North Iowa Reporter

There were 1,760 students enrolled in Kossuth County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 1.9% less than the previous year, according to the Iowa Department of Education.

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 52.7% identified as male and 47.3% as female.

Data also showed that white students made up 88.2% of the student body, the largest percentage in Kossuth County schools, followed by Hispanic students with 9%, 1.5% multiracial, 0.6% Black, 0.4% Asian and 0.1% Hawaiian or Pacific Islander and Native American.

Algona High School had the highest enrollment among Kossuth County’s eight schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 471 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	Algona High School	Algona Comm	463	471	1.7%
2	Algona Middle School	Algona Comm	440	413	-6.1%
3	Bryant Elementary School	Algona Comm	204	205	0.5%
4	Lucia Wallace Elementary School	Algona Comm	184	200	8.7%
5	Bertha Godfrey Elementary School	Algona Comm	132	127	-3.8%
6	North Union Middle School	North Kossuth Comm	128	118	-7.8%
7	North Kossuth Elementary School	North Kossuth Comm	106	117	10.4%
8	North Union Elementary School	North Union Comm	111	109	-1.8%