinton Comm	2.2%	6	269
Akron Westfield Elementary School	Akron Westfield Comm	2%	5	245
Akron Westfield Middle School	Akron Westfield Comm	3.8%	5	130
Individualized Learning Center	Le Mars Comm	11.9%	5	42
Remsen-Union Middle School	Remsen-Union Comm	2.3%	4	176
Hinton Intermediate School	Hinton Comm	1.7%	3	179
Kingsley Elementary School	Kingsley-Pierson Comm	1.8%	3	168
Kingsley-Pierson High School	Kingsley-Pierson Comm	1.5%	2	137
Remsen-Union Elementary School	Remsen-Union Comm	1.9%	2	108