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, 54% identified as male and 46% as female.
Data also showed that white students made up 92.5% of the student body, the largest percentage in Ringgold County schools, followed by Hispanic students with 3.4%, 1.9% multiracial, 1.3% Black and 0.9% Asian.
Mount Ayr Elementary School had the highest enrollment among Ringgold County’s four schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 304 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 | Mount Ayr Elementary School | Mount Ayr Comm | 293 | 304 | 3.8% |
| 2 | Mount Ayr High School | Mount Ayr Comm | 294 | 273 | -7.1% |
| 3 | Diagonal Elementary School | Diagonal Comm | 52 | 50 | -3.8% |
| 4 | Diagonal Junior-Senior High School | Diagonal Comm | 62 | 49 | -21% |
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