North Iowa Reporter

There were 1,553 white students enrolled in Kossuth County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 3% less than the previous year, according to the Iowa Department of Education.

Data showed that Kossuth County welcomed 1,760 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, white students comprised 88.2% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the eight schools in the county, Algona High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 418 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
Algona High School	Algona Comm	88.7%	418	471
Algona Middle School	Algona Comm	87.4%	361	413
Lucia Wallace Elementary School	Algona Comm	91.5%	183	200
Bryant Elementary School	Algona Comm	88.3%	181	205
Bertha Godfrey Elementary School	Algona Comm	86.6%	110	127
North Union Middle School	North Kossuth Comm	87.3%	103	118
North Union Elementary School	North Union Comm	93.6%	102	109
North Kossuth Elementary School	North Kossuth Comm	81.2%	95	117