North Iowa Reporter

There were 1,509 students enrolled in Mitchell County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 0.7% more than the previous year, according to the Iowa Department of Education.

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 52.3% identified as male and 47.7% as female.

Data also showed that white students made up 92.4% of the student body, the largest percentage in Mitchell County schools, followed by Hispanic students with 4.5%, 2.3% multiracial, 0.5% Black, 0.3% Native American and 0.1% Asian.

Lincoln Elementary School had the highest enrollment among Mitchell County’s six schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 359 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	Lincoln Elementary School	Osage Comm	346	359	3.8%
2	Osage High School	Osage Comm	313	295	-5.8%
3	St. Ansgar Elementary School	St Ansgar Comm	283	285	0.7%
4	Osage Middle School	Osage Comm	268	283	5.6%
5	St. Ansgar High School	St Ansgar Comm	171	161	-5.8%
6	St. Ansgar Middle School	St Ansgar Comm	117	126	7.7%