NW Iowa News

There were 3,148 white students enrolled in Sioux County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 3.9% less than the previous year, according to the Iowa Department of Education.

Data showed that Sioux County welcomed 5,162 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, white students comprised 61% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 16 schools in the county, Orange City Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 499 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.

School Name	School District	% of white Students	white Students Count	Total School Enrollment
Orange City Elementary School	MOC-Floyd Valley Comm	74.6%	499	669
MOC-Floyd Valley High School	MOC-Floyd Valley Comm	72.8%	361	496
Sioux Center High School	Sioux Center Comm	52.2%	262	502
MOC-Floyd Valley Middle School	MOC-Floyd Valley Comm	78.8%	252	320
Rock Valley Elementary School	Rock Valley Comm	54.4%	210	386
Kinsey Elementary School	Sioux Center Comm	43.6%	208	477
Sioux Center Middle School	Sioux Center Comm	54.4%	191	351
Boyden-Hull Elementary School	Boyden-Hull Comm	65.9%	189	287
Boyden-Hull High School	Boyden-Hull Comm	68%	185	272
Rock Valley High School	Rock Valley Comm	59.4%	164	276
West Sioux High School	West Sioux Comm	56.8%	142	250
Sioux Center Intermediate School	Sioux Center Comm	53.5%	131	245
Rock Valley Middle School	Rock Valley Comm	57.7%	112	194
Hawarden Elementary School	West Sioux Comm	52.6%	110	209
West Sioux Middle School	West Sioux Comm	60.3%	91	151
Ireton Elementary School	West Sioux Comm	53.2%	41	77