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There were 2,805 white students enrolled in Madison County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 0.2% less than the previous year, according to the Iowa Department of Education.

Data showed that Madison County welcomed 3,002 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, white students comprised 93.4% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 10 schools in the county, Winterset Senior High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 527 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
Winterset Senior High School	Winterset Comm	93.9%	527	561
Winterset Elementary School	Winterset Comm	92.1%	398	432
Winterset Middle School	Winterset Comm	93%	347	373
Interstate 35 Elementary School	Interstate 35 Comm	95.2%	275	289
Earlham Elementary School	Earlham Comm	94.6%	262	277
Interstate 35 High School	Interstate 35 Comm	93.6%	249	266
Interstate 35 Middle School	Interstate 35 Comm	95.2%	217	228
Winterset Junior High School	Winterset Comm	92.2%	214	232
Earlham Senior High School	Earlham Comm	91.3%	190	208
Earlham Middle School	Earlham Comm	92.6%	126	136