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, 52.1% identified as male and 47.9% as female.
Data also showed that white students made up 68.8% of the student body, the largest percentage in Osceola County schools, followed by Hispanic students with 24.2%, 4.2% Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 1.9% multiracial, 0.6% Black and 0.3% Native American.
Sibley Ocheyedan Elementary School had the highest enrollment among Osceola County’s three schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 248 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 | Sibley Ocheyedan Elementary School | Sibley-Ocheyedan Comm | 255 | 248 | -2.7% |
| 2 | Sibley-Ocheyedan High School | Sibley-Ocheyedan Comm | 227 | 208 | -8.4% |
| 3 | Sibley-Ocheyedan Middle School | Sibley-Ocheyedan Comm | 199 | 189 | -5% |
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