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There were 10,033 students enrolled in Warren County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 1.4% less than the previous year, according to the Iowa Department of Education.

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 51.1% identified as male and 48.8% as female.

Data also showed that white students made up 86.8% of the student body, the largest percentage in Warren County schools, followed by Hispanic students with 6.7%, 3.7% multiracial, 1.3% Asian and Black and 0.1% Native American.

Indianola High School had the highest enrollment among Warren County’s 20 schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 1,139 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	Indianola High School	Indianola Comm	1,120	1,139	1.7%
2	Norwalk Senior High School	Norwalk Comm	1,034	1,035	0.1%
3	Indianola Middle School	Indianola Comm	849	820	-3.4%
4	Norwalk Middle School	Norwalk Comm	787	804	2.2%
5	Carlisle High School	Carlisle Comm	743	730	-1.7%
6	Carlisle Elementary School	Carlisle Comm	638	619	-3%
7	Lakewood Elementary School	Norwalk Comm	544	558	2.6%
8	Carlisle Middle School	Carlisle Comm	543	531	-2.2%
9	Orchard Hills Elementary School	Norwalk Comm	526	526	0%
10	Oviatt Elementary School	Norwalk Comm	535	493	-7.9%
11	Wilder Elementary School	Indianola Comm	442	471	6.6%
12	Emerson Elementary School	Indianola Comm	435	415	-4.6%
13	Irving Elementary School	Indianola Comm	402	392	-2.5%
14	Hartford Upper Elementary School	Carlisle Comm	318	310	-2.5%
15	Martensdale Elementary School	Martensdale-St Marys Comm	268	271	1.1%
16	Whittier Elementary School	Indianola Comm	279	267	-4.3%
17	Martensdale-St Marys Junior-Senior High School	Martensdale-St Marys Comm	275	239	-13.1%
18	Southeast Warren Junior-Senior High School	Southeast Warren Comm	233	214	-8.2%
19	Southeast Warren Primary School	Southeast Warren Comm	109	104	-4.6%
20	Southeast Warren Intermediate School	Southeast Warren Comm	92	95	3.3%