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Warren County Education: 130 Black students enrolled in 2023-24 school year

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McKenzie Snow, Director of Iowa Department of Education | https://educate.iowa.gov/about

McKenzie Snow, Director of Iowa Department of Education | https://educate.iowa.gov/about

There were 130 Black students enrolled in Warren County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 12.2% less than the previous year, according to the Iowa Department of Education.

Data showed that Warren County welcomed 10,033 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 1.3% of the student body to be the fourth represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 20 schools in the county, Norwalk Senior High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 13 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.

Ethnicities in Warren County in 2023-24 School Year

White [86.8%]Hispanic [6.7%]Ethnicities <5% [6.4%]

Enrollment Demographics in Warren County Schools During 2023-24 School Year

School NameSchool District% of Black StudentsBlack Students CountTotal School Enrollment
Norwalk Senior High SchoolNorwalk Comm1.3%131,035
Carlisle High SchoolCarlisle Comm1.5%11730
Indianola High SchoolIndianola Comm1%111,139
Norwalk Middle SchoolNorwalk Comm1.4%11804
Orchard Hills Elementary SchoolNorwalk Comm2.1%11526
Lakewood Elementary SchoolNorwalk Comm1.8%10558
Carlisle Elementary SchoolCarlisle Comm1.5%9619
Carlisle Middle SchoolCarlisle Comm1.7%9531
Oviatt Elementary SchoolNorwalk Comm1.8%9493
Indianola Middle SchoolIndianola Comm1%8820
Emerson Elementary SchoolIndianola Comm1.7%7415
Wilder Elementary SchoolIndianola Comm1.1%5471
Martensdale-St Marys Junior-Senior High SchoolMartensdale-St Marys Comm2.1%5239
Hartford Upper Elementary SchoolCarlisle Comm1.3%4310
Whittier Elementary SchoolIndianola Comm1.5%4267
Irving Elementary SchoolIndianola Comm0.5%2392
Martensdale Elementary SchoolMartensdale-St Marys Comm0.4%1271
Southeast Warren Intermediate SchoolSoutheast Warren Comm0%095
Southeast Warren Junior-Senior High SchoolSoutheast Warren Comm0%0214
Southeast Warren Primary SchoolSoutheast Warren Comm0%0104

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