McKenzie Snow, Director of Iowa Department of Education | Ballotpedia
McKenzie Snow, Director of Iowa Department of Education | Ballotpedia
Of all the students welcomed at the time, 52.4% identified as male and 47.6% as female.
Data also showed that white students made up 62.3% of the student body, the largest percentage in Clarke County schools, followed by Hispanic students with 33.1%, 1.9% multiracial, 1% Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 0.9% Black, 0.6% Asian and 0.1% Native American.
Clarke Community Elementary School had the highest enrollment among Clarke County’s five schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 565 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 | Clarke Community Elementary School | Clarke Comm | 534 | 565 | 5.8% |
| 2 | Clarke Community High School | Clarke Comm | 442 | 424 | -4.1% |
| 3 | Clarke Middle School | Clarke Comm | 305 | 269 | -11.8% |
| 4 | Murray Junior-Senior High School | Murray Comm | 150 | 154 | 2.7% |
| 5 | Murray Elementary School | Murray Comm | 121 | 133 | 9.9% |
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