McKenzie Snow, Director of Iowa Department of Education | https://educate.iowa.gov/about
McKenzie Snow, Director of Iowa Department of Education | https://educate.iowa.gov/about
Of all the students welcomed at the time, 53.2% identified as male and 46.8% as female.
Data also showed that white students made up 90.8% of the student body, the largest percentage in Adair County schools, followed by Hispanic students with 5.4%, 2.8% multiracial, 0.6% Native American, 0.4% Black and 0.1% Hawaiian or Pacific Islander.
Nodaway Valley Elementary School had the highest enrollment among Adair County’s five schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 282 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.
| Rank | School name | School district | Total enrollment in 2022-23 | Total enrollment in 2023-24 | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nodaway Valley Elementary School | Nodaway Valley Comm | 265 | 282 | 6.4% |
| 2 | Nodaway Valley High School | Nodaway Valley Comm | 193 | 203 | 5.2% |
| 3 | Nodaway Valley Middle School | Nodaway Valley Comm | 132 | 135 | 2.3% |
| 4 | Orient-MacKsburg Senior High School | Orient-MacKsburg Comm | 66 | 54 | -18.2% |
| 5 | Orient Elementary School | Orient-MacKsburg Comm | 67 | 53 | -20.9% |
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