SE Iowa News

There were 1,365 white students enrolled in Louisa County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 1.4% less than the previous year, according to the Iowa Department of Education.

Data showed that Louisa County welcomed 1,986 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, white students comprised 68.7% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the nine schools in the county, Louisa-Muscatine Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 356 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
Louisa-Muscatine Elementary School	Louisa-Muscatine Comm	88.3%	356	403
Louisa-Muscatine Junior-Senior High School	Louisa-Muscatine Comm	87.7%	313	357
Wapello Elementary School	Wapello Comm	82.5%	165	200
Wapello Senior High School	Wapello Comm	83.8%	150	179
Morning Sun Elementary School	Morning Sun Comm	98.2%	110	112
Roundy Elementary School	Columbus Comm	29.9%	100	335
Wapello Junior High School	Wapello Comm	83%	83	100
Columbus Community High School	Columbus Comm	28.6%	58	203
Columbus Community Junior High School	Columbus Comm	30.9%	30	97