North Iowa Reporter

There were 1,782 white students enrolled in Winnebago County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 1.3% less than the previous year, according to the Iowa Department of Education.

Data showed that Winnebago County welcomed 2,135 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, white students comprised 83.5% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the nine schools in the county, Forest City Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 320 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
Forest City Elementary School	Forest City Comm	80.4%	320	398
Forest City High School	Forest City Comm	82.6%	275	333
Forest City Middle School	Forest City Comm	83.7%	267	319
Lake Mills Elementary School	Lake Mills Comm	85.7%	240	280
North Iowa Elementary Buffalo Center	North Iowa Comm	86.2%	187	217
Lake Mills Senior High School	Lake Mills Comm	85.9%	183	213
Lake Mills Middle School	Lake Mills Comm	80.9%	114	141
North Iowa High School	North Iowa Comm	82.8%	111	134
North Iowa Middle School	North Iowa Comm	85%	85	100