North Iowa Reporter

There were 4,296 white students enrolled in Bremer County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 1.1% less than the previous year, according to the Iowa Department of Education.

Data showed that Bremer County welcomed 4,647 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, white students comprised 92.4% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 17 schools in the county, Waverly-Shell Rock Senior High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 675 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
Waverly-Shell Rock Senior High School	Waverly-Shell Rock Comm	90.5%	675	746
Waverly-Shell Rock Middle School	Waverly-Shell Rock Comm	91.1%	634	696
K-5 Elementary School Lincoln Street Building	Denver Comm	96.6%	427	442
Wapsie Valley High School	Wapsie Valley Comm	96.6%	283	293
Denver Senior High School	Denver Comm	95.6%	261	273
Sumner-Fredericksburg High School	Sumner-Fredericksburg Comm	89.8%	220	245
Janesville Junior-Senior High School	Janesville Consolidated	94.7%	214	226
Margaretta Carey Elementary School	Waverly-Shell Rock Comm	89.1%	212	238
Denver Middle School	Denver Comm	95.9%	211	220
West Cedar Elementary School	Waverly-Shell Rock Comm	90.7%	204	225
Janesville Elementary School	Janesville Consolidated	95%	190	200
Tripoli Elementary School	Tripoli Comm	95.2%	178	187
Tripoli Middle/Senior High School	Tripoli Comm	94.2%	162	172
Durant Elementary School	Sumner-Fredericksburg Comm	87.7%	150	171
Southeast Elementary School	Waverly-Shell Rock Comm	87.4%	146	167
Readlyn Elementary School	Wapsie Valley Comm	92.7%	101	109
Greenview Alternative School	Waverly-Shell Rock Comm	75.7%	28	37