Sioux City Times

There were 2,754 students enrolled in Storm Lake Comm School District schools in the 2023-24 school year, 2.3% more than the previous year, according to the Iowa Department of Education.

Of all students welcomed in the 2023-24 school year, 50.1% were boys, and 49.9% were girls.

Data also shows that most of the students were hispanic, representing 55.4% of the Storm Lake Comm School District's total enrollment.

Storm Lake Comm School District roughly covers six schools within Buena Vista County and has a main office in Storm Lake.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	Total enrollment in 2022-23	Total enrollment in 2023-24	% change
Storm Lake High School	793	805	1.5%
St Lake/IA Cntrl/Buena Vista Early College HS	54	52	-3.7%
Storm Lake Middle School	787	843	7.1%
Storm Lake Elementary	814	807	-0.9%
Storm Lake Early Elementary School	245	247	0.8%