SE Iowa News

There were 4,593 students enrolled in Lee County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 1% less than the previous year, according to the Iowa Department of Education.

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 52.9% identified as male and 47.1% as female.

Data also showed that white students made up 85.2% of the student body, the largest percentage in Lee County schools, followed by multiracial students with 6.5%, 5.1% Hispanic, 2.6% Black, 0.5% Asian and 0.1% Hawaiian or Pacific Islander and Native American.

Fort Madison Middle School had the highest enrollment among Lee County’s 11 schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 686 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	Fort Madison Middle School	Fort Madison Comm	695	686	-1.3%
2	Central Lee Elementary School	Central Lee Comm	594	596	0.3%
3	Keokuk High School	Keokuk Comm	598	594	-0.7%
4	Fort Madison High School	Fort Madison Comm	555	561	1.1%
5	Hawthorne Elementary School	Keokuk Comm	464	462	-0.4%
6	Keokuk Middle School	Keokuk Comm	377	366	-2.9%
7	Central Lee High School	Central Lee Comm	326	318	-2.5%
8	Central Lee Middle School	Central Lee Comm	267	280	4.9%
9	George Washington Elementary School	Keokuk Comm	251	258	2.8%
10	Richardson Elementary School	Fort Madison Comm	276	245	-11.2%
11	Lincoln Elementary School	Fort Madison Comm	236	227	-3.8%