SE Iowa News

There were 2,358 white students enrolled in Henry 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 Henry County welcomed 2,873 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, white students comprised 82.1% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 12 schools in the county, Mount Pleasant High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 407 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
Mount Pleasant High School	Mount Pleasant Comm	78.1%	407	521
Mount Pleasant Middle School	Mount Pleasant Comm	78.5%	321	409
New London Junior-Senior High School	New London Comm	87.9%	255	290
Clark Elementary School	New London Comm	89.8%	246	274
WACO High School	Waco Comm	91%	222	244
Winfield-Mt Union Junior-Senior High School	Winfield-Mt Union Comm	89.3%	183	205
Lincoln Elementary School	Mount Pleasant Comm	76.8%	162	211
Harlan Elementary School	Mount Pleasant Comm	75%	159	212
Van Allen Elementary School	Mount Pleasant Comm	64.9%	148	228
Winfield Elementary School	Winfield-Mt Union Comm	89.7%	148	165
Salem Elementary School	Mount Pleasant Comm	97.8%	90	92
WisdomQuest Education Center	Mount Pleasant Comm	77.3%	17	22